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Re: Random brewing pics

Post by jeffsmith » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:31 pm

Chillin and fillin. Kind of a scrambling brew day for me. Was all over the place cooking, tending to one fussy kid or the other, and managed to slice my hand open real well on a sharp edge of my plate chiller too. Still ended up with beer though! :spilly:

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Post by RubberToe » Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:50 am

Measuring some water additions.
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Post by RubberToe » Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:49 am

Nailing mash temp.
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Post by Araxi » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:56 am

Heating strike water, start of another brew day :rockin:
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Post by HappyHopper » Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:36 am

Araxi wrote:Heating strike water, start of another brew day :rockin:
A beautiful thing!!
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Post by Araxi » Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:37 am

Transferring strike water to mash tun.
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Post by Araxi » Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:06 am

Circulating mash through herms, nothing like some Smashing Pumpkins while mashing
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Post by chalmers » Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:20 am

Looking good, Araxi!
Out of curiosity, have you ever measured what your temp loss would be during the mash if you weren't using HERMS?
Do you find the HLT element on a lot during the process, or does it sit idle most of the time, and the bulk hot water does a good enough job of keeping the mash at temp?

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Post by Araxi » Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:41 am

Hey Chris, yeah actually the HLT holds the heat quite well. I also heat my garage to 18C, so I'm sure if I didn't there would be a lot more heat loss.

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Post by Araxi » Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:54 am

As you can see there is a 2-3 degree diff between mash temp and hlt, I think if I had thicker walled silicone hose that would be better
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Post by Araxi » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:41 pm

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:12 pm

New burner - pretty happy with it!
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Post by benwedge » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:51 pm

LeafMan66_67 wrote:New burner - pretty happy with it!
That flame looks nice. What is it?
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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:56 pm

benwedge wrote:
LeafMan66_67 wrote:New burner - pretty happy with it!
That flame looks nice. What is it?
Blichman - really clean burn.
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Post by jeffsmith » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:15 pm

LeafMan66_67 wrote:
benwedge wrote:
LeafMan66_67 wrote:New burner - pretty happy with it!
That flame looks nice. What is it?
Blichman - really clean burn.
What did you use previously? Was it faster to get to a boil and to heat your strike water?

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Post by LiverDance » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:20 pm

Does this look infected???? :lol: My dry hop for the Hopslam clone.
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Post by Jimmy » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:22 pm

LiverDance wrote:Does this look infected???? :lol: My dry hop for the Hopslam clone.
Definitely. But don't worry, I'll take it.

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:54 pm

jeffsmith wrote:
What did you use previously? Was it faster to get to a boil and to heat your strike water?
I had a turkey frier burner from Canadian Tire. Only did the one brew with it so far and it was my first 10G batch so can't compare heating times yet.
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Post by gregarious » Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:39 pm

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:
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Post by canuck » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:01 pm

Bruce, love the pics man! Totally envious of your setup! :headbang: :cheers:

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Post by Araxi » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:04 pm

You'll have one soon Shane :cheers2:

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Post by gm- » Sat Apr 06, 2013 12:48 pm

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Re: Random brewing pics

Post by HappyHopper » Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:54 pm

My new wife.... I mean life! Gonna build up slow but now now
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Post by Jimmy » Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:08 pm

Um...I think I have a problem. 20lbs of hops in the freezer
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Re: Random brewing pics

Post by canuck » Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:11 pm

^ Nah, a problem would be only having 1 lb in the freezer. :D

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