copper2hopper
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Which is available at Home Depot. I just picked up my 2'x25' roll for $24 bucks to cover my keggle. Not bad
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Which is available at Home Depot. I just picked up my 2'x25' roll for $24 bucks to cover my keggle. Not bad
OK you asked for it. Brewed my first batch in 17 years on this three weeks ago! Went very well and I have brewed two more since then so basically one a week. At this point I may keep up this schedule until all 12 of my kegs are filled, making up for lost time I guess 
Very happy with the whole setup and a big Thank-You to all who contribute here for lots of great ideas and advice, just lookin' to chip my $.02 back in
Front:
Back:
Control Out:
Control In:
Therm:
Vent:
BIAB:
Steam:
Boil:
Recent $200 CL Purchase:
Very happy with the whole setup and a big Thank-You to all who contribute here for lots of great ideas and advice, just lookin' to chip my $.02 back in
Front:
Back:
Control Out:
Control In:
Therm:
Vent:
BIAB:
Steam:
Boil:
Recent $200 CL Purchase:
Sorry for the delay, here is a link to my strike/boil times:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/w...n-burner-work-301722/index29.html#post6022192
And here is a link to a calc I built to figure out the efficiency you are getting from your electric elements:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/w...n-burner-work-301722/index31.html#post6025908
radiodome21
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I use NG and here is my system. 
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Wow, that looks great!
You had all the different trades working. Simple and effective, nice work!
Wilserbrewer
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You had all the different trades working. Simple and effective, nice work!
Wilserbrewer
Http://biabbags.webs.com/
Here's mine. I use the ladder for now while I figure out how to do a collapsible arm to raise the bag out of the kettle. It works just fine for now.
I still might use this table for the arm. I built the other one for brewing and storage.
I still might use this table for the arm. I built the other one for brewing and storage.
Simple, yet effective.
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beertastic
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After brewing with 2 coolers and a kettle for a couple of years, I decided to scale back to BIAB for a bit. We just had a baby (our first!), so simplifying (and shortening) brew days is welcome.
Ultimately I want to go single tier, but scaling back to the basics for awhile is working out pretty well. I probably won't leave BIAB until I get some pumps, because I don't like lifting and pouring hot liquids, especially over my head.
My BIAB setup is work in progress. This was the first 10 gallon batch I have ever done (last weekend), and my 2nd BIAB batch overall. I love brewing outside if possible.
Cons:
Maintaining mash temps is terrible, pulling 20+lb sack of grains out of keggle with lip is rough. Need to work out these issues.
Ultimately I want to go single tier, but scaling back to the basics for awhile is working out pretty well. I probably won't leave BIAB until I get some pumps, because I don't like lifting and pouring hot liquids, especially over my head.
My BIAB setup is work in progress. This was the first 10 gallon batch I have ever done (last weekend), and my 2nd BIAB batch overall. I love brewing outside if possible.
Cons:
Maintaining mash temps is terrible, pulling 20+lb sack of grains out of keggle with lip is rough. Need to work out these issues.
Congrats on the bambino!
Have you tried wrapping a sleeping bag or old jacket around the kettle?
And for grins, do you have a way to measure the temp of the outside of your insulation during the mash. It'd be an interesting number to have so you could compare different insulation as you figure out the best way to hold mash temp.
What kind of controller do you have?
Here's mine. I use the ladder for now while I figure out how to do a collapsible arm to raise the bag out of the kettle. It works just fine for now.
I still might use this table for the arm. I built the other one for brewing and storage.
The linked pic shows a gas burner, I think rossi46 thinks the gas adjustment valve is a controller?
Butchhe
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That is an interesting controller setup. I'd be interested to hear more about how you wired it up.
where in the owens valley are you located? Love that whole valley! especially Bishop
Here it is
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Butchhe
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Perfect setup! You cant ask for much more.
My huge sack (sewn myself on a 1927 Singer)
High-tech mash
Industrial strength pulley system
Space-age grain/wort separator
Expensive hop sock
5 years of BIAB'ing. Step mash, ramp mash, decoction, partigyle, steinbier, 11 gallons max, 23# of grain max, pre-boil sour mash, no pulleys, no ball valve, aluminum kettle, nope BIAB hasn't worked for me none.
High-tech mash
Industrial strength pulley system
Space-age grain/wort separator
Expensive hop sock
5 years of BIAB'ing. Step mash, ramp mash, decoction, partigyle, steinbier, 11 gallons max, 23# of grain max, pre-boil sour mash, no pulleys, no ball valve, aluminum kettle, nope BIAB hasn't worked for me none.
djt17
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I like your style Daddymem; but, you lose points for plowing your driveway before brewing.
Iceman6409
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Do any of you BIAB stove top with a 5 gallon batch? If so can I see what you use to let the bag drain or any ideas that works for you?
djt17
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I use a ZAPAP; https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/two-pail-lauter-tun-104433/ (I don't have a valve or any where close to that many holes, maybe a dozen larger holes, still works great). I just pull the bag out of the kettle, drop in the zapap, the bag drains into the bottom bucket. Before your wort is up to boil temp just add what has drained.
I like your style Daddymem; but, you lose points for plowing your driveway before brewing.
This was actually a few days after a puny storm that my kid used the snow blower on our driveway because I was out chasing plows for the Town I work for.
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I'm enamored with the efficiency of your set up. Could you describe your process? Looks like your chiller is mounted to the table and your hose connections are short hoses and quick-disconnects?
