Search results

I'm considering adding HERMS to my brew system, but it occurs to me that there are two different ways to go - 1) circulate the wort through a heat exchanger inside the HLT or 2) Circulate water from the HLT through a heat exchanger in the mashtun The advantage of 1 is that I can use...

A friend is interested in trying out the pump and I was explaining my set up. A small issue I ran into was that there is very fine mesh filter on the inlet for the solenoid. It got gummed up with debris towards the end of my sparge. Not a big deal, as the ~ 500mL/min flow rate was ok for my...

Last year I built a keezer. Love it, except for the lifting full kegs into it and the condensation. That's when I began to think about this project and it occurred to me that maybe someone has thought about this professionally already and called it a refrigerator!

I've been pondering the fermentation chamber, and see lot's of cool DIY builds using mini-fridges and freezer conversions. But, I got to wondering, "Why not just a plain old fridge?" Is there any reason to not use a perfectly good fridge? Will carboys fit inside? I'd be happy if two would...

I'll be heading down myself. Really looking forward to it as some friend have really built it up for me!

No worries, I didn't think you would. I'm still buying stuff from ya!

That would have been a little disingenuous me! No. I originally asked this several months ago when designing my brew bench. I have wrapped My HLT with rock wool and skinned it with aluminum, adding 2 inches of thickness to the sides. Porting out for a sight glass would be difficult. I was...

Oops, I should have written HLT not MLT originally.

Done, and In!

This one was easy enough to find! The accuracy seemed pretty close on my limited number of tests so far. Within 1% for sure. I also ran it a "barely open valve" rate to simulate sparging and it was bang on again. It can be calibrated (by the constant) which to me is a big plus. I've yet to test...

No. I'm talking about filling the mash tun (i.e. for infusions). This way I can do it from the bottom up and avoid splashing. Yeah. But a sight glass seems so - Caveman. Compared to a flow meter. ;-) Besides. No drilling an extra hole. ( which would be a PITA to do on mine) I get a warning...

Strangely the little discussion out there about using flow meters in home brewing seemed to be uniformly negative. I'm not sure why so many are down on even trying. Anyhow, installing a sight glass on my MLT would be a real pain. And the idea of the flow meter appeals greatly to me. Here is...

After internal debate, I decided to dump the cold steeped dark grain extract into the kettle at flame-out to help with my chilling procedure and maybe add a little disincentive to any lurking bacteria. Worked great. I too noted that I pulled pretty good efficiency on the process, although I...

Taste will tell...

Damn. Over-hopped a Pilsner. I think Beersmith didn't account for the 90 minute boil time when I assigned pre-wort hopping.

So if you are trying to first wort hop your brew, do you remove the hops prior to boiling?

I've been working through the same problems this week on my build. I ended up getting parts through Amazon. I picked up some 1/2" ID flex line http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010434MQ/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 to connect to the BIP and then needed some brass adapters...

12,000 BTU's sounds like it should be pretty solid to me. But what do I know? I'm going to try using a salvaged water cooler, but for a much smaller chamber. Chris

This seems to me like a stupid question to ask when I've been brewing for over 25 years. But you've got to understand that I am only just now building a brew stand, and have a pump ready to go. I've built myself a sweet little sparge arm out of a piece of 1/4" copppeer tubing. I've got...

Yeah I considered the perforated stuff, but again it starts to add up quick. The angle iron I used is from old bed frames - total expense of $3 and asa bonusi got to learn how to stick weld!