day at vossys

[Dan]

a feat of engineering

hot liquor

re mashing

re circulating

superb wort clarity

mash sample

first runnings

grain bed

the boil

the break

the beer !

a Day at the V1 brewery

I had the chance to sit in on a fellow hombrewer today (to see where i was going wrong)

herms system kept the mash temp bang on.
mash recirculation gave an excllent clarity
pumps took out all the back work
trub was left on the hops like thick sludge

and then !!

Uber chiller: ultra CFC took the wort temp from 100C to 16C in seconds
infact it was too effecient and the coolent was restricted to up the pitching temp to 22C.

all in all a great day. my hats off to vossy for his hospitality

[Jimberbob]

That looks a fantastic set up and the finished beer looks incredible. What was being brewed up today at the V1 brewery? (excuse my ignorance, but what actually is a HERMS system?) There's so much yet to learn.

[AT]

That looks a fantastic set up and the finished beer looks incredible. What was being brewed up today at the V1 brewery? (excuse my ignorance, but what actually is a HERMS system?) There's so much yet to learn.

Heat Exchanged Recirculating Mash System (HERMS)

If i wasn't so stupid id have a set up like that

[Andy]

That looks a fantastic set up and the finished beer looks incredible. What was being brewed up today at the V1 brewery? (excuse my ignorance, but what actually is a HERMS system?) There's so much yet to learn.

Have a look at the website of another JHBF member - Phil aka Seveneer for HERMS explaination (and pics of a lovely setup).

http://www.philrobins.org.uk/

[AT]

Phils ah lord help me, it's not fair showing people that site you'll give us all a complex. I spent a few evenings drooling over that site

[Andy]

It's even better watching it working

[Vossy1]

What was being brewed up today at the V1 brewery?

Another of Phil's Hefe's

Manchester may be under a sea of yeast later (not a bad place for it ) as I pitched almost a ltr of yeast cake onto this batch

[Seveneer]

Phils ah lord help me, it's not fair showing people that site you'll give us all a complex. I spent a few evenings drooling over that site

I'm glad you lke my little obsession

/Phil.

[Seveneer]

What was being brewed up today at the V1 brewery?

Another of Phil's Hefe's

Manchester may be under a sea of yeast later (not a bad place for it ) as I pitched almost a ltr of yeast cake onto this batch

[AT]

Phils ah lord help me, it's not fair showing people that site you'll give us all a complex. I spent a few evenings drooling over that site

I'm glad you lke my little obsession

/Phil.

Love it, what a great set up. I hope in a few years hmm hmm months swimbo willing to do something along those lines. No doubt i'll have your head annoyed with stupid questions like " so what's a fermenter?" and "when you talk about head are we talking about the same thing?"

[AT]

Actually as soon as i can afford it, scratch the swimbo crap

[Seveneer]

Actually as soon as i can afford it, scratch the swimbo crap

My wife actually agreed to me importing a B3 sculpture but I couldn't justify the expense to myself

I saved a lot of money building my own system so she's pretty cool about the whole thing. Although, she wasn't so happy when I spent all yeasterday afternoon drinking 6% porter

/Phil.

[AT]

Actually as soon as i can afford it, scratch the swimbo crap

My wife actually agreed to me importing a B3 sculpture but I couldn't justify the expense to myself

I saved a lot of money building my own system so she's pretty cool about the whole thing. Although, she wasn't so happy when I spent all yeasterday afternoon drinking 6% porter

/Phil.

Honey if i brew it i gotta drink it

[Vossy1]

Although, she wasn't so happy when I spent all yeasterday afternoon drinking 6% porter

Well, 4 hours in and there's a thin yeast head and the airlock is glooping every minute
Dan, I fitted the airlock afterall as I wanted to know how soon the yeast kicked off

A amber flood alert has been sounded in the V1 household

[Andy]

I saved a lot of money building my own system so she's pretty cool about the whole thing. Although, she wasn't so happy when I spent all yeasterday afternoon drinking 6% porter
/Phil.

Ah, was your PM offering brewday lifting services posted under the affluence of incohol ?