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Post by Scooby » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:03 am

I've made a manifold for the hop back, should be better than a bag.

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bod

Post by bod » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:30 pm

very nice! :D i take it the wort enters the chamber through the left pipe, filters through the hops and out through right hand pipe?


drilling the holes must have been fun! :wink:

Scooby

Post by Scooby » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:13 pm

very nice! i take it the wort enters the chamber through the left pipe, filters through the hops and out through right hand pipe?
Thats right Bod. Pic of the original one in action with hops in nylon bag are posted in Grain beer/Badger best. I.m going to use the 500ml jar in place of the 1l next brew
drilling the holes must have been fun!
First one was absolute precision, went to pot after that :lol:

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:37 pm

Very tidy Scooby 8)

Scooby

Post by Scooby » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:31 pm

Hop back MK11

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I'm making toys like the big boys now :lol:

Frothy

Post by Frothy » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:29 pm

Very Neat Scoob.
Does the microbore feed into your CFC?

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Post by Garth » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:31 pm

very tidy Scooby, nice bit of work there, the container looks similar to the sealed type of which you can larger square ones. I use them to store all my different grain apart from pale,

do you think it puts a lot of the hop aroma back then?

have you done some brews with and without using the hopback?

Scooby

Post by Scooby » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:14 pm

That's it Frothy hot wort from boiler into hop back then through CFC.

I've done two brews with the hop back Garth and the results are 100% positive 8) not only more aroma which was the reason for trying it but surprisingly more hop flavour.

The container is the same as Vossy used for his plate chiller filter, thanks Vossy :wink:

mysterio

Post by mysterio » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:25 pm

Looks good Scooby... any chance of a how-to guide for idiots?? Where to get all the bits etc.

Scooby

Post by Scooby » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:41 pm

mysterio wrote:Looks good Scooby... any chance of a how-to guide for idiots?? Where to get all the bits etc.
Just to prove I'm also an idiot I will try to answer your question Mysterio :!:

The container is Lock & lock

http://www.alacook.co.uk/item--Lock-and ... 931L..html

I got mine from a local department store in the sale for £1.40

A 15mm Speedfit (JG) connector from B&Q. The other bits I had in a box of plumbing odds and sods I have collected over the years, some one will come back with the correct terms for them but I guess they are 3/4 flange thingamejigs that take 15mm tube :lol: The manifold is 22mm tube and end cap and a 22mm joining piece that fitted nicely on the flange thingamejig 8)

Someone help me :?

eskimobob

Post by eskimobob » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:43 pm

Looking good Scooby - I prefer the look of this design to the previous one. Might have a go at one of these myself...

Frothy

Post by Frothy » Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:11 am

Anyone seen these locking containers anywhere else?
i.e. Tesco? M&S?

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Post by Garth » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:08 am

Frothy, there are a chain of cheapo shops round our way called Home Bargains, you can probably get them there. I buy the square sort from there to store my smaller amounts of grain and the seal and locking clips look the same. This big one here will easily hold 1kg of grain and was only £1.99

Re:- time of your post, that must have been some supping session mate!

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Post by Andy » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:12 am

Frothy wrote:Anyone seen these locking containers anywhere else?
i.e. Tesco? M&S?

Matt
Wilkinsons.
Dan!

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Post by tubby_shaw » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:54 am

Frothy wrote:Anyone seen these locking containers anywhere else?
i.e. Tesco? M&S?

Matt
Yes mate the wife came home with a batch of these from Tesco last week :)

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