tired of the hassle of brewing

[OHIOSTEVE]

Not completely, but tired of every brew day being a cluster...I have decided to build a brew stand and buy two bayou burners to run it. My turkey burner took a dump today ( no idea what happened) at one hour cranked up, my sparge water was barely at 180 degrees!!! 7 gallons is all I had in the liquor tank. No matter how I adjusted it, I could not get a blue flame with any pressure behind it. big flowy yellow flames and slow as smoke to heat up. Beer is boiling away on my kitchen stove right now.

 

[NuclearRich]

I hear you man... especially since I have started brewing all grain. I really cant want to get a second burner and a 3 tier system set up so i can stop lifting all this heavy, hot weight.

 

[broadbill]

Not completely, but tired of every brew day being a cluster...I have decided to build a brew stand and buy two bayou burners to run it. My turkey burner took a dump today ( no idea what happened) at one hour cranked up, my sparge water was barely at 180 degrees!!! 7 gallons is all I had in the liquor tank. No matter how I adjusted it, I could not get a blue flame with any pressure behind it. big flowy yellow flames and slow as smoke to heat up. Beer is boiling away on my kitchen stove right now.

I'm guessing your venturi tube became plugged. Once that happens, the gas isn't able to draw air into the burner and you get a poor burn.

A spider's nest will put a venturi style burner out of commission quick (ask me how i know!)

 

[Pappers_]

Just for future reference, Bill, what is a venturi tube and a venturi style burner?

 

[MattyD]

The next question should be "Is there a way to fix it in a manner that is cheaper than buying a new burner (that is also hassle free to a point where it would just be worth it to get a new one?)"

 

[KevinW]

Venturi is the point at which a tube diameter is considerably smaller than the rest to help compress the material flowing through the tube and produce a higher pressure or to atomize a liquid!
You could try to blow it out with compressed air! A can of air for cleaning computers should do great with the little red tube. Just blow in the opposite direction of the gas at the point the gas enters the burner(output end of the venturi)!

 

[Pappers_]

Thanks, Kevin

 

[Yooper]

I was sick of brewing myself about two weeks ago. I have a very nice system, but I had a clogging problem during recirculation, and I thought I burned out my March pump, didn't have a way to chill, etc. I vented a bit to an HBT friend, and apparently said plenty of "f-bombs" (that's how he phrased it) and said I was quitting brewing.

I just ordered $100 worth of stuff this week from Brewmaster's Warehouse so I guess I changed my mind.

The upside is even the WORST day brewing is better than any other hobby I have.

 

[KevinW]

I just looked at my burner and it looks like you'd have to take the whole assembly apart to clean it(where the gas line attaches to the burner).

It might take a few minutes of taking it apart then re-assembling but it should be worth NOT having to replace the whole burner.

I would think anyway!

(I should probably clean mine out since I have left it out all summer)

 

[wyzazz]

I'm guessing your venturi tube became plugged. Once that happens, the gas isn't able to draw air into the burner and you get a poor burn.

A spider's nest will put a venturi style burner out of commission quick (ask me how i know!)

I was going to say the same thing! I get mine clogged by spiders at least once a year, it's a real pain, but the Air Compressor usually takes care of it in short order.

Another thing to check is the regulator, they sometimes go bad as well.

 

[devilishprune]

I think a lot of people had this moment. For me, it was when I was bottling a batch and couldn't get the siphon to take. Everything just got worse from there, but I swore up and down that I wouldn't brew again because I hated bottling so much.


I got over it.

 

[Pappers_]

Yes, breaking the floating thermometer in the brew pot was a low point.

 

[Sanspareil]

My last batch tasted like meat. My low point, but thinking about buying beer at $10.00 a sixer made me rethink how bummed I was.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

My last batch tasted like meat. My low point, but thinking about buying beer at $10.00 a sixer made me rethink how bummed I was.

reminds me of a joke

A guy walks into the patent office and sets an apple on the desk. The patent officer says" YOU CAN'T PATENT AN APPLE" the guy says taste it. The patent officer tastes it and is amazed that it tastes like a peach. The guy says turn it over. The patent officer turns it over and tastes it and it tastes exactly like an orange. The guy says turn it over. The patent officer turns it over and it tastes exactly like a plum. The guy asks whet he thinks and the patent officer tells him it is cool but if someone wants a peach or an orange or a plum they will simply buy a peach, orange or plum. About that time the patent officers secretary walked in. A smoking hot redhead in a short skirt. She lays some papers on his desk and walks out. The patent officer tells tHe guy" IF YOU CAN MAKE AN APPLE THAT TASTES LIKE THAT, THEN YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN PATENT".

