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I would just drill 1/8" holes about an inch apart around the whole loop on the bottom of it. What are U gonna use to empty the mash? I use a shop vac and it works great.
Question: Any problems with the Bilchman thermometers (I think that's what you have there)? I've seen a number of posts over the last few days where people were having problems with them when they were used at an angle... Apparently the dials might get stuck or something.
Question: Any problems with the Bilchman thermometers (I think that's what you have there)? I've seen a number of posts over the last few days where people were having problems with them when they were used at an angle... Apparently the dials might get stuck or something.
Please do, we're in the beginning stages of our 1 bbl brewery and we're planning on going fully electric as well. Of particular interest is the mounting of the heating elements, what fittings/gaskets did you use to construct them? Will they stand the high temps, etc. Thanks!
Absolutely outstanding. How did you chill down your wort? Did you use whirlfloc or irish moss in the boil for clarity? Do you filter your finished beer? What's the meaning of life?
Remind me not to complain when I think I am working on an expensive batch of beer! How much did the Barrel brew run you?
wow, the cost from that last post is awesome...Love the brew dungeon, love the set-up, love the father-son team. All in all, favorite thread so far.
One question, and I am very surprised I am the first to ask this...Why are you bottling as opposed to keggin it? It would seem to save you a lot of trouble to keg a lot and maybe bottle 2 cases to hand out to friends and family. Just curious.
Keep the posts coming.
Thanks, I'm glad you are enjoying the thread . We do a fair amount of kegging, I think at last count we had 10 corny kegs. Over the summer we supplied the beer to a friend and then a relative's wedding on back to back weekends and kegging is the only way we would have done it. But there are a few reasons we still bottle the majority of our beer. First, I love the convenience of being able to take bottles with me anywhere I go. Well over half of the beer I consume is at a location other than the house. Plus, I like having several dozen different beers to choose from on any given night, and thats not practical with kegging. A lot of our beers are put away for a 6 months, a year, or even longer and its nice to be able to take a trip down memory lane. Also, I'm planning to sell my beer to local stores once all my paperwork is approved. My original plan was to sell kegs to local bars/restaurants, but on the small scale I'm operating on it seems like more of a hassle to deal with kegs (cleaning, servicing, etc.). Getting all the kinks worked out with bottling on this scale is good practice for me now. And with 22 oz bottles I can bottle 10 gallons of beer by myself in about 1.5 hours, so its really not that bad. At some point down the road I may end up selling kegs, but at least for the short term I plan to stick with bottles.
Wow, power to you. I go camping up in Maine every summer, Lake Pemaquid to be exact, You located anywhere south in NH? If your paperwork gets approved, I will support the homebrewer!!!
Boar Beer is my dad.
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