Recent content by jdhranek

First brew on it went very well with the minor exception of completely clogging my false bottom an plate chiller. Not the rig's fault, I had intended to use and in fact purchased a few extra muslin bags for my hops, chamamoile and coriander on the Belgian wit. However, I tossed the first oz of...

It's not terribly pretty, but I'm extremely proud of it. I just posted a thread explaining it in all its glory: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/my-new-hybrid-e-herms-biab-setup-464085/#post5968831

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It's crazy to see this thing finished as I've had it running around in my head for 9 months in some version or another. I haven't brewed with it yet (I'm planning a Belgian White for this Sunday), but I've tested every component and it works very well. I'm hoping for the best as this will be...

I haven't fully finished my control panel yet. I still need to paint it ( I found some royal blue hammered finish spray paint that is going to look killer on this beast), but it works extremely well. I'm thinking about doing something really stupid and painting a set of white racing stripes...

Since I learned from the Forum that Chuggers are not self-priming and need to be lower than the kettles to pump, I decided to build a pump hanger that uses the towel holder on my oven. Chuggers have a base welded on the bottom, so I used that, 4 L brackets from Home Depot and an aluminum bar...

Hey atoughram...yes the two male plugs will be controlled by the two 20 amp GFI circuits I have in my kitchen. Upon testing, I found that 1 of the circuits will run the entire setup, but I want to be able to pull the power for the boil booster when I need to transfer it so I can't dry fire the...

For the HLT/HERMS coil, I re-purposed my old 20 quart stock pot. I added a ball valve and a dip tube (which I made out of a 3/8" to 1/2" NPT blichmann elbow). During mashing, my boil booster sits under my re-purposed immersion chiller (HERMS coil) and is controlled by the PID/SSR combo to...

The Boilermaker does double duty as my boil kettle/mash tun. I ran a 1/2" street elbow through a bulkhead near the top for my whirlpool arm (which is just 5 feet of silicone tubing that will sit on top of the grain bed while mashing, on the bottom of the kettle for whirlpooling while boiling...

The control panel is probably a little bigger than it needs to be, but this is my first attempt at wiring anything more complicated than a light switch. So I figured more space would give me a better chance of success. For power in, I found two angled plugs at Home Depot and mounted them to...

I have been perusing the HomeBrewTalk forum for a few months now collecting equipment ideas, recipe advice, etc. Since I just finished my shiny new brewing setup, I figured it was long since time to become a member and support the forum that has been a goldmine of advice and project ideas...