Here is my finished result. I'm still planning to do something in the order of a hood and a vent. Also, going to make a water filtration system this week.
Made a hop spider out of a old S/S utensil can.
Made a hop spider out of a old S/S utensil can.
Thanks for the compliment. My pump and chiller are mounted to the underside of my brew table. I use camlocks for all of the hose connections
Here my mash with recirc
Here's the chill setup
Pump
And the grain bag
Got any more info on the vent build? Looks good.
The vent hood is roughly 30x30. I made it from 1x12 for the sides and 3/4 plywood for the top. The outside has 4 clear coats. The inside was coated with 2 layers of roll on truck bed liner.
The exhaust is a 6 inline ran about 10' with one 90.
I dont recall the brand of the inline but I'll go downstairs tomorrow and check. Its pretty quiet and runs like a champ
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This is my setup, it's evolved since last spring when I first started doing BIAB.
It's a 20 gallon MegaPot with a 3500w induction heating element. It started as just a large but basic setup, I had trouble with hot spotting in the mash so I added pump. I got really tired of tinkering with insulation, togging the burner on and off, etc to try to hold a steady mash temperature and simply gave up on it about a month ago. I bought a RIMs tube off brewhardware.com and built up a 'Mash Brick' that was posted here on the forums to control it. I'm using a 5000w 240v heating element in it, but I'm only running it with 120v so it's very low density and I haven't seen any evidence on the element that I've scorched anything with it.
For boiling I have a domed lid made out of a large stainless steel mixing bowl with vents cut into the top. With this I can boil 8-10 gallons of water at a fast rolling boil without even using full power on the induction element. Before anyone freaks out about DMS, there's pictures of a similar setup at UC Davis with a dome and basically the same amount of venting as I have. I've had no DMS issues even in beers with high levels of pilsner malt and I'm boiling off around 1 gallon/hr with this so I'm pushing plenty of liquid out of the kettle.
I also have a rather over sized immersion chiller made of 50ft of 5/8" copper tubing, found the tubing for a steal on Craiglist ($1 per foot!). I whirlpool with my pump and a copper whirlpool arm to recirculate and concentrate all the hop material into the center of the chiller coil. I can chill it down to 60 degrees in about 10 minutes or less, but my ground water is pretty cold here in Michigan.
At this point there isn't anything really about it that is bothering me at all. My spray arm on I built into the lid needs to have a clean-out port (grain gets in it and is troublesome to clean out. So I need to add that to it, but otherwise I have no complaints right now.
Mashing with RIMs.
Finished Mash
Raised bag for draining
Boiling
Chill
It's a 20 gallon MegaPot with a 3500w induction heating element. It started as just a large but basic setup, I had trouble with hot spotting in the mash so I added pump. I got really tired of tinkering with insulation, togging the burner on and off, etc to try to hold a steady mash temperature and simply gave up on it about a month ago. I bought a RIMs tube off brewhardware.com and built up a 'Mash Brick' that was posted here on the forums to control it. I'm using a 5000w 240v heating element in it, but I'm only running it with 120v so it's very low density and I haven't seen any evidence on the element that I've scorched anything with it.
For boiling I have a domed lid made out of a large stainless steel mixing bowl with vents cut into the top. With this I can boil 8-10 gallons of water at a fast rolling boil without even using full power on the induction element. Before anyone freaks out about DMS, there's pictures of a similar setup at UC Davis with a dome and basically the same amount of venting as I have. I've had no DMS issues even in beers with high levels of pilsner malt and I'm boiling off around 1 gallon/hr with this so I'm pushing plenty of liquid out of the kettle.
I also have a rather over sized immersion chiller made of 50ft of 5/8" copper tubing, found the tubing for a steal on Craiglist ($1 per foot!). I whirlpool with my pump and a copper whirlpool arm to recirculate and concentrate all the hop material into the center of the chiller coil. I can chill it down to 60 degrees in about 10 minutes or less, but my ground water is pretty cold here in Michigan.
At this point there isn't anything really about it that is bothering me at all. My spray arm on I built into the lid needs to have a clean-out port (grain gets in it and is troublesome to clean out. So I need to add that to it, but otherwise I have no complaints right now.
Mashing with RIMs.
Finished Mash
Raised bag for draining
Boiling
Chill
ReverseMonk
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I really like the idea of the dome/hood, and I saw the same thread you did about the pilot system at UC Davis using a dome/hood on their boil kettle (theirs appears t be a copper "Braumister" hood). I have plans to do the same thing you have...I currently have a propane fired system (changing to BIAB next week with some new equipment), but I am going to buy a cheap stainless mixing bowl and cut vents in the top. I hope that it may show some efficiency in propane usage until I can get my electrical system going...
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That's a real nice set up
Very Purdy !!
What were your plans for the PID controller ?
Thx
Steve
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I used to have to run the induction burner at max power (3500w), insulated, with the cover mostly on to get it to maintain a rolling boil (admittedly 3500w in retrospect is a bit undersized for this kettle, but it was priced right).
With the dome on it, it's holding a rocking boil (the stand will actually wobble on the slightly uneven concrete in my garage) with only 2700w in a garage that is colder this time of the year. I actually had a 10g batch (12g in the kettle) try to boil over on me (bubbles coming out the vent) at 3500w the first time I used the domed lid. :rockin:
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