kvh
Well-Known Member
Ok, so I decided to post this nice and early so I have time to build it all up.
My situation is that I just moved from my apartment with a back yard to a 3rd floor 1BR with an electric stove and no reasonable access to the back yard. Couple that with the fact that in January I'll be headed to NYC where my girlfriend just moved. There we'll have a 5th floor walk up and no one even knows what a backyard is.
Suffice to say, she's gung ho for me to keep brewing (the kegerator is coming with), but I've recently begun AG, and have a decent system. However, I don't have a burner, a pot over 7.5g, or plans for either.
I have been thinking hard about how compactly I could build a system, and here's what I've come up with.
My current MLT, but modified with a pressure-cooker for steam mashes. (I like Mr. X's Design here)
2 five-gal pots for a split boil - I'll have a decent gas-stove up there. (need these - the current one I use isn't mine)
Better bottles or buckets for fermenting - no need for broken glass anymore - bottle bombs were enough.
My modified BeverageAir kegerator. (holds 4 kegs, have 6)
Anything I'm missing? I already do a quasi- recirculated-ice-water system to cool my wort - (more like a siphon from ice-water to another bucket).
I also need to make things as self-managable as possible since I'm losing my brew-partner when I move away.
Thoughts?
thanks all.
kvh.
My situation is that I just moved from my apartment with a back yard to a 3rd floor 1BR with an electric stove and no reasonable access to the back yard. Couple that with the fact that in January I'll be headed to NYC where my girlfriend just moved. There we'll have a 5th floor walk up and no one even knows what a backyard is.
Suffice to say, she's gung ho for me to keep brewing (the kegerator is coming with), but I've recently begun AG, and have a decent system. However, I don't have a burner, a pot over 7.5g, or plans for either.
I have been thinking hard about how compactly I could build a system, and here's what I've come up with.
My current MLT, but modified with a pressure-cooker for steam mashes. (I like Mr. X's Design here)
2 five-gal pots for a split boil - I'll have a decent gas-stove up there. (need these - the current one I use isn't mine)
Better bottles or buckets for fermenting - no need for broken glass anymore - bottle bombs were enough.
My modified BeverageAir kegerator. (holds 4 kegs, have 6)
Anything I'm missing? I already do a quasi- recirculated-ice-water system to cool my wort - (more like a siphon from ice-water to another bucket).
I also need to make things as self-managable as possible since I'm losing my brew-partner when I move away.
Thoughts?
thanks all.
kvh.