a stainless steel hop spider. i'm going to a local metal fabricator to see if he can make me one. 6 oz of hops in a bag always end up compacting to some extent so i want a solid cage for the hops big enough to let everything flow freely.
what kind of brewing gadget would you like to see?
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WAVE of THE future,wave of the FUTURE,WAVE OF the future...good movie! got that one on divd. But yeah,I like the one for conicals on morebeer.com. Digital controler & everything. Def beer porn driven boner of the year material!!!!!!!!
+1 to home canning. I've seen the micro brew canning setups and it doesn't seem like it would be too hard to scale it to a home scale.
that's be cool if they could scale it down. I can do clear plastic stick on material to print the labels. I've got an idea for a program that would be used with the printer to make the colors brighter & more soilid. Like they do for model decals.
raptorvan
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can they be had for 30.00? it will have the two fittinfs and attach to the top of the bucket...flip it over or fill it from the bottom by cutting out the center piece...and use the new fitting to screw the top on and attach the airlock.
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I'm making some too...for hops and to steep grain...I like the grain one because you can sparge without it all running over the bag...andyou can hold it with the chain instead of a hot piece of muslin bag. I'm going to shape them so that they can move around in the boil but.when pulled out they come.together.and.drain off
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amingo said:
Yep, the classic "I only turned away for a second and crash"
Thought of something else this weekend...
Some kind of device that allows one to pull a thick decoction without fussing with a pitcher and a colander. I'm imagining a pitcher that has lots of holes in it and maybe some kind of valve so you can scoop up your decoction and then open the valve to drain off some of the liquid. So you can selectively drain or retain as much water in the decoction as you like.
Hell, maybe just a fancy colander that has some volume marks.
Some kind of device that allows one to pull a thick decoction without fussing with a pitcher and a colander. I'm imagining a pitcher that has lots of holes in it and maybe some kind of valve so you can scoop up your decoction and then open the valve to drain off some of the liquid. So you can selectively drain or retain as much water in the decoction as you like.
Hell, maybe just a fancy colander that has some volume marks.
As cool as that would be I think we're a ways off from home canning in the traditional beer cans. Knowing how a seamer (or closer as some companies call them) work it's not something that can be simplified like a 2-lever bottle capper. Also there's the point of bottles can be reused.
I think unfortunately, unless the design of the can gets changed to the homebrew's needs, we won't be putting our craft into traditional beer cans any time soon. Hate to be Debbie Downer...that certainly would be cool to do.
Back on topic, I want the auto-clean function on all my stuff.
+1 to the small glycol wrap. Even if it was water, I think it would work fine. I really don't see this being to difficult. Sew some small pex into a canvas "blanket" with some sort of insulation on the outside to keep your cooling where it counts. The real key though is a compact compressor/heater to cool or heat the fluid. Lunch box size would be ideal.
Alternative of a wrap would be some sort of self contained cooling thing that itself becomes cool or warm. Think an ice jug that you could plug in and stick in a son of fermentation chamber.
Edit: Oh oh, self contained pump and flow/volume indicator. Set a volume, push a button, pump it.
Alternative of a wrap would be some sort of self contained cooling thing that itself becomes cool or warm. Think an ice jug that you could plug in and stick in a son of fermentation chamber.
Edit: Oh oh, self contained pump and flow/volume indicator. Set a volume, push a button, pump it.
Not to be a nit-pick but you're not doing a decoction mash unless you're pulling mash, boiling, and returning to your tun to raise to your next step temp.
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Ive ben doing some thinking...it might be possible to make a multi tube bottle filler. Not automatic but more like a lever action unit where you load 6or 8 bottles under it, pull the lever bringing the tube down and activating the springs on the end filling them all at once. The bottling bucket would attach OR you fill a resevior that will feed the tubes.
Re: Temperature devices. Someone was working in the DIY forum on a wireless temperature probe that could be used in various uses.
I had suggested there that I would like to see a stainless cane shaped averaging temperature probe that could be used to output to a controller. The Probe itself could be just a standard sensor and then connected to a battery DRO (digital read out). Or alternately connected to a controller. This would allow it to be used as a temp controller for Mash, Fermentation/Lagering. The controller could be sold with various Wireless output options as well as data logging.
I had suggested there that I would like to see a stainless cane shaped averaging temperature probe that could be used to output to a controller. The Probe itself could be just a standard sensor and then connected to a battery DRO (digital read out). Or alternately connected to a controller. This would allow it to be used as a temp controller for Mash, Fermentation/Lagering. The controller could be sold with various Wireless output options as well as data logging.
rico567
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Well.....given the eclectic nature of some of the "gadgets" specified in this thread, I'll chime in with my vote for a non-DIY electric brewing setup for under $1000.
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