Doppel-Hund Brewing - My new brewery build

[leedsbrew]

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[haz66]

Love the mash tun,and good luck with the rest of the build, i got both my false bottoms of MuddyDisco, top quality stuff

[leedsbrew]

and I'd expect we'll see another version in Leeds appearing in this thread soon too

Cheers,
Kev

Your not wrong keV! Lol I've been busy at work this week so gonna try to crack on this weekend. Getting a sparky to come and give me quote for a 16A supply for the garage as well.

[Kev888]

Sounds good to me! I'm also hoping to do a bit of tinkering - I've not done much towards my new setup for weeks now.

If its a free quote maybe also ask for the price for a 30A circuit (or more) as well. I believe that it mostly depends on what wiring is already in place for the sparky to connect to/from - in some cases it may not cost very much more to get a heavier duty run, and then you'd be future proofed for running two elements at the same time.

I'm lucky that I've already got a 30a spur, though I want to check it out a bit before I load it with two elements. I'm considering changing to 16a industrial sockets, though.

Cheers
Kev

[leedsbrew]

If its a free quote maybe also ask for the price for a 30A circuit (or more) as well. I believe that it mostly depends on what wiring is already in place for the sparky to connect to/from - in some cases it may not cost very much more to get a heavier duty run, and then you'd be future proofed for running two elements at the same time.

I'm lucky that I've already got a 30a spur, though I want to check it out a bit before I load it with two elements. I'm considering changing to 16a industrial sockets, though.

Cheers
Kev

Not a bad idea that matey! Cheers

Have you seen THIS from oily bits. Recon it's the way I'll be going for the HLT, if not for the boiler as well! Probably not from them though as £42 is a bit steep for what you get!

[Kev888]

Not a bad idea that matey! Cheers

Have you seen THIS from oily bits. Recon it's the way I'll be going for the HLT, if not for the boiler as well! Probably not from them though as £42 is a bit steep for what you get!

I'd not seen that - looks the business! I was thinking of using that type of socket and lead, but I'd not thought about a separate isolating switch as well. Screwfix (and I'm sure others too) do a range of 240v commando sockets if you want to mix and match.

Cheers
Kev

[leedsbrew]

Found some time today to crack on with the HLT today.


Here she is when I started


And a few minutes later . The cladding came off real easy. I used a hand saw to go round the tank where I wanted the lagging to come away then made some vertical cuts in the foam that was to come off. After that it was simply a case of using a screwdriver to peel the foam off.


Five minuted with the angle grinder and thi swas the result. A bit of a hack job cos the grinding disk was shot to shit


Out came the file and some wet & dry and she is a smooth as a baby's bum (if not straight! )




It's not the cleanest of tanks inside but as you can see from one of the pics above the dark coating is a bit like a fine powder and comes away with a wipe. I'm gonna crack on and give it a good clean tomorrow.


I think i've decided that this bottom hole is going to be where the sight gauge attaches. I was going to use it for the outlet tap but it's 1" male BSP and I don't want to faff around with a 90 deg elbow on it. I recon it will be easier to put in a 15mm tank connector.

When the coil comes out (aka when I get some new stilsons cos I can't find mine anywhere ) I'll probably be blanking off these holes until I sort out a thermo well


I was lucky enough to get a tall fridge freezer on Leeds Freegle yesterday


Gonna give it a good clean down tomorrow and maybe get on with making my temp controller for it!

More to follow!

LB..............out

[Kev888]

Looking good there!

If its of interest, I cut my coil out with a hacksaw blade, leaving the 1" bsp connectors in place, and used a 1" female to 22mm coupler on them (plus 22mm-15mm fitting reducers to get to 15mm) - but I doubt thats any better than using a tank connector, it just seemed easier at the time.

Cheers,
kev

[leedsbrew]

Got a bit further on this weekend. I went over to Doncaster on Saturday morning to pick up a tank from George Beck.



113L stainless steel, ex food industry tank. I had to give it a good clean out as it still had the remains of it's last product in, a very pungent syrup! Being the good hearted Yorkshire man he is, George threw a stand in the mix. It's a bit ropey, but nothing a good going over with a wire brush and some hammerite won't fix!

the stand is going to need a little bit of moding to accommodate the gas burner. I have decided to go gas as I really don't want to start hacking this tank apart, drilling holes in it as it is very well made.

The bottom is dished and drains out completely.




all in all well chuffed with it!


think i'm gonna have to wrap the HLT up in some shinny or it's gonna get jealous!

cheers

LB

[WishboneBrewery]

everyone really is up scaling!!!

[DarloDave]

Looks fantastic that mate!

[Kev888]

Looks familiar. So does the cylinder now as well - except its not green
I'm definately going to hide the green with shinyness too - when sat next to the boiler it looks a bit out of place.

Think that ss tank is the same model that I made my boiler from; if looked after it should last a life time. I did (reluctantly) take the decision to cut an element hole in it, and it turns out the walls are over 2mm thick! If its of use, the tap threads on mine were 3/4" (although the ones on my smaller MT tank weren't very well formed so they only just worked)

Cheers
kev

[StrangeBrew]

Nice tank for the boiler!

You might want to consider changing the wheels on the stand to one's that have those pedal brakes to lock them in place or remove altogether.
I wouldn't want to see 100ltr+ of boiling wort going awol!

[leedsbrew]

Nice tank for the boiler!

You might want to consider changing the wheels on the stand to one's that have those pedal brakes to lock them in place or remove altogether.
I wouldn't want to see 100ltr+ of boiling wort going awol!

Yeah, that was gonna be te plan. The bearings on hose ones are shot to shit so was going to replace them. It's at a good hight with the wheels on and I like the idea of being able to wheel it over to the bin for cleaning it out.

Once I've decided on the burner and bought it I'll get some new wheels and get over to my brothers to weld it all up!

[leedsbrew]

Looks familiar. So does the cylinder now as well - except its not green
I'm definately going to hide the green with shinyness too - when sat next to the boiler it looks a bit out of place.

Think that ss tank is the same model that I made my boiler from; if looked after it should last a life time. I did (reluctantly) take the decision to cut an element hole in it, and it turns out the walls are over 2mm thick! If its of use, the tap threads on mine were 3/4" (although the ones on my smaller MT tank weren't very well formed so they only just worked)

Cheers
kev

Aye kev, I've been meaning to upgraded for a while and your excellet posts have been one of the big inspirations that have made me pull my finger out!

I'd pretty much decided it was going electric on the hlt as I don't mind bodging the copper tank, wont be too hard to get a replacement if I'm a bit ham fisted! Seeing how well made these SS tanks are and the fact that my land lord won't let us get a 16 or 30A supply in the garage means it's gas for the boiler.

I kinda like the idea of gas anyway as I think I'll have better contol over the ferosity of the boil. The price of the gas will also come out of my brewing budget, rather than the electricity bill!