First outing for shiny boiler tomorrow!

[Jim]

Just been setting things up for the morning:

Recipe:

4kg Marris Otter
250g Wheat Malt
250g Crystal Malt
250g Torrified Wheat


Hops – some combination of Challenger and Goldings to about 25 EBUs

Yeast - Gervin Ale

I filled the boiler by tube: -





All set to drop the hot mash liquor into the tun in the morning (my old boiler)

[Andy]

Nice one Jim, new kit and is that a new recipe for you ?

[tubby_shaw]

Nice one Jim
Going to be some good head retention with the 10% wheat addition

[ColinKeb]

its looking very good jim, im severely tempted myself now

[crow_flies]

nice shiny Jim!

/CF

[Horden Hillbilly]

Nice looking set up Jim, have a good brew day tomorrow.

[Jim]

Thanks, chaps. Yep, that's a new recipe and the extra wheat is indeed to help head retention when pulling from the beer engine.

I'll still be mashing and sparging in a similar way, but the old boiler will become my HLT - this will save heating up the water in a pan, as I used to do before adding to the old HLT, which had no heating element.

I'll obviously have to go through a process of honing my brewing procedure to fit the new gear, so things may change.

[eskimobob]

Looking good Jim. That is one stonking great Variac you have there

I'm planning on brewing another EB Stout tomorrow so should be up and about early...

[Jim]

15 amp jobbie, EB. Good luck with your own brew.

I'm about half way through the boil now, all going very well, touch wood. I saved about half an hour in getting up to the boil by putting the gas ring on as well as the element.

Here's a few pics.

I collected enough in the ss boiler to cover the element -



Then lifted the boiler onto the cooker and continued collecting in a plastic fermenter, transferring into the boiler as I went.



The wort was boiling its bum off before I'd even finished sparging - I turned the gas off once it got to the boil, cos it was scaring me!



Boil will be over at 10:15.

[Seveneer]

Looking good Jim. Shiny

/Phil.

[eskimobob]

Looking good Jim. I'm 30 mins into the mash now - going to start a thread shortly.

Did you post some info about your new boiler while I've been busy these last couple of months? - I'd be interested to know more about it - what it looks like inside, did you buy or built it etc...

[Jim]

Looking good Jim. I'm 30 mins into the mash now - going to start a thread shortly.

Did you post some info about your new boiler while I've been busy these last couple of months? - I'd be interested to know more about it - what it looks like inside, did you buy or built it etc...

Nice one, EB. Mine's standing after the boil.

I did indeed post a thread on my boiler shenanagans: viewtopic.php?t=3192

viewtopic.php?t=3290

[Garth]

Good luck with the brew Jim.

[Andy]

Nice elecky/gas combo approach there Jim, like it

Have you always transferred the sparge output into the (elevated) boiler in stages or is this a new technique for the new equipment ?

[Jim]

Nice elecky/gas combo approach there Jim, like it

Have you always transferred the sparge output into the (elevated) boiler in stages or is this a new technique for the new equipment ?

No, that's new. I used to collect the lot in the placcy boiler then boil on the floor and lift up to the bench for the run-off - very hazardous and I'm glad to have designed that out of the system!