Here is a picture of the new platform Joe built out of scrap wood laying around:
2-Tier Platform
The full HERMS setup, heating our strike water in the HLT:
HERMS with Annhilator Doppelbock shown
HERMS, Recirculating action
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Systems Upgrade: 2-tier HERMS
Today we are planning a brew called "annihilator doppelbock" which will be the most involved brew to date. I have only brewed one other lager ever, and that was quite some time ago. Today's brew will utilize a newly outfitted hot-liquor tank (HLT, new bulk-head with ball-valve control, site-gauge, and thermometer) and boil-kettle (BK, new bulk-head with ball-valve). We will also be using a crude, 1st design heat-exchanger with ~50' of copper in an insulated stainless-steel vessel recycled from old chemistry equipment. This will be the core of our "heat-exchange recirculating mash system" (HERMS). The lager has to be cooled to 40 F before pitching our yeast-starter. Since it is July and the ground-water is likely higher than this temperature, we will swap the 150 F water in the heat-exchanger with ice water and use this in series with our counter-flow chiller.
Here is a picture of the new platform Joe built out of scrap wood laying around:
2-Tier Platform
The full HERMS setup, heating our strike water in the HLT:
HERMS with Annhilator Doppelbock shown
HERMS, Recirculating action
Here is a picture of the new platform Joe built out of scrap wood laying around:
2-Tier Platform
The full HERMS setup, heating our strike water in the HLT:
HERMS with Annhilator Doppelbock shown
HERMS, Recirculating action
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