chromag
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I've been brewing extract and partial extract for 5 years now and am making the jump to all grain. I've begun the process of buying bigger better equipment when the wife's not looking . So I've gathered some items and have changed how I thought I was going to setup several times, and am now leaning towards a HERMS setup with fly sparging on a single tier setup. But before I commit I wanted to get some opinions based on what I have...so here is what I've got:
1- 10 Gallon Fermenters Favorite cooler with a ball valve and false bottom
1- 10 Gallon Megapot with ball valve and thermometer
1- 15 Gallon Edelmetall Bru Burner with ball valve, thermometer, and recirculation port.
1- SS inline chugger pump (I know I will need a 2nd pump for fly sparging.)
1- Edelmetall propane floor burner with stand
I was originally thinking of using the cooler as the mash tun and the Megapot as the HLT. Then use my immersion chiller or install a new HERMS coil in the Megapot HLT to recirculate the mash. I would also be installing an electric heating element in the HLT as well to save on propane. Then recirculate the mash for clearer wort.
Now I am thinking of of using the cooler as my HLT and just pump hot water from my BK to it for sparge water and use my Megapot as the mashtun but I wasnt sure you could use an electric heating element in a mashtun? It would save me having to buy a coil and i could just recirculate out and back in the MT.
Also, I have been looking at getting a 30 plate duda diesel but plate chillers seem to have either seem to be the best thing in the world for speed or the worst thing in the world based on sanitization fears.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
1- 10 Gallon Fermenters Favorite cooler with a ball valve and false bottom
1- 10 Gallon Megapot with ball valve and thermometer
1- 15 Gallon Edelmetall Bru Burner with ball valve, thermometer, and recirculation port.
1- SS inline chugger pump (I know I will need a 2nd pump for fly sparging.)
1- Edelmetall propane floor burner with stand
I was originally thinking of using the cooler as the mash tun and the Megapot as the HLT. Then use my immersion chiller or install a new HERMS coil in the Megapot HLT to recirculate the mash. I would also be installing an electric heating element in the HLT as well to save on propane. Then recirculate the mash for clearer wort.
Now I am thinking of of using the cooler as my HLT and just pump hot water from my BK to it for sparge water and use my Megapot as the mashtun but I wasnt sure you could use an electric heating element in a mashtun? It would save me having to buy a coil and i could just recirculate out and back in the MT.
Also, I have been looking at getting a 30 plate duda diesel but plate chillers seem to have either seem to be the best thing in the world for speed or the worst thing in the world based on sanitization fears.
Thanks in advance for any advice.