Recent content by scullerkurt

I do the same, it is slow. I'm also interested in hearing what others do.

It's been awhile, but I think I used the hardware included with the RIMS rocket. If not, they are carriage bolts...3/8" by 1/2" long or so should do. You unscrew the back cover, drill holes (I used a drill bit that has a very sharp point to keep it from "walking" while drilling). Here is a...

See post 762, and the posts that follow. Yup, done it, higher efficiencies because you wash the grains.

Sorry for the delayed response, I figured someone had gas vs electric experience...I have none. From a btu effieciency standpoint, electric is waaayyy more efficient, can be done indoors if the wife is cool with that. As far as crisp controls with the electric system, if you feel your controls...

Btw, my system is 5 gallon system...

If memory serves, I'll do 4 lpm at the start to speed up the ramp, then go to 3 lpm once mash temp target is met. Grain bill can really change how much you can push the system to speed up ramp (Ie wort recirculation rate). Keep an eye on the sight glass, she'll tell you if your going too...

That's my long awaited step by step rimseasy process. Hope that helps. I developed this over a long period of time. I slowly added dedicated hoses for certain steps, but if you want, you can disconnect fittings and put on longer or shorter hoses as required. Depends how cumbersome you want...

After whirlpool to get 68 degree or so wort, I put the bk on a higher cart so I can gravity drop into my conical. I wait 15 mins or so before transferring cold wort into the fermentor; let the cold break settle out. Debates about this step, I've never tried skipping the 15 minute wait. Worthy...

Whirlpool setup. When I first start the whirlpool, I put the first 400 mls into a beaker and throw that out. I basically purge any remaining star san that way.

Clean the hoses with fresh water to get rid of crud. Then I unhook the rims, clean and put away for the session. Put star san in hlt, hook up heat exchanger, and recirculate star san from hlt, through system, into hop basket to catch any residual spent grain in the system. I run for 10 to 15...

Mash out set up. If you want a real slow flow, you'll need to manually turn the rims on/off the maintain the sparge water temp. I preheat sparge water using propane burner, I heat to 170 ish. I use the rims to maintain sparge water temp, I use a 169 setpoint. I put a wooden block under the...

I use two planks, one to step on (to fill mt, stir), the other to hold lab equipment and my glass of preferred refreshment (beer)

This shows the mash setup

You won't have enough room for all brewing water when using the rims to control the mash temp. I use brewers friend to calculate the amount of sparge water. On mash out, I dump wort to the empty boil kettle, and pump sparge water through the rims, temp control the sparge water, and the water...

I purchased the rims rocket bracket from blichmann