iijakii
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So I recently sold my 3v HERMS setup. Might be moving soon, plus I got sick of cleaning it. Decided to build a super basic BIAB rig but that quickly snowballed. The goal for this new iteration (gotta be my 5th by now... hi my name is iijakii and I'm a HB rigaholic) is purely to have the easiest system to clean.
So my setup is BIAB with a pulley system cuz weak and lazy. No pumps, no recirculating. I'm going to insulate the pot well and hopefully see no issues regarding mash temp loss, but we'll see. I have an idea of making an insulated 3-sided box and putting that over the pot with a spare heat lamp I have. Not sure if that's needed, but that'll help keep the pot from shedding too much.
Oh, I also bought two conicals and am going back to kegging. My goal with the conicals is because I hate cleaning carboys, and I can drain them straight into the keg.
Currently building a table for them. Top is chalkboard paint so I can write what's in them or draw penis jokes or what not:
This was before I opened it up more, but you have the idea of what it'll look like. And yes, I suck at woodworking like you wouldn't believe. Also making tables solely with a jigsaw is tough
Wrapping the conicals in heat tape and hose which I'll pump a glycol solution through, then insulation.
Tore down an AC unit to use for the glycol chiller:
Making a box with a few STC1000s to control it all.
Back when I used to keg I absolutely hated having 10+ feet of beer line to balance my system, having to clean it, etc. I preferred bottling over that nonsense and having my first pour be foam and just sitting in the lines etc.
So I went with the Perlick 650SS flow controls and the post adapters from ChiCompany:
And I gotta say -- it works AMAZINGLY well. I can adjust it all the way down to no foam if I want to. Easy to dial in to perfect head.
This picture is not the greatest example as the keg was only two days old and not totally carbed yet, and the dial was a tad high, but just to show you I can pour a beer that isn't pure foam:
So for the panel I've decided to go a different route as well. Had the idea to mount everything on the same plane and not worry about moving wires coming loose or having to make door-runs etc. Then I got the idea to make it a bit rugged...
Ordered a kettle from ColoradoBrewing with welded TC port for the element so that'll be easy to clean as well. Won't receive that in until next week (last part I'm waiting on), but the Hot Pod from Bobby is pretty spiffy as well.
Still a lot of work to do but I'm starting to get excited about what to brew next...
So my setup is BIAB with a pulley system cuz weak and lazy. No pumps, no recirculating. I'm going to insulate the pot well and hopefully see no issues regarding mash temp loss, but we'll see. I have an idea of making an insulated 3-sided box and putting that over the pot with a spare heat lamp I have. Not sure if that's needed, but that'll help keep the pot from shedding too much.
Oh, I also bought two conicals and am going back to kegging. My goal with the conicals is because I hate cleaning carboys, and I can drain them straight into the keg.
Currently building a table for them. Top is chalkboard paint so I can write what's in them or draw penis jokes or what not:
This was before I opened it up more, but you have the idea of what it'll look like. And yes, I suck at woodworking like you wouldn't believe. Also making tables solely with a jigsaw is tough
Wrapping the conicals in heat tape and hose which I'll pump a glycol solution through, then insulation.
Tore down an AC unit to use for the glycol chiller:
Making a box with a few STC1000s to control it all.
Back when I used to keg I absolutely hated having 10+ feet of beer line to balance my system, having to clean it, etc. I preferred bottling over that nonsense and having my first pour be foam and just sitting in the lines etc.
So I went with the Perlick 650SS flow controls and the post adapters from ChiCompany:
And I gotta say -- it works AMAZINGLY well. I can adjust it all the way down to no foam if I want to. Easy to dial in to perfect head.
This picture is not the greatest example as the keg was only two days old and not totally carbed yet, and the dial was a tad high, but just to show you I can pour a beer that isn't pure foam:
So for the panel I've decided to go a different route as well. Had the idea to mount everything on the same plane and not worry about moving wires coming loose or having to make door-runs etc. Then I got the idea to make it a bit rugged...
Ordered a kettle from ColoradoBrewing with welded TC port for the element so that'll be easy to clean as well. Won't receive that in until next week (last part I'm waiting on), but the Hot Pod from Bobby is pretty spiffy as well.
Still a lot of work to do but I'm starting to get excited about what to brew next...