A lazy day tinkering in the brewery

[Brewpastor]

Easter is a really busy time for me, so now that it is over I decided to reward myself with a day off to tinker in the brewery. IT WAS GREAT!

The burner on my HLT had a tendency to choke out if it was cranked too high. The problem was it was located too close to the base and collar on the HLT. So I cut my frame and built a new adjustable harness/bracket and dropped it 6 inches or so. It now works great and will run full throttle. The burner is one of those Kajun Kooker weed-burner type set-ups. Man is goes like gang busters.

I reworked the whirlpool set-up related to my mask/lauter tun. The tun is a stainless cylinder with a flat bottom. I had a funky rig before but it was a pain to set up, but would get the whirlpool going. Now I have it built out of copper and set up with quick connects on the same port I use for my sparge arm. In the water test it worked great so I can't wait to run it with wort.

I did a reconfiguring of my hop back and in-line aeration set-up, so it is easier to access, and monitor. It also gets it out front where it can be seen so it looks cool too.

While doing all this I finished off some Bastard lager and did some deep sampling of a dry stout.

Like I said, it was a great day!

 

[Brewiz]

The burner on my HLT had a tendency to choke out if it was cranked too high. The problem was it was located too close to the base and collar on the HLT. So I cut my frame and built a new adjustable harness/bracket and dropped it 6 inches or so. It now works great and will run full throttle. The burner is one of those Kajun Kooker weed-burner type set-ups. Man is goes like gang busters.

I have been having the same problem, Thanks for giving me a fix.
I know what you mean about getting got up around the brewery, I came accross a heck of a deal on some whole leaf Cascade (like most of a mini-bale) and have been bagging them up for the last couple of days. Man that can be a pain in the arss, but it's worth it.....

 

[Brewpastor]

I can almost smell that nice pine aroma! Cool fridge in the background.

 

[Brewiz]

Yeah, I lucked into that one too. A vending company that lost a contract where I use to work left 3 of these behind, after about 3 months of diiging into who own them I told to take all of them. Had to give the other 2 to the guys that helped me move them out. Now I am so use to it I not sure what I will do when it finally dies..

 

[Brewpastor]

I had a three door hobart for years. It was fantastic and it was a sad day when it did die, But I had to pay for mine! Free, what a score. How many pounds of hops did you get anyway?

 

[Brewiz]

I think I have about 10 lbs. Had to throw away about 2lbs off the top. I'm bagging them in 1 oz, 4oz, 8 oz and 1 lb vacuum bags. We actually have quite a few homebrewers around here, so I will be donating a few lbs to them...