Recent content by Hanksv

Sweet. One more reason why the wife should let me make the investment in a new brew setup. "But sweetie, it can cook dinner."

Lately I have been dreaming of building an electric brewery and it just dawned on me; with such precise control over water temperatures, I cannot see why you couldn't use your MLT to cook sous vide style. I just had a day dream of vacuum sealing huge prime rib roasts and dropping them in 138...

You could total do this depending on how your zones are currently set up. Keeping everything safe is the important part. A couple concerns. First, if you screw up the plumbing and air gets trapped in your boiler, you could create steam, steam creates too much pressure, too much pressure...

What do you mean by "forced hot water furnace?" Are you referring to a boiler for hydronic or radiant heat? The kind of system that circulates hot water through radiators or in-floor tubing to heat your home? If so, your idea is pretty much the same as an indirect hot water tank that is...

So I was throwing together a quick small batch last night using some stuff I had sitting around. The beer calculus website kept freezing my computer, and it was getting late, so I decided to forge ahead without running the numbers. I'm trying to make a simple yellow beer (something I can drink...