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The Brewing Sculpture - NOT The Towering Inferno I once feared... so far.

Fluid Distribution Manifold

Two March Pumps and the propane storage area

Propane Distribution System. Automatically switches from an empty tank to a full tank without losing the flame, and then supplies BOTH Hurricane burners simultaneously.

The proud father...

Whirlpool pump for post-boil chilling

These are the schematics of the home brewery that I've been building for more than a year. It was certainly inspired by the creativity of our own Kal, even if it is only gas-fired (my Japanese home only gets 30 amps TOTAL).

Why use 9 PIDs?? Well, if one would be good, and 2 would be better, then 9 must be.... ;) Actually, I have a couple of excuses... 1) I'm a scientist by profession (almost 30 years), and I firmly believe that you can NEVER have too much data upon which to make important decisions, 2) the bling...

I'm 95% complete with my own Kal Clone, but I need just ONE dimension that I can't seem to find anywhere. The 22mm selectors appear to require a 22mm hole to be drilled, but I can't find the diameter of the plastic selector anywhere. Surely it's not the same diameter as the hole itself, is it...

Will do!! My starter still hasn't hit full stride yet, so I'm delaying the brew day another day - maybe by Sunday!! :) Now, if we can just convince the BJCP folks that this is a REAL style, they'll add it to their line-up and get it out of the "Specialty Beer" category. Then we can start...

Yeah, I don't recall any oak flavors in any of the kellerbiers I've ever had either, and I've tried many from upwards of a dozen breweries. The BYO recipe called for an oak chip "tea" as follows: "On the day before brew day, make an “oak chip tea” as follows: Mix about two cups of oak chips...

... one other thought... I may try a pinch of CaraAroma/Special B, based on the input from oldsock

I just pitched the yeast into a 500 ml starter... didn't realize my vial was so old. It had a Best Use By date of 11-09-2009!! I may have to hold off on brewing until the 31st or 1st..., after I step it up at least once more. Still haven't pulled the grain bill yet, but I'm close. I'll swap...

Will do!! I concur with you on the addition of a bit (0.25 to 0.5 lb) of melanoidin malt... I'm not up for those 12-hour brew days! The BYO recipe calls for a 3-step infusion mash (122-148-156, then sparge at 170), so it'll already be a challenge just trying to hit all the numbers! The...

Yeah, they barrel age in oak barrels. ;)

Well, I'd love to tell you, but it's classified, and I'd have to .... ah, never mind!! They're the backyard outdoor lights peeking over top of the stand, completely unaffiliated with the stand itself. Just lights... ;') I'm TERRIBLE at photo composition... you should see all the stuff I...

I recently spent 3 years with the Army in Germany, and I fell in love with the kellerbier "style." It's also called Zwickelbier, Zoigl, or Landbier. The BJCP doesn't recognize the style, hence the quotes. My favorite was Mahrs Bräu's kellerbier, brewed in the Franconian region (Bamberg) of...

A wooden brew sculpture based on the two-tiered design at http://www.breweryconstructionguide.com/ Mine is a single tier design using 3 pumps (HLT, MT, BK), 2 Hurricane burners, and a slew of SS ball valves to move fluids around. I'm now in the process of automating the burners using 10 -...

Ohayo gozaimasu!!! Just thought I'd do a quick search and see if there was anyone homebrewing in Japan and lurking on the board. I see there are a couple!! :) I've been homebrewing for about 6 years, staring in Okinawa, continued for a few years in Germany, and I now continue the obsession in...

My understanding... and I've been proven wrong even in THIS very thread - is that one of the advantages of using a PID (vice a simple on-off controller) is that it is able to "learn" to compensate for the lag in both the response time and the rate of increase that occurs between the initial call...