My bucket list

[Hoppity]

Impressive! Last summer my eldest son got married and I brewed 6 five gallon kegs and bottled 320 for favors. I was doing 10 gallon batches, which made it more 'manageable'. Second son just got engaged, thank goodness it is a smaller affair with no bottling! October 31 is the date. My nephew is getting married Oct 17, and I'm brewing for him too. I feel like I'm behind schedule already. 15 Gallons done, probably another 25 to go on top of normal consumption.

Sorry I missed my last local group buy.

 

[erick0619]

You sir are my hero, i plan on doing something similar but on a much smaller scale once the temps cool down around here. Brew once a week during the winter giving each beer 5 days in the ferm chamber and them pulling them out and letting them sit in ambient temps so i can pop in the next brew. cheers!!!

 

[Plainer]

So I gotta ask, How do you control ferm temps with a pyramid of buckets like that?

 

[Subdivisions]

It's the law of the brewing gods that if you stack your ferementers then the one on the bottom will blow off.

 

[BGBC]

So I gotta ask, How do you control ferm temps with a pyramid of buckets like that?

Giant swamp cooler with a giant towel (sheet?) covering the whole pyramid.

Industrial strength fan pointed at the whole monster.

It's the law of the brewing gods that if you stack your ferementers then the one on the bottom will blow off.

I'm envisioning a system of cascading blowoff tubes. You'd have to plan your brews accordingly (and not care too much about a little bit of yeast/beer mixing). The top of the pyramid blows off into the 2nd tier, 2nd tier into the 3rd, and so on. The bottom layer blows off into the giant swamp cooler referenced above.

 

[JonM]

You should totally arrange all the buckets in some kind of Iron Throne deal. The #2 HDPE Throne?

 

[Qhrumphf]

Giant swamp cooler with a giant towel (sheet?) covering the whole pyramid.

Industrial strength fan pointed at the whole monster.



I'm envisioning a system of cascading blowoff tubes. You'd have to plan your brews accordingly (and not care too much about a little bit of yeast/beer mixing). The top of the pyramid blows off into the 2nd tier, 2nd tier into the 3rd, and so on. The bottom layer blows off into the giant swamp cooler referenced above.

Burton Union FTW!