Recent content by cmj141

so how long would one stir the mash for? i read stirring is only good to do as u pour your grains in. So what do u do when youre ready to drain in the bk? wouldnt u want the grain to settle? or will there be a better false bottom than the ones widely used but still getting grain clogs? j/w b?c...

Ok after watching numerous videos on youtube showing how the big breweries make their beer, I noticed they all use these giant mash tuns with big mixers inside slowly stirring the mash about 6 RPM. My question is why do they mix their mash? Why dont they use recirc pumps like the rest of us...

Haha yes it should. My first time working in the winery (first time making wine) i walked over to one of our smaller fermentation bins to go break up and push the grape cap down into the juice and couldn't believe that was what grapes smelled like. Just a whole waiting game but a fun one...

Subscribed. Great job man! This is exactly how I designed mine! You could've made your life a bit easier and bought the special made ferrules online for your elements. There are two kinds though. There's the one I'm using which is basically a disc with a threaded hole in it. This is better...

That's new to me. My whole family makes wine and we never needed to use a blow off hose. Airlocks for both prime and second. Then again we never used pineapples. We get foam but never enough of it to go into the airlock and never had a problem with CO2 blowing it out of the lid either. Might...

I'll try. I hope the mods dont get pissed if it takes me a couple tries lol. Using a iPhone to photo edit...

Here's what I drew up for my system. I figured it's the easiest way to run the pipes. Just a lot of valves. I need to simplify it somehow even more tho if possible. I like how I have control over the directions by closing one valve and opening another. I apologize for the amateur drawing. My...

The first thing I noticed unless I looked at it wrong was that you didn't have a line from your mt to your heat exchange and then back into your mt for when you recirc. Your mash. I read it's easier to control the flow if you run the mash up in the exchange not down. It's easier to control...

Just a tip. Once u get your wine fermented and rack it. Save your yeast patty. You can reuse the yeast. There's a thread on here showing how. I would insert the link but I'm using the hbt app.

Thanks! And cheers to you for the clever DIY.

What is the name of the one that reads in Fahrenheit ? I can't find it anywhere on eBay. The one shown goes for $15-20 on eBay. For 25-30 u can get a PID.

:p. What ya can do is use both a chiller and your heat exchanger to cool your brew. That way while the cold water is running thru your chiller that's submerged in your hot wort, that same hot wort gets pumped through the cold HEX.

Looks line your HLT HEX Lines are wrong. I think you want to run one line from bottom fitting of MT to the bottom HEX fitting and you then want a line from the top HEX fitting to the top MLT fitting. Edit : the low fitting on your mt will have a T there one line running to the HEX coil and...

This gives a whole new meaning to those "give your child an instrument" music education commercials. lol

Is that peach white grape juice preserved by any chance??