Six months later the same guy walks into the patent office and sets an apple on the patent officers desk. The patent offocer tells him that he has already been told that an apple cannot be patented. The guy replied that the officer told him if he could develop an apple that tasted like ##### to come back. The patent officers eyes got wide and he grabbEd the apple and took a bitE and started spitting and gagging and said. ' THAT TASTES LIKE CRAP!!" the guy said...." TURN IT OVER"

 

[ChrisS68]

Another thing to consider re: the burner. Make sure you don't have any valves open when opening the valve on the tank. My understading is that this can trip the regulator and cut your gas flow.

 

[superjunior]

Yes, breaking the floating thermometer in the brew pot was a low point.

ouch, thats rough

 

[JetSmooth]

I'm at the other end of the spectrum. I am just about to the point where I was getting into the swing of things and starting to figur out a pipeline. I'd been on an equipment buying spree.

Looked at the budget today and I am about a year in the negative in my "discretionary spending" category. Yup. I overspent my allowance. So no spending for a year. That's no brewing, no going out to lunch, nothing.

I could probably brew EXCEPT I just sold my kettle to a guy so I could convert a keg I have. So not even a kettle. I have my old 4 gallon pot from doing extracts, which may be all I end up doing over the next year.

Anyone want to buy some corny kegs, carboy, capper, first born child?

 

[SourHopHead]

High pressure LP regulator took a crap on brewday a week ago. Got the new one and on Thursday the chiller sprung a leak while sanitizing. Thought I tightend all the fittings, but when running off to the fermenter it leaked again. I just expect problems to happen and usually never get upset anymore. If it gets jacked up so be it and I will do it all over again.

 

[NuclearRich]

ouch, thats rough

eh... I drank the batch that had the BBs and glass in it from a broken thermometer. They don't stay in solution, I used a secondary AND tertiary (for safety sake only), and used mesh during each transfer. Batch was good too.

I was just pissed that that I lost the thermometer.

 

[Valcarde]

I think a lot of people had this moment. For me, it was when I was bottling a batch and couldn't get the siphon to take. Everything just got worse from there, but I swore up and down that I wouldn't brew again because I hated bottling so much.


I got over it.

Nah, the only thing bottling has done for me is make me want to either go whole-hog with kegging, or at least by that Tap-a-draft system thingie for a temporary solution, until I can get a kegerator built

 

[KYB]

You should try my system, with a 10gal batch at that. Talk about annoying.

Heat water on stove (saves propane), dump into mash tun cooler, dump and stir grains in, close and lift on to counter. Sparge into pot, carry pot outside and dump in keg on propane burner. Repeat, boil, siphon from keg on porch to carboys on driveway. Carry carboys inside and downstairs.

I can't wait to get the money to build a nice setup with pumps.

 

[motobrewer]

yeah i was pretty bummed when i kept getting low 60's efficiency, so i stopped brewing for like 2 months. then i realized I was gonna run out of beer. so i brewed last weekend and this weekend, and gonna brew again in two weeks.

at least this gave me the opportunity to clean out my keezer. getting pretty gross in there. taking apart and cleaning the taps was a good exercise too.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

You should try my system, with a 10gal batch at that. Talk about annoying.

Heat water on stove (saves propane), dump into mash tun cooler, dump and stir grains in, close and lift on to counter. Sparge into pot, carry pot outside and dump in keg on propane burner. Repeat, boil, siphon from keg on porch to carboys on driveway. Carry carboys inside and downstairs.

I can't wait to get the money to build a nice setup with pumps.

I am right there with ya brother! heat up water, drain to mash tun. pick the tun up and set it high enough to drain into the boil pot then pick the boil pot up to the burner then drain into a carboy and carry that in the house etc etc etc...