Recent content by chaos2984

like i said my boiler serves dual purpose and a temp gauge mounted to the unit would break or wouldn't read accurate enough with the scale as it gets up to 350 360 when frying things. And 220 is the max it would ever get to while boiling the wert. Space is key and i don't really have the...

I have been brewing for 2 years now. I have been using a a turkey fryer double as my boiler. So i don't want to weld in a bung for a screw in thermometer. So i have been using thermometer's with probes with a cord that plugs into the base station. I have tried 3 different ones and I've spent...

ill just go with all silicon tubing. also what fittings do you use to adapt it from the tube to the metal fittings

i hear alot of people say vinyl tubing gives off flavors when hot fluid is flown threw the tubes. So im assuming thats y people dont use that and use silicon instead right?

gotcha sounds good. Im going to put together a list and such about what i need

do you use a flow control meter or you just watch the outlet while closing the ball valve and determine the proper flow that you want to achieve.

sounds good ill make alot of notes and such. I work on cars for living so i know how to do all this stuff for setting it up and such. I was thinking about mounting the pump and plate chiller to a pieace of ply wood covered in laquer so its water friendly so its easy to store and such

sounds good Im going to do some more research on what else i need for hoses and qd's and such and setup. and get everything together for when its time to order it all

sounds good and yes the pot is aluminum for now until i get funds to replace it with a keggle or a bigger SS pot. Also i was looking at pumps on diesel's site and his plate chiller chart. I dont think he has the correct pump's on his site for the plate chiller to correctly cool the wort...

so you use the spyder to contain the hops while you boil correct??

gotcha i dont have a false bottom or anything in my kettle its just a turkey fryer i use to do the boil its about 7 gallons. i would have to put a suction hose into the fryer to suck the wort out to filter or chill it. unless i drill a whole and tap it for fittings

well its just the dust that comes off the steeping grains and small debris nothing crazy most of it is just hop matter. maybe like a 1/4 -1/2 cup of crap depending on how much hops when its all said and done when i brew now.

Ok I think i want to upgrade my brewing process of cooling the wort down and filtering it. Im doing all extract brewing right now until i get enough experience to move up to all grain. I want to add a filter to my system and i would like to use a plate chiller instead of a copper worm...

we were thinking about getting a big pressure cooker and modify it for a temp gauge and copper pipe to collect the steam.

So my buddy at work likes drinking moonshine and such. He gets real moonshine threw a guy at work, but is getting costly and sometimes its not to tasty. He wants to make his own for personal consumption.(I know the legality of it and all) He likes the beer that i brew. We are looking to make...