Wort filters

[Birrofilo]

But there is no way that I can use the Guten high enough off the ground to drain into a fermentasaurus the guten would need to be a metre off the ground, the top of it would then be 1.8m off the ground and then raising the malt pipe to sparge would be a further 60 cm ( disaster could occur). I don't know why they even bother to put the tap on it really.

I don't know what a Guten is, maybe it is the kettle.
I put the kettle on a chair before brewing. All the brewing happens on the chair. That is also easier when I have to connect the immersion chiller to the tap which is on the sink, which is near the chair.
When I have to move the wort from kettle to fermenter, it goes via the tap to a fermenter which sits on the floor.
Then I have to put the fermenter on my portable shelf (a shelf with wheels, which I move from my fermenting room to my kitchen): I either use my muscular force (I do this until 25 kg or so, more than that and I feel I should not), or lately much more intelligently I use an inexpensive pulley which I installed in my kitchen. That reduces the effort 7 times (lifting 28 kg is as tiring as lifting 4 kg).

Easy-peasy.

Using the recirculation pump would work as well but having the kettle on the chair makes the work more "compfy".

 

[DuncB]

The Guten is an Electric brew vessel all in one like a grainfather ( 65litre) but less expensive. I have it on a small box 30 cm high so the steam condenser can drain into the sink and I can lift the grain basket okay at this height. The inbuilt pump is used during the mash and I use it to pump through the counter flow chiller and for the whirlpool and for transfer to the fermentasaurus. It's easy and safe. Haven't got a pulley yet in the brew room but coping okay at the moment.
I did use an immersion chiller previously so again box elevation helped with this as per your chair, but now using counter flow as much quicker and I get a better whirlpool.

 

[day_trippr]

Is there a bottom drain not visible? Otherwise I'm having trouble understanding how the wort actually drains

Cheers!

 

[DuncB]

The wort drains ( or is sucked really ) out through the hole seen at about 1 o'clock just outside the spring. It goes to the inbuilt pump and then the recirculation arm and I use that to fill the fermentation vessel. Haven't got a picture of the transfer being done I'm sorry.

 

[day_trippr]

Ah, ok, it wasn't obvious because the remaining wort level seemed to be lower than that hole.
Now that I know what I'm looking at it looks like the wort is right at the left edge of the hole...

Cheers!

 

[DuncB]

I think that is because it isn't completely level and that is why the last few ml are to the left of the hole. I can suffer that much loss to the fermenter out of 30.5 litres.

 

[day_trippr]

Of course. I just wasn't sure that's what the wort was draining through

Cheers!

 

[Jako]

that's awesome, i honestly didn't expect it to work that well. i am very impressed. I brewed last night and my RIMS system scorched my coil for the 4th time. that's another issue of its own... But i was working on a black IPA with tons and tons of late hop and whirlpool hops. After my vent hood ducting started to leak tons of water and i drilled relief holes to allow it to drain the gallon of water trapped i was was over it! i just racked the boiling wort into the fermenter.

But with that sad sad story out of the way. i plan to rip everything apart and really rethink some things. going to look into building a filter like this and see how i like it.

thanks for getting back to us and posting pictures. i was having a hard time following as well but seeing it in action really helps

 

[DuncB]

Jako no problem.

Sounds like you need to build yourself a steam condenser as part of your rebuild then no noisy extractor, no dripping water into your boil.

Might need to be in another thread though!

I brew indoors without any steam and much reduced smell as well using the condenser and get less boil off and use less heat when boiling it's been a real boon.

 

[Jako]

Jako no problem.

Sounds like you need to build yourself a steam condenser as part of your rebuild then no noisy extractor, no dripping water into your boil.

Might need to be in another thread though!

I brew indoors without any steam and much reduced smell as well using the condenser and get less boil off and use less heat when boiling it's been a real boon.

after last night that might not be a bad idea. i have a 4x4 foot hood vent with a 10" fan i thought i wouldn't have any issues and didn't until last night.

 

[#p3brews]

One of the next things i would like to build/ upgrade is a wort filter. As of now i will whirlpool then out of the chiller i will use a funnel filter that you would find at a homebrew store. wondering what everyone uses or has built. trying to get some ideas.

Brewers Hardware in huntington beach has some excellent wort filters with tri clamp fittings. bought a 4" tube for my 1 BBL set up and when it came i bought a 3" tube for my 10 gal system.

 

[Jako]

i have looked and planned to buy one when i built my system and decided to wait. i am afraid it would clog or something like that. have you had any issues like that? they cost a nice chunk of money, but quality is quality.

 

[odie]

One of the next things i would like to build/ upgrade is a wort filter. As of now i will whirlpool then out of the chiller i will use a funnel filter that you would find at a homebrew store. wondering what everyone uses or has built. trying to get some ideas.

below documents my wort filter

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...-fermertor-hop-trub-any-tip-out-there.672387/