Time to brew...

[Deric]

Hello,

Been a long time since my last batch...a little over ten years. Finally ready to jump back in. Moved to a newer and much bigger house a few years ago but it has no "ideal" space to brew. Decided to start cleaning up the garage...need to rip out some old shelves, plumb in a sink and do some electrical (mainly for lighting but am considering a 30A 220v circuit just in case I decide to go electric).

Set up for single step infusion mashing in a cooler. Have a new 10 gallon Igloo I bought way back when but never finished converting to a Mash Tun. Plan on getting that ready to go. Have a Keggle that I've used for hot water and boiling...use a smaller 5 gallon Igloo for sparging. All gravity - no pumps.

Just scored another Keg to convert so I'm planning a "sculpture" similar to morebeer.com's 1550. The short term plan is to stick with a cooler for mashing, 2 burners for hot water and boiling and get a pump for sparging. Maybe add a HERMS coil to the hot water tank in the future.

Anyways, way cool site!! Lots of info to dig through!

Thanks,
Deric

 

[BOBrob]

Check out the BIAB set ups on here, all electric and you can use the system you have to brew in the mean time. Welcome aboard & Cheers

 

[Deric]

Thanks for the tip!! For now, I'm going to stick with gas...trying to make sure anything I buy can be easily converted to electric if I choose to.

Just scored a second keg (soon to be keggle) from a buddy who happens to be a badass welder. Ordered a bunch of fittings from bargainfittings.com for the new keggle and my MT.

Thought my wife (SWMBO?) might groan about me spending money but as soon as she heard I was going to brew again she told me I should go ahead and buy a pump and new burner.

That pretty much gets me ready to brew!! With much better equipment than I had before.

Plan on getting the new March809 from Morebeer.com. Can't make up my mind on the burner - either a SQ14 or a KAB6. Will be doing 10 gallon batches in keggles.... I've searched and read here for a couple of hours and just keep changing my mind. Was set on the KAB6....read some more...decided that it might be overkill and a propane hog...settled on the SQ14....read some more.... Now my brain hurts!

Still plan on plumbing the garage...got to find a plumber who likes beer!