Hi all,
I've just found this forum on my search for more information, and it proved a good source so far ;-) At the moment I'm browsing the DIY threads, since I'm building a new system atm.
I was brewing quite a bite some 20 years ago, somehow that stopped when the kids and the house came up, but now I'm ready to start over.
My last brew, iirc, 20 years ago, was a Pilsener, about 70 or 80 l (20 gallons?) for which I cleaned 160 bottles. I will never do that again...so now I've bought some corny kegs and all the additional stuff to make it work (splurged a wee bit, that stuff is damn expensive at the moment).
I plan on building sorta 3 tier plant, since my space is a bit limited, and I'm afraid of cleaning lots of pumps and hoses. I figured I'll use the 20 gallon pot as heater for strike water and sparges, and later for boiling the wort (with a gas burner). With the added pump I'll only pump hot water, first into the mash tun (15 gal thermo pot, ss), second, after reheating, into the HLT, for infusion and / or sparging (another thermo pot). Then I can lauter into the big pot, start heating while sparging and lautering, and finally boil. Or so I think, hope that'll work out as planned ;-)
Well I hope that's enough for the moment (if someone even cares) ;-)
I've just found this forum on my search for more information, and it proved a good source so far ;-) At the moment I'm browsing the DIY threads, since I'm building a new system atm.
I was brewing quite a bite some 20 years ago, somehow that stopped when the kids and the house came up, but now I'm ready to start over.
My last brew, iirc, 20 years ago, was a Pilsener, about 70 or 80 l (20 gallons?) for which I cleaned 160 bottles. I will never do that again...so now I've bought some corny kegs and all the additional stuff to make it work (splurged a wee bit, that stuff is damn expensive at the moment).
I plan on building sorta 3 tier plant, since my space is a bit limited, and I'm afraid of cleaning lots of pumps and hoses. I figured I'll use the 20 gallon pot as heater for strike water and sparges, and later for boiling the wort (with a gas burner). With the added pump I'll only pump hot water, first into the mash tun (15 gal thermo pot, ss), second, after reheating, into the HLT, for infusion and / or sparging (another thermo pot). Then I can lauter into the big pot, start heating while sparging and lautering, and finally boil. Or so I think, hope that'll work out as planned ;-)
Well I hope that's enough for the moment (if someone even cares) ;-)