The New HLT

[barneey]

Nothing special about this HLT + have designed it much in the same way as the previous HLT, fully concealed centre bottom outlet, triclover ballvalve outlet etc.

As I`ve increased the brew length to 100 ltrs it lead to the problem of what HLT donor vessel to buy, I had enough trouble getting a 150 ltr pot for the boiler

So to get over the problem I`m using a standard 80 ltr thermo pot with 2 x 3KW burco elements to enable a quick temp gain for the sparge water whilst mashing, seemed the easiest solution to the problem.

Just need to fit the new sight glass & thermowell then it will be up and running.

[Fil]

Very Nice..
how you planning on measuering the temp?
Have u vented the lid so it can be snapped tight? or are you planning on just resting it on top unlamped?

[barneey]

Very Nice..
how you planning on measuering the temp?
Have u vented the lid so it can be snapped tight? or are you planning on just resting it on top unlamped?

On all my old HLT`s I`ve used a simple mashmaster thermometer ( I don't have any of these left now ) as it provides a quick and easily readable gauge. So as to combine this with the electric brewery build I`ll install a thermowell + PT100 probe to measure and control the temp.

As for making a bomb out of the thing I`ll just use the thermo box tabs but wont click them down, so yep just resting.

[Belter]

In the time it's taken my to build mine...6months... you've built this in about a week. I like the elements in the base. Do they go black after the first use

[barneey]

Rain near stopped play this evening but with the aid of a sun canopy (only thing its good for at the moment) I managed to fit the sight glass complete with bottom outlet (slightly altered MrLards design for the bottom outlet), again everything fully concealed in the bottom insulation The bottom of the clear sight tube is near enough level with the bottom of the floor so with the exception of the waste water in the pipework zero+ measurements can be taken.

[jmc]

Very neat.

I like the Salvador Daliesque central drain particularly

[mrlard]

good work

[barneey]

Cheers, as this will be the last brewery build I`m ever going to do, I wanted to include / add the best bits from all the other pots I`ve made and the knowledge gained from these sites over the last 2 years, having said that with the speed things are still progressing on the homebuild front, who knows

[chris2012]

Next step, microbrewery

[barneey]

Nope I`m not that crazy The next step is to sell off all the 8 crates of spare stuff I have left over

[Belter]

Perhaps when you've sold it all on you can rent out that wing of your house?

[WishboneBrewery]

looking good