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I run a direct fire 1.5 BBL system with jet burners, but infusion mash and recirculated herms style. I have (2) 32 tip jet burners(275K) under the BK and HLT , and a 75K 8 tip under the MT. The mash never scorches in my experience because of the false bottom and the constant recirculation, the...

Hey thanks for the bump !, I have been working on raising additional monies to get the final phases of production completed. As of today, the film is in the hands of my two Russian filmmakers in Moscow, however after raising and funding personally so much of it myself, I need to look outside to...

Winning ! :D

Sight glasses are beneficial for several reasons, some of which allow you to see clogs or obstructions in the flow of wort, , clarity , and help with the priming of any pumps you may have in your system loop , I really wouldn't do with out them anymore, I have three of them and they are critical...

Here's a cool idea , make a hood box out of 1/2" pressure treated plywood to your specific dimensions , then find yourself a roll of aluminum flashing , like 16" wide x 30 foot roll, they sell this at Lowes or HD. this has the look and feel of SS , is really cheap and you can cut it with a...

Fantastic build Schweaty ! You did an awesome job here !:rockin:

Just did a Podcast with Bradley Smith of Beersmith software on my journey and film: http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2010/10/15/arctic-alchemy-with-chris-bowen-bshb-podcast-episode-1/

Most definitely, you can purchase one thru our website www.arcticalchemy.com then go to the donate page, shirts are $25 which includes a 10 donation to our budget for the completion of the film and costs. You can do this by Paypal or traditional check and mail address. Please indicate what size...

Here's a little video ( homemade by the brewery) of our send-off party, this was at 10am on a Sunday morning , but we had almost 250 people , great showing of support for this trip.

The recipe is unusual for 1852, but similar to an English Barleywine, however at this time I am not disclosing it, however I will post it freely for all without reservations and certainly free of charge (but it took me 2 years of research to find it). I am an amateur brewer so I can't sell...

Thanks Blane and others , What made it difficult was the filming and the weather, it did rain almost 1/2 of the days we were on the road, and stopping constantly to setup shot sequences, and then having to repeat them over and over again. Once we reached the arctic area, it was cold...

Thanks Schweaty, Those are 55 gallon SS drums, two of those were new and one held honey for a trip down the highway, all three were in perfect shape, and I paid only $ 450 for all three delivered.

Thanks ! The ride was long and difficult on a motorcycle , 3100 miles in 3 weeks while brewing beer away from home while making a movie with 7 people in Quebec and the Nunavat. My filmmakers are from Moscow but speak pretty good English, but as far as I know , no one has ever done anything...

We shot over 40 hours of video and 1800 pictures , probably this time next year. We need to edit and find a distibution channel and raise some more money. The filmmakers are real professionals and did a fantastic job with the cinematography in tough conditions.

So we brewed beer in the Canadian Arctic and brought home almost 70 gallons of ale: This is the location , but we had bad weather ( 40 mph winds, 40 degrees and almost 5 inches of rain - all at the same time for 4 days ) , but we completed the session and brought home the beer...

The idea for the sloshing was pretty easy , connect the two blow-off tubes together with a tee and send them to a stout 5 gallon corney keg, the inlet when into the tube side ( or the liquid out side ) and the pressure from the fermenting beer came out the gas "in side , and was vented by...

The way the system worked: 12 volts came from the Land Rover truck battery and was charged continuously by the alternator. it fed a 12 volt power inverter ( the 1000 w Black and Decker unit), plus the 12 volt water/glycol pump and 2 12 volt PIDs to monitor fermentation temps. But the power...

Fermentation would be a challenge, maintaining proper temps and controlling the sloshing . I used two Blichmann 42 gallon fermenters, and added a 12 volt glycol chilling concept; 1/4 copper circuit soldered to sheetmetal plates allowed the transfer of cooling to the large surface of the...

Then the stand is gets completed, because of the shear size , I combined the HLT and the Mash tun on one stand, a then built a standalone boil kettle stand. They fit together perfectly once outside of the trailer Then it was on to all the parts for the fermentation design: