Moving Over To The Dark Side, Jays All Grain Build.

[Jay7792]

Hi Guys, I have now decided to make the move over to the Dark Side and start All Grain

I have ordered my first All Grain Mash Kit from the Home Brewing Centre which should be here soon

Thought I would document my progress here of obtaining and building my new All Grain setup.

The Postman arrived with this today,





The Coleman Xtreme is supposed to be a good choice of cooler to be converted into a Mash Tun, I am just about to start on replacing the dodgy tap with a nice new Ball Valve and also making the Copper Manifold

I will post more pics of my progress later on.

[seymour]

Very cool. Good for you and best of luck with your brewery build!

[Jay7792]

Hi Guys,

Thanks Seymour

I have now finished the Mash Tun, cutting all those slits in the Copper Manifold took ages!!!







I also picked up some 10mm Copper Pipe (10 metres) to make my own Wort Chiller, but that will be a job for tomorrow.

Jay

[darkonnis]

Very nice.
When making your wort chiller, if you make it in a fancy pattern (see google: wort chillers) or make one which covers the boiler relatively evenly it'll cool much better than just making a single coil in the center. That works of course, and I had on myself, just meant movign the thing about and stirring all the break back into the wort to cool each section.
Worth a thought.
Cooky

[far9410]

thats a nice looking mash tun, well done

[seymour]

Yeah, great work. Can't wait to hear about the beer you brew in it!

[Fil]

whats the plan for the first AG brew Jay? i hope you enjoy your brewdays, looks like a beaut of a tun youve built yourself there, im sure it will give you lots of lovely sweet wort for your boil..

[stevetk189]

Welcome to the dark side Jay I look forward to hearing more about your brewing adventures.