Breweries and Introduction

[limulus]

Bloody hell, I leave this hobby 15yrs ago and I thought my 1/2 barrel converted keg system was cool. Now I come back and I see this. If my wife sees me looking at your system, she will have my sack in a jar.

On another note, it looks like you have a pretty large piece of property. Is there any of that famous Aussie wildlife like snakes, crocs, roos, dingos, funnelweb spiders around?

 

[Jonathon]

Bloody hell, I leave this hobby 15yrs ago and I thought my 1/2 barrel converted keg system was cool. Now I come back and I see this. If my wife sees me looking at your system, she will have my sack in a jar.

On another note, it looks like you have a pretty large piece of property. Is there any of that famous Aussie wildlife like snakes, crocs, roos, dingos, funnelweb spiders around?

ha ha, well lucky for me i haven't found the right one to strip me of all my hobbies yet....
Plenty of wildlife, snakes a plenty only last year i found a red belly black eating a tiger snake just near the shed.. And a couple of years ago was lucky enough to have been bitten on the spine by a Red back spider.. back paddock had around 40 - 60 roos in it most mornings, too far south for crocs thakfully or jet skiing would be out of the question...

 

[Jonathon]

Hey Brewers.
Small update,
I have spent the last few days in the shed hard at it.
Hopefully this will be the final assembly with a few mods along the way including a lauter grant tube and a hop strainer.

I'm now looking for fermenting options. There seems to be not much in Australia so i'm looking abroad. I'm after 4 of 150L - 200L stainless conical fermenters, I would like commercial quality and really don't have time to build them. Any help would be appreciated..

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I would get in contact with MoreBeer.com and see what they can do for you. Might be reasonable because you could ship it ocean freight from California.

 

[brewagentjay]

.....Are you sure about that 200 gallons............Just kidding. I say prove I made more.......

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

.....Are you sure about that 200 gallons............Just kidding. I say prove I made more.......

200L ~= 53 US gallons

Also, Australia doesn't have the same volume hang up we have in the states (at least I don't believe they do).

 

[onejdn]

Have you tried probrewer.com? most of the stuff will be in the states but they might ship

 

[Jonathon]

Have you tried probrewer.com? most of the stuff will be in the states but they might ship

Funny you should mention that, I did but the moderators refused my registration 3 times, I emailed with my setup and intentions but no I'm not a brewer so I could not be part of the discussion..

 

[onejdn]

hmmm, that's pretty lame. a lot of the vendors on that site have their own websites. i.e: nabrewing.com, soundbrew.com, ager-tank, stromberg tanks... you might try signing up ith a more official sounding brewery name. there are a lot of guys on there that are just starting their breweries.

 

[Jonathon]

Yeah I have been browsing those websites , cheers.

All I have to say is don't judge a user by their username...

 

[onejdn]

Yeah I think that's B.S. I have seen people post on that site that weren't even in the business yet, or were looking for investors to open a brewery.

 

[onejdn]

If your brave you can go on Alibaba.com and check out some of the Chinese factories that are making brewing equipment. Most of them will respond pretty quickly with price quotes. Prices can be pretty cheap and the quality looks decent.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Funny you should mention that, I did but the moderators refused my registration 3 times, I emailed with my setup and intentions but no I'm not a brewer so I could not be part of the discussion..

It took me 3 or 4 times to get a registration to go through with probrewer, I ended up emailing the Admin, Tom, and he got me set up. From what he told me the filters on the site are really strong, so its common for things to not go through. Email him and be patient, it took me about a week of trying in earnest to get a login.

On another note, your system still looks great. Keep it up!

 

[the_Roqk]

Certainly with all those tools and TIG welder you could find a way to make your own. There is a thread by Yuri Rage in which he makes his own DIY stainless conicals. Here's the link https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/diy-conical-fermenter-14855/

If the link doesn't work then look on the DIY projects. Or search for the DIY conicals.

Cheers!


BTW nice brewery!

 

[Jonathon]

I emailed them also but no cigar...anyway....

I have seen Yuri's fermenter, very nice. As my goal is to go commercial, I'm concerned about the pressure testing and calibration of a home made conical. I know it could be done but I'm wondering if my time could be better spent in other areas.. From what I have found so far though looks like I may need to get the regulations and have a go..

 

[Jonathon]

Got the Mash Tun Mixer motor mounted today...

 

[klyph]

Nice, how is the mash tun setup on the inside?

 

[Jonathon]

There will be 6 vertical fingers 3 on each side..

More pics here..
http://www.digitalebrewery.com/?page_id=21

 

[EarthBound]

Dude... your brewery... is AWESOME!!!

Only one question so far after watching your tour video. I know it's none of my business, but how did you obtain/afford all that awesome stuff?

Excellent work so far! Prost!

 

[Jonathon]

Dude... your brewery... is AWESOME!!!

Only one question so far after watching your tour video. I know it's none of my business, but how did you obtain/afford all that awesome stuff?

Excellent work so far! Prost!

Cheers mate,

Ha well, It comes down to priority's. And I have worked shift work for the last 10 years.. I haven't had a decent sleep for a long long time..

 

[klyph]

Do you by chance, work in the mining industry?

 

[Jonathon]

Do you by chance, work in the mining industry?

Aluminium Smelting

 

[techrunner]

come on, you know you're gonna end up building some kickass stainless fermenters too. and we all want more pics of what we cant have for ourselves. i'm just jealous cause your shop is bigger than my house and full of things i want.

 

[Jonathon]

come on, you know you're gonna end up building some kickass stainless fermenters too. and we all want more pics of what we cant have for ourselves. i'm just jealous cause your shop is bigger than my house and full of things i want.

Well it is looking that way, maybe some open top fermenters for now. More pics!! Have you checked out my webpage? I'll see what i can do. It's is large, I actually used to live in the attic..
Cheers..

 

[Pubwilson]

That's it... I am moving to Australia to become an electrician! Great rig and congrats on being so awsome. :rockin:

 

[Jonathon]

New Short Vid

 

[klyph]

I KNEW you had some sort of super human ability.

Mega-speed, so THAT's how you did it!

 

[Jonathon]

I KNEW you had some sort of super human ability.

Mega-speed, so THAT's how you did it!

ha Iv'e been discovered.. no really that's a photo every 30 seconds...

 

[dr_finklestein]

Hey Brewers.
Small update,
I have spent the last few days in the shed hard at it.
Hopefully this will be the final assembly with a few mods along the way including a lauter grant tube and a hop strainer.

I'm now looking for fermenting options. There seems to be not much in Australia so i'm looking abroad. I'm after 4 of 150L - 200L stainless conical fermenters, I would like commercial quality and really don't have time to build them. Any help would be appreciated..



You might try John at http://conical-fermenter.com/ He takes custom orders. I have one of his fermenters and they are great. Tell him I sent you

 

[Jonathon]

You might try John at http://conical-fermenter.com/ He takes custom orders. I have one of his fermenters and they are great. Tell him I sent you

Ill check them out cheers.

Mash agitator is working, very smooth from 0 - 28 rpm..

Luater Tube and hop filter