Recent content by HappyValley

Thanks for your input Kevin. Having found RIMS for Dummies, I believe I'm going to go electric.

Yes, I've seen your system, kladue - I guess I didn't put it together in my head that that's exactly what you're doing. My primary goal is to maintain mash temps very accurately. With an insulated MLT that would generally require only small amounts of heat input. Is it possible to use tiny...

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but has anybody experimented with a steam powered RIMS tube? I saw that Yuri_Rage was mixing steam with water or wort stream to raise temperature. I'm starting to imagine a "unit" (maybe a pipe) that uses steam input instead of an electric element...

I installed my thermowell low in the cooler, and my probe extends about 4" into the mash. Doing 10 gallon batches also. In the past, I had checked the temp of the Mash at the end of the 60 minute rest, and it seemed like 1-2 degrees loss was average. I'm wondering if the steel bulkhead going...

Just to follow up on this - I brewed today with my newly installed thermometer in my MLT. Lost 4-5 degrees in the MLT during a 75 minute mash. I'm starting to see the benefit of HERMS!

What you guys are describing is basically my setup: One burner under BK, cooler MLT, and cooler HLT to briefly hold sparge water while collecting first runnings in BK. I'm thinking about adding a HERMS recirculation during mash rest in order to keep my mash temps spot on, but I can't help...

I saw that. So what did you pay? Better than $30? :p

Anyone have experience getting steam hooked up to one of these?

The issue is that the kettle appears to be mild steel lined with stainless. I'm not sure what would happen if you weld stainless to a mild steel/stainless sandwich. I'd guess you'd mix the metals, and your weld would rust.

Not sure I follow what you mean here. Pump hot water in and out of the jacket?

I use a Porta Cable PC1410 Cold Cut Saw. Works great. I remember paying around $250 for it a few years ago, but they seem to sell for a great deal more now.

I would agree, except the holes in the side above the jacket look like they'd be extremely hard to weld up. With the straight sides cut off, I calculate the jacketed semi-sphere would hold 30 gallons. Seems like an reasonable volume for a MLT given 15 gallon batches. You're not just trying to...

Hi all, I just scored a stainless-lined steam kettle on CL for $30, and am wondering what I should do with it... There are some holes in the kettle about an inch above the top of the jacket, so I was thinking I would trim off the upper part of the kettle (which would still give me more than...

Same idea for sale on CL ($250): German Labratory Chiller for Reef Aquarium, Wine/Beer,etc. I've thought about rigging this up to circulate glycol through copper tubing running through the fermentation vessel somehow. Instead, I just realized I have an extra portable AC unit lying around...

About 9 days ago, as I was pitching yeast into a 6 gallon fermentation bucket, I inadvertently dropped a (unsanitized) rubber band into the wort. I immediately fished it out with sanetized tongs, figuring it would be better to reduce the amount of bacteria I introduced. A few days ago, I...