1 bbl Brewery Build, "Cerveceria Coahuila"

[CrankyBeaverBrewery]

update ?

 

[afalconc]

update ?

well yes, a small one, the glicol system, will try to post a photo soon.

thanks for the follow.

cheers

 

[Hockadays]

what are you running glycol too as your fermenters dont look to have jackets? Are you happy with the finish inside the fermenters and brights?

 

[afalconc]

what are you running glycol too as your fermenters dont look to have jackets? Are you happy with the finish inside the fermenters and brights?

no they dont have a jacket, insted, they have a coil inside, and theres where the glycol go. and the finish is excellent, no complains there.

cheers.

 

[CrankyBeaverBrewery]

Is the temp controlled on separate controllers for each fermenter ? And how consistent is the temp control with those coils ?

 

[afalconc]

Is the temp controlled on separate controllers for each fermenter ? And how consistent is the temp control with those coils ?

the temp is control with a BCS-460 (http://www.embeddedcontrolconcepts.com/) and it controls different temps for each fermeters, 3 in total, with a circuit with 3 selenoid valves, and initial test with water at 41 degress in the chiller system, make the fermenter drop and mantain 57.2 degress, and the system turn in 15 min, and on stand by 45 min,

i think that with glicol in the system i can reach as low as 41 degress in the fermenters for cold crash.

ill try to post some pictures for more detail.

cheers

 

[afalconc]

Here are some update pics.

 

[afalconc]

Update of the cool room.

 

[afalconc]

Finally the brite tanks have a resting place.

 

[Boar Beer]

looking good
thanks for posting the pictures it helps

 

[afalconc]

The reverse osmosis system and the 500 gallon tank

 

[soybeno]

Are you still selling your beer in Piedras Negras?. Any chance i could go to have a tour and see your equipment?.

 

[afalconc]

Are you still selling your beer in Piedras Negras?. Any chance i could go to have a tour and see your equipment?.

send me an email to [email protected] a figure some thing out. cheers

 

[Yevmeister]

could you share details how you wired Honey V800 pilot valve. i just got one and i am not sure what to do with the TH wiring. can it be omitted?

thanks a million in advance,
-Yev

 

[afalconc]

could you share details how you wired Honey V800 pilot valve. i just got one and i am not sure what to do with the TH wiring. can it be omitted?

thanks a million in advance,
-Yev

of course let me take some pictures and post them, and try to put a wiring diagram too

 

[Yevmeister]

thank you so much !

 

[afalconc]

just did my first concentrated batch, used the HLT as secondary Mashing Vessel, used a water heater for the sparge, transfer both worth to the boiler, and diluted on the fermenter. because my brewhouse is 1bbl and the fermenters are 2bbl.

 

[madscientist451]

no they dont have a jacket, insted, they have a coil inside, and theres where the glycol go. and the finish is excellent, no complains there.

cheers.

I'm kind of wondering about having the glycol coil in with the beer. What if there's a leak and its not detected? Couldn't people get really sick from that?
I thought that was why fermentors were cooled from the outside, but I'm just guessing about that? In the US, are there safety codes about how you handle glycol for chilling food/beverage items?

 

[afalconc]

I'm kind of wondering about having the glycol coil in with the beer. What if there's a leak and its not detected? Couldn't people get really sick from that?
I thought that was why fermentors were cooled from the outside, but I'm just guessing about that? In the US, are there safety codes about how you handle glycol for chilling food/beverage items?

i used a food grade glycol diluted with water, first i always check for leaks, but in the event of happening it is food grade. but in my last batch i used pure water, as for fermentacion control just need a chill water noy freezen water any way, and the brite tanks are in a cold room, so no need of glicol for them.