Beeskneesbrew
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Does anyone have any issue with me building a a condensation collection system? I dont have a window to vent out. I was thinking about getting/ making a hood that was piped to a bucket? Does this sounds crazy?
Does anyone have any issue with me building a a condensation collection system? I dont have a window to vent out. I was thinking about getting/ making a hood that was piped to a bucket? Does this sounds crazy?
I was thinking about the venting pipe going up the wall and then making a u-turn back down the wall into a 5 gallon bucket.
Sorry I forgot to mention that I planned on attaching it to the outside of the wall.
No, I don't have an issue at all. I don't think it will work, but I'd like to see you try it out. You'll have a nice supply of distilled water to boot.
I have an 8" inline duct fan that leaks a goodly amount of water on brew days. I boil off about 2.5 gallons of water per brew day, and I get about a pint of water from leakage. So about 2.4 gallons goes out the window.
the norm is about a gallon an hour for my 5 gallon batches...you want a vigorious boil to break down the hop oils...I was not getting this when I had a weak boil on my stovetop...2.5 gallons on a boil? That's crazy boil off, do you have an ebrewery? I know I dialed in my auber to run in manual at 55% ( on/off ) during the boil. I adjust it when it's at 208 degrees...
Does anyone have any issue with me building a a condensation collection system? I dont have a window to vent out. I was thinking about getting/ making a hood that was piped to a bucket? Does this sounds crazy?
the norm is about a gallon an hour for my 5 gallon batches...you want a vigorious boil to break down the hop oils...I was not getting this when I had a weak boil on my stovetop...
Most all grain batches have at least 2-4 extra gallons of wort to boil down after sparging... since my efficiency is around 85% with less I dont use as much sparge water as the recipes suggest but still end up with 1 1/2-2 gallons of extra water to boil down in a 5-5.5g batch.
I sometimes dial mine down to around 40/50% in manual mode and sometimes just set it to 212 and leave it.... it seems to work just as well either way.
I aim for 7-7.5 gallons in the bk after sparge and about 5.5gallons after boiling ...I have only done 4 batches so far on the new system but they have all come out with a higher gravity than the recipe range indicates... still fine tuning things between each batch. I'm fairly new to AG myself with only 6 AG batches under my belt so far.That makes sense, do you usually hit your pre-boil OG or do you boil a little more to get it at the end? I am newer to all grain so I am a bit inexperienced. I know with my 10.5 gallon pot and a 5.5 element I am overpowered and can easily boil off 2 gallons an hour (preparing for the future upgrade in pot size).
2.5 gallons on a boil? That's crazy boil off, do you have an ebrewery? I know I dialed in my auber to run in manual at 55% ( on/off ) during the boil. I adjust it when it's at 208 degrees...
Yes I do run electric. My 25-gallon pot is quite wide (about 19.5") so that's why I get a lot of evaporation.
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