Windy City
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I have been reading here for awhile and figured it was time to join.
I have been building out my basement into a brewery distillery for about 3 years so I have not brewed beer in about 4 years but have been brewing for about 20 years.
The house beer is a Belgian Wit, I also brew hefeweizens, berliner weisse, porters, stouts, imperial stouts, ipa, pale ale and sours (lacto).
I am in the process of rebuilding my 1 barrel brew system 3V herms It is three Blichmann 55 gal tanks modified with all welded TC fittings. I had NorCal build me a new false bottom for the mash tun because the original Blichmann one was terrible. I used to run this on gas but I am switching to electric. I have been reading heavy on control panels and automation, I already build my own control panels for distilling so I am pretty excited to build this one for brewing. I am thinking of getting Blichmann's 55 gal extension for my boil kettle and having my fab shop cut it in half so my boil kettle is 75 gal just for foaming during boil (I have done much mopping from boil overs from maxing out my kettle size). I appreciate all the great info I have found here and hopefully will be able to share some of my insights.
Windy City
I have been building out my basement into a brewery distillery for about 3 years so I have not brewed beer in about 4 years but have been brewing for about 20 years.
The house beer is a Belgian Wit, I also brew hefeweizens, berliner weisse, porters, stouts, imperial stouts, ipa, pale ale and sours (lacto).
I am in the process of rebuilding my 1 barrel brew system 3V herms It is three Blichmann 55 gal tanks modified with all welded TC fittings. I had NorCal build me a new false bottom for the mash tun because the original Blichmann one was terrible. I used to run this on gas but I am switching to electric. I have been reading heavy on control panels and automation, I already build my own control panels for distilling so I am pretty excited to build this one for brewing. I am thinking of getting Blichmann's 55 gal extension for my boil kettle and having my fab shop cut it in half so my boil kettle is 75 gal just for foaming during boil (I have done much mopping from boil overs from maxing out my kettle size). I appreciate all the great info I have found here and hopefully will be able to share some of my insights.
Windy City
