New Brew Rig - 3/4 bbl

Cliff and I test drove the new brewery this weekend with a OG1.061 American IPA. Lots of things to work on. Next steps are to normalize all of the hose fittings with Tri-Clamp. Bell-to-bell the brew day was about 7hrs - bad for one batch, but not when you consider the batch was 18g. I think we can drop our brew time by 2hrs and begin the mash of a second batch during the boil of batch #1. Much to do and rig, but we are getting there.


The set up. 26g Kettle, 8g HLT, 26g MLT











Mash in. That is over 50# of grain, son.










The HERMS recirc. It was a bit chilly, so we found a new use for my sleeping bag. Yeah, the rig is a bit ghetto, but we are working out the kinks. Note the awesome tempature monitors. We monitored the in and out temperature so we can really dial in our mash temp.











Ok, our chiller rig is really rough. I think we spent more in zip ties than our grain bill. We ran two Immer. Circs and rigged a system to switch from city water to recirc ice water. Also had a whirlpool wand circulating the wort. We were able to chill 18g in less than 30m.











Check out the wicked trub cone!