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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Temperature controller built for the fermentation space.
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I just got the Auber deluxe probe as my cheap probe inside a thermowell wasn't really working out for me.
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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Re: My Single Vessel Electric Brewery Build
do you have a link to that probe? i'm in the market.
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I can help you out with that, we could work out a deal on your freezer.
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Sounds good, I sent you a pm but didn't know about this.mr x wrote:I can help you out with that, we could work out a deal on your freezer.
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FYI here is the cable.
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Re: My Single Vessel Electric Brewery Build
What was the problem with the probe in the thermowell? Is it probe based or the setup? I am planning on going the probe in a thermowell route for my setup too.
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I was using a cheap probe that wasn't water tight on the thread side. On my first attempt I had removed the pt100 probe itself from the steel casing and slid it inside my 6" long 1/2" MPT thermowell. The readings were ok (only a little slow) but eventually the probe died (cheap POS). I replaced it with a similar one but left the probe in the steel casing / thermowell it came in and slid the whole unit into my larger thermowell. Now my tempurature readings take a long time to equalize because of the two layers of steel and the air buffer in between.
After my cheaping out on temp probes I bit the bullet and got the "good one" from Auber. I should have done that initially as it wouldn't have cost me any more money and would have had better results. I can still use the cheaper probes on my smoker controller though.
After my cheaping out on temp probes I bit the bullet and got the "good one" from Auber. I should have done that initially as it wouldn't have cost me any more money and would have had better results. I can still use the cheaper probes on my smoker controller though.
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On tap at RubberToe's:
Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Re: My Single Vessel Electric Brewery Build
how much do you have from the top of your kettle to the underside of the range hood, and do you think it's enough?
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I can measure it later but I specifically designed my counter height, bag height with hooks plus pulley so the bag lifts high enough out of the kettle.
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Motorized grain mill with variable speed controller. I'm using a 650 rpm drill from Princess Auto and a fan speed controller.
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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Very good. This is a nice unit for those in a rush.
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Yeah I almost went with such a device. I would have if this option didn't work. There's a cheaper version of that on Amazon for about $20 I think.
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And for those getting the idea, don't even bother trying to use one of these with a high speed drill. They don't have the torque to crush grain at low RPM.
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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Re: My Single Vessel Electric Brewery Build
cool. how much did the 650 rpm drill cost?
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Fermenting: black ipa
Conditioning:
Kegged: barrel barleywine from 2014 - i think i still have this somewhere
Fermenting: black ipa
Conditioning:
Kegged: barrel barleywine from 2014 - i think i still have this somewhere
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$70 plus tax IIRC.
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Re: My Single Vessel Electric Brewery Build
Forget everything about trying to lift a huge grain bill up with a slow draining bag (fine crush and fine material). I was previously using a single pulley with no mechanical advantage.
Here's my new 4 pulley block and tackle. If I'm not mistaken it should give me a 4:1 mechanical advantage.
Block and Tackle by Hot Pepper Daddy, on Flickr
Here's my new 4 pulley block and tackle. If I'm not mistaken it should give me a 4:1 mechanical advantage.
Block and Tackle by Hot Pepper Daddy, on Flickr
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That's intense!
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I like that. Princess Auto?
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Yep, like $6 or something each. I can't wait to try it out this weekend.mr x wrote:I like that. Princess Auto?
Electric Brewery Build
On tap at RubberToe's:
Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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That is what I used to use when I did BIAB. It makes a huge difference!
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Got any links to the pulleys you used, l need to do this.
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The ones I used are here, I think that's a pic of a smaller pulley. There was no info on the lbs rating and the body is cast so it's probably not the best. It's not a life or death situation so I'm fine with it and it should be beefy enough to hold my stuff.
I saw an assembled block and tackle at Canadian Tire for $12 and change rated for 1 tonne.
I saw an assembled block and tackle at Canadian Tire for $12 and change rated for 1 tonne.
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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
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Really?! Fuck, I'll have to look. Can you remember the section you saw it in? Can't find anything on the website....
Edit: Got it. Thanks!!
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/6 ... ?locale=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Edit: Got it. Thanks!!
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