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Bean's Brew House: April 2013
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Saturday, April 27, 2013. 165 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt. 35 lbs Rye Malt. 1 lb Crystal 60l. 2 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 60. 1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 20. 1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 10. 1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 5. Safale 05 American Ale. Yield- 10.2 gallons. UPDATE 27APR2013: 8 Hours from pitching the half with the starter is producing CO2. The direct pitch half is showing no signs so far. UPDATE 12MAY2013: Transferred the half with the starter to keg for carbonating. Down to 1.014 for an ABV of 6.6%.
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Bean's Brew House
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Friday, October 4, 2013. Well, almost.) All wiring is finished and has been tested. The only thing now is to add a little bit of silicone to some of the joints to keep it waterproof. The picture looks the same as the previous post but the amp meter is now reading the amperage going through. I only had one element hooked up so its showing 22.1 amps. If I run both it will show the total 44 amps. Another note, only the boil PID is showing temp. I didn't bother to bring out all the temp probes while.
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Bean's Brew House: September 2012
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Monday, September 24, 2012. Wiring the control panel is done (besides the volt and amp meter). After much headache all the plumbing and leak testing of the kettles is finished. All to do is install the GFCi breaker and plug, wire the element plugs and mount the control panel. Links to this post. Saturday, September 15, 2012. Links to this post. Sunday, September 9, 2012. Pics and Update on the Electric Brewery. Here are some pics:. Links to this post. Saturday, September 1, 2012. 1 lb 10oz Munich. 01SEP2...
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Bean's Brew House: System Update
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Friday, March 7, 2014. Well our system collaboration has now turned into a business venture. Andy and I are going to try and open a commercial nanobrewery with no debt and no investors. A feat that is difficult but will hopefully become profitable. Below are some pictures of how things have progressed. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures of the process. These pictures and more updates can be seen at our facebook. The overall system. One day we'll build nicer stands. Me in a kettle.
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Bean's Brew House: System Progress
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Thursday, January 2, 2014. Andy went and dropped off our HLT and Boil Kettle for welding. We are having three 2-inch tri-clamp ferrules welded into each. These are where the heating elements will be attached. Going this route versus a weldless set up allows us to easily remove the elements for cleaning. Hopefully the welding will be finished by the beginning of next week. As of now the only items we need to be able to test our first batch on the new system are:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Bean's Brew House: October 2013
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Sunday, October 13, 2013. Yet another new system. (progress). My kettles and cheapo stand have been moved into the basement. This is what we will use until we have the money to build a new stand and order the large 55 gallon kettles. The vent hood has been fabricated and ducting purchased. It will be installed today or tomorrow and first full wet test, mock brew, and calibration will happen tomorrow. Hoses in this pic are stretched weird. Once the pumps are moved. Over it will look and operate better.
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Bean's Brew House: November 2012
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Monday, November 19, 2012. 13 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt. 1 lb Crystal 40L. 25 oz CTZ @ 60. 15 oz CTZ @ 30. 1 oz Cascade @ 15. 2 oz Cascade @ 5. 19NOV2012- I calibrated and added volume marks to my boil kettle sight glass. This helped me get some exact numbers. At 0 minutes I had 8.7 gallons in the kettle. After sending everything through the chiller ended up with 7.5 gallons. That's a lot of wort loss. But whatever, 1.066 is a good IPA and I'm excited to see how this turns out. Links to this post. Scott Bean&#...
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Bean's Brew House: September 2013
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Monday, September 30, 2013. An update on "Yet another system". Panel tags have arrive and been installed. Wiring is going well. At this point the only things we have yet to finish are the following:. 1 Install top plate with heatsink. 2 Run 6 Gauge power wiring to the heating element contactors (this includes the SSR connections). 3 Run wire from the temperature probe receptacles to the PID's. 4 Run wire from the AC Shunt to the ammeter. 5 Run 2 hots to the voltmeter. 65279;. Links to this post. The p...
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Bean's Brew House: False Bottom
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Friday, January 3, 2014. As stated in a previous post, we decided to fabricate our own false bottom. Basically I just ordered a 24" x 24" stainless perforated sheet with 0.09375" holes with a 0.15625" stagger. After I climbed inside the kettle my wife placed the perforated sheet on top and I used a sharpie to trace the shape of the kettle. Then I cut out the circle with my angle grinder. The false bottom so far. Still need the edge cleaned up and. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).