10:20 AM
New Burners
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The good news is that the burners are much larger the bad news is that they need to be controlled somehow.
Check out the video and you will see what I mean.
7:49 PM
2nd Generation Brewhouse
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all grain, Brewery Planning, brewhouse, chiller, plate chiller, single tier, wort
Realtive to the new system is was very simple, quick disconnects, one pump and three 55k btu burners.
The new system about 1/3 of the way through the modications. Once it is done it will be entirely hard plumbed, have two pumps (one for sparging and the other for wort transfer), HLT heat exchanger for step mashes, inline temp readings, several polycarbonate sight glasses, an expandable / swinging control panel supprt, a tipping mash tun, integrated plate chiller and a way to reuse the hot water from the chiller. So I guess this brewery will be "green" in the way it conserves water.
These pics include one of Brad who has done a very good job of coming up with problems with constructing the brewery. More pictures will be included as Brad's part is done and as we hard plumb it.
6:21 AM
If you have tried this beer post your comments about your experience.... That is if your still alive to talk about it.
Checkout the video review.
7:40 PM
4 year old bottled conditioned Framboise Recipe
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So fast forward to four years later, and how has it aged??
It has decent head retention, a light mouth feel and a light sweet flavor. HOWEVER, this overwhelming yeast taste beats down all the other flavors. It is kind of embarrassing to talk about but twice now when I follow a recipe that does not sound completlely in line with a style it has not turned out the way we like.
Ira has the video of us tasting the batch. I will ask him to post it.
7:25 PM
Brewery Progress
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Automation, chiller, cold box, cold fermentation box, conical fermenter, fermenator, Fermentation, glycol
We have most of the cold box completed we only need to caulk a few seams, paint the outside of the box and put on casters and affix the heat exchanger to the inside of the box.
We also started the cart that the glycol chiller will sit on. This will be somewhat complex in order for the glycol reservoir not to leak.
However, the most interesting piece thus far is the "Brain" of the fermentation process which Ira is building and programming entirely from scratch. We are using a touch screen to control and monitor the process. At this point we will be able to program manually or use preset modes for the temperatures and times for fermentation.
This is a lot of information but I promise to include video and pictures to make the whole concept more intriguing.
Later....
7:39 AM
More rain...
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10:21 PM
Update Conical Fermenator Pics
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