Brewzilla Steam Condenser - Wow!

[AllanL]

Any possibly of some sizes for the area that has the sealing ring please?

Wondering about fitting to the klarstein mundschenk it doesn't have clips but few mini c clamps should hold it in place if the silicone seal lands in the correct position

 

[Jiffy176]

Each to there own, but instead of an extracton you have to rig up a condenser. I have a boil over proof lid with a simple fan and a bit of 4" hose. Bit like the air on idea.

Don't understand the energy saving tbh. Is that just the effect of having a lid on?

No idea but when I'm outside i need to keep the BZ at at least 2040w to keep a boil with the lid off.
With the condenser lid 300w to do the same and no smell

 

[Clint]

So,do you have you have this fixed to the cold tap during the brew? If so how much cold water does it use? Isn't "boiling off" DMS no longer a thing?

 

[Agentgonzo]

RESULT 90ml / HR boiloff

Isn't "boiling off" DMS no longer a thing?

I was wondering about this. I'm amazed that you only got 90ml boil off in an hour. I would have thought you'd still get a decent amount of boil off - but it would go down the drain instead of back into the boiler. Presumably all the condensate drops back into the boiler? Including any DMS. if so, have you noticed any flavour impact?

 

[Jiffy176]

So,do you have you have this fixed to the cold tap during the brew? If so how much cold water does it use? Isn't "boiling off" DMS no longer a thing?

Apparently not as the steam is pulled out by the condensing head. I did about 15l in a 90 min boil, and yes it is connected to a tap

 

[Clint]

So the condensed steam (water) is collected in the bucket,so can be repurposed. The efficiency/results must change seasonally then as the condenser temp is governed by the ground water temp? Like an immersion chiller?

 

[gavp1979]

having adjusted one of my recipes for a 19L lager its preboil is 1039. FG 1038 so yes I guess it does

I assume that is the wrong way round or you have somehow diluted your wort during the boil

I do like the look of these for brewing inside during winter so it does raise an interesting point though, if the boil off is so low then recipes would need to be adjusted to add more malt, not a massive issue on cost as malt is fairly cheap but could it then have an impact on recirculation due to a thicker mash? ... And as I was writing that I also had another thought, how do you recirculate? Or do you leave the lid off during the mash?

 

[AllanL]

I assume that is the wrong way round or you have somehow diluted your wort during the boil

I do like the look of these for brewing inside during winter so it does raise an interesting point though, if the boil off is so low then recipes would need to be adjusted to add more malt, not a massive issue on cost as malt is fairly cheap but could it then have an impact on recirculation due to a thicker mash? ... And as I was writing that I also had another thought, how do you recirculate? Or do you leave the lid off during the mash?

Lid off for the mash then fit for the boil (when produce most of the steam)

Hops go in the 3" port or down the top of the 2" port that forms the T

 

[Jiffy176]

I assume that is the wrong way round or you have somehow diluted your wort during the boil

I do like the look of these for brewing inside during winter so it does raise an interesting point though, if the boil off is so low then recipes would need to be adjusted to add more malt, not a massive issue on cost as malt is fairly cheap but could it then have an impact on recirculation due to a thicker mash? ... And as I was writing that I also had another thought, how do you recirculate? Or do you leave the lid off during the mash?

If you use brewing software I use Brewfather, and do the boil off test that Kee gives you instructions to do in the Kegland video, you just adjust your boil off rate in the software at it does the rest.

I have just ordered the brewzilla sight glass which will allow me to also keep an eye on the level during so if I need to keep the boil on for a bit longer I can. I knock the heater off momentarily to add hops and it gets going again v quickly so it would be easy enough to check and adjust the level.

I use the lid as usual during the mash and recirc through the normal way and only add this after sparring.

 

[gavp1979]

I get that brewing software will tell you how to adjust the recipe (I am also a Brewfather user), I am just surprised at how little boil off you get and therefore how much the recipe would need to be adjusted. I did a stout at weekend that had a 20pt difference between my pre boil and post boil values, to account for that difference you would need around an extra 1.5kg of grain, I am just wondering about the practicality of fitting all this extra grain into the malt pipe