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MashBag said:
I tried out the Speidel filter yesterday and it works very well. Like you I ended up with no wort left in BM after I tilted it. It looks like they both do a great job with yours having the edge on price :hat:
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I tried out the Speidel filter yesterday and it works very well. Like you I ended up with no wort left in BM after I tilted it. It looks like they both do a great job with yours having the edge on price :hat:
Not sure if this thread has gone dead now ... can't see any posts since last year ... but have just invested in a 50L BM and have to tell someone about it (my wife doesnt seem to get it) :hmm:
Been brewing for 40 years, 25 of them all grain with a 3V system of dubious design. But was losing the joy - all the the little quirks of the old system (the leaks, the stuck mashes, the mess) were getting to be a pain. Hence the shiny new Speidel.
What a beauty! (what a lot of money)
Did my first brew with it yesterday and today I am exhausted!
Everything worked really well out of the box
- programming
- heating
- pumps
- cleaning up
Things I wasn't aware of in advance.
1. It's big and made of metal and so is much heavier than my old plastic 25L setup , so is tough to lug around
2. That malt pipe is incredibly heavy when full of wet grains - I eventually jerry rigged a pulley system to get it out, but near ruptured myself trying to get it out for an hour!
3. It was slow - I am used to brewing in about 5 hours from filling the HLT to pitching the yeast, but yesterday took 8 hours (albeit with an hour of wrestling with the malt pipe). Heating seemed slow and the run off took ages.
The product of my labours is now in my shiny new 60L FV with a lovely yeast head.
Looking forward to refining my recipes now I have repeatability. Time to raid the recipe section of the forum.
Been brewing for 40 years, 25 of them all grain with a 3V system of dubious design. But was losing the joy - all the the little quirks of the old system (the leaks, the stuck mashes, the mess) were getting to be a pain. Hence the shiny new Speidel.
What a beauty! (what a lot of money)
Did my first brew with it yesterday and today I am exhausted!
Everything worked really well out of the box
- programming
- heating
- pumps
- cleaning up
Things I wasn't aware of in advance.
1. It's big and made of metal and so is much heavier than my old plastic 25L setup , so is tough to lug around
2. That malt pipe is incredibly heavy when full of wet grains - I eventually jerry rigged a pulley system to get it out, but near ruptured myself trying to get it out for an hour!
3. It was slow - I am used to brewing in about 5 hours from filling the HLT to pitching the yeast, but yesterday took 8 hours (albeit with an hour of wrestling with the malt pipe). Heating seemed slow and the run off took ages.
The product of my labours is now in my shiny new 60L FV with a lovely yeast head.
Looking forward to refining my recipes now I have repeatability. Time to raid the recipe section of the forum.
EskiBrew
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Nice one Neil - glad it's working well :drunk:
Monte Cristo
Impressive Member
Have you got any pics Neil? :hat:
I've tried to upload a couple of photos ... Can only see one of them as I write this so maybe I've not got it right :pray:
The one I can see is the BM with the malt pipe hung from the skyhook (Very professional for a mechanical engineer!)
The other (if it arrives) is a broader view of the mill, FV and BM (plus associated other junk in the workshop/brewery/man cave).
Things are very quiet today as the beer ferments ... I'll try to take some photos next time i use the beast.
The one I can see is the BM with the malt pipe hung from the skyhook (Very professional for a mechanical engineer!)
The other (if it arrives) is a broader view of the mill, FV and BM (plus associated other junk in the workshop/brewery/man cave).
Things are very quiet today as the beer ferments ... I'll try to take some photos next time i use the beast.
I am thinking of buying a 20 litre BM .I need to get 20.5 litres into my casks so how easy is this ?
I see yhat you get about 25 litres wort is this less loss to trub in boiler and ofcourse loss fermenter to cask ,which in my case is very little only yeast and break material
I use a plate chiller but may change to immersion type if need be
I see yhat you get about 25 litres wort is this less loss to trub in boiler and ofcourse loss fermenter to cask ,which in my case is very little only yeast and break material
I use a plate chiller but may change to immersion type if need be
IPA
Regular.
This is how I deal with the malt pipe.
Make a jacket out of a camping /exercise mat to speed up heating.
Fred777
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Hi guys , i'm considering purchasing a 50l version.
What about the gravities you can achieve? Would I be able to make a 9% imperial stout if i want?
What about the gravities you can achieve? Would I be able to make a 9% imperial stout if i want?
IPA
Regular.
You can make any strength beer you want but once it gets above about 6.5% you will have to do a double mash. It's quite easy. the 50 litre malt tube will hold about 11 kg of grain if your grain bill is more than this split it in half and mash it after sparging empty the malt tube cool the liquor to your mash in temp put the malt tube back in add the second half of your grain and mash again.
Fred777
New Member
Fantastic, thank you very much
Not tried a double mash approach, but sounds feasible if a bit time consuming. if I want higher gravity I just accept less than 50L out (40L works great with 2 corny kegs) ... but that's only likely to give you around 8 and a bit %
Alternatively (and to some this is blasphemy) I come over all Belgian and add sugar (sharp intake of breath) ... clearly not going to do it for your imperial stout
And I've just got to comment on IPA's set up - NICE! I don't have the headroom in my brew shed for that sort of set up but I do love the hood and ducting (I just open the window) and the hoist. Since my fist attampt I have managed to perfect my malt pipe lifting technique so am no longer at risk of a hernia.
Alternatively (and to some this is blasphemy) I come over all Belgian and add sugar (sharp intake of breath) ... clearly not going to do it for your imperial stout
And I've just got to comment on IPA's set up - NICE! I don't have the headroom in my brew shed for that sort of set up but I do love the hood and ducting (I just open the window) and the hoist. Since my fist attampt I have managed to perfect my malt pipe lifting technique so am no longer at risk of a hernia.
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