carsonwarstler
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I've got a keg for a HLT, 10gal Rubbermaid cooler for a mash tun, and another keg for my brew kettle. I gravity feed everything into place but am working towards a single tier brew stand with two pumps, 3 burners, and 3 metal pots. As an intermediary while I raise some money, I'm going to buy a pump and use a wort chiller inside my HLT and have an non-automated HERMS.
My questions are:
Is there any special equation by inputting current mash temp, desired mash temp, to come up with the needed temp in the HLT?
Will my 50ft copper wort chiller work just fine? Any special cleaning needed so there's no mold, etc built up in there between uses?
I also have about 20ft of a copper line I pulled from my attic and coiled up to cool down ground water before it hits the wort chiller, will this work better?
Pump suggestions? I'm going to use it for the HERMS and to conduct the vorlauf, so something that can handle some grist is probably needed.
Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks!
My questions are:
Is there any special equation by inputting current mash temp, desired mash temp, to come up with the needed temp in the HLT?
Will my 50ft copper wort chiller work just fine? Any special cleaning needed so there's no mold, etc built up in there between uses?
I also have about 20ft of a copper line I pulled from my attic and coiled up to cool down ground water before it hits the wort chiller, will this work better?
Pump suggestions? I'm going to use it for the HERMS and to conduct the vorlauf, so something that can handle some grist is probably needed.
Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks!