Wheat Beer 16/06/07

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Seveneer

Post by Seveneer » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:20 am

Yep. the Brupaks boilers are good. Though, Steve and I both changed the ball valves.

/Phil.
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Post by awalker » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:15 pm

oblivious wrote:Looken good, WLP300 will give you a nice beer, did you make a starter?
Sort of

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I had ago at making a small PET bottle starter, but I reckon it was only just yawning when I pitched it, definitely not fully awake!
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Post by awalker » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:18 pm

Steve_flack, seveneer they sound good where abouts are they available from online?

Seems leyland do them but I was hoping to go to a ten gallon boiler
So they might be a bit small.
Might have to get a ten gallon from hop and grape.
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maxashton

Post by maxashton » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:46 pm

If you get a 10 Gallon from hop and grape, be advised that the cutout is pretty sensitive.

I can't reccomend you modify it, since that would be Highly Unsafe, but i had to rip the cutout to do a 1080 brew.
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Post by Seveneer » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:49 pm

awalker wrote:Steve_flack, seveneer they sound good where abouts are they available from online?

Seems leyland do them but I was hoping to go to a ten gallon boiler
So they might be a bit small.
Might have to get a ten gallon from hop and grape.
I use a 75l one for my boiler and can easily boil 10 gallons. I got mine from Farnborough but Hop and Grape do them too.

/Phil.
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Post by awalker » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:50 pm

maxashton wrote:If you get a 10 Gallon from hop and grape, be advised that the cutout is pretty sensitive.

I can't reccomend you modify it, since that would be Highly Unsafe, but i had to rip the cutout to do a 1080 brew.

Hmm dont really want that
Thats what i am trying to get away from.

With the saftey cutout removed are they a good unit?
As I dont really want to upgrade my boiler to and even bigger mistake!
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Post by maxashton » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:05 pm

Yes, the boiler is good. I'd reccomend either getting the 2 boiler version, or if you don't want to pay John for his time, buy a boiler element and fit it yourself.

After i removed the cutout element, i was able to boil high gravity volumes fine.

Removing the cutout was a bit of a fiddle, to be honest.
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Post by awalker » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:13 pm

Seveneer wrote:
awalker wrote:Steve_flack, seveneer they sound good where abouts are they available from online?

Seems leyland do them but I was hoping to go to a ten gallon boiler
So they might be a bit small.
Might have to get a ten gallon from hop and grape.
I use a 75l one for my boiler and can easily boil 10 gallons. I got mine from Farnborough but Hop and Grape do them too.

/Phil.
Do they have two elements or just the one?

What tap mod needs doing to them Seveneer or Steve_flack?
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:16 pm

Seveneer wrote:...got mine from Farnborough but Hop and Grape do them too.
As does the Hop Shop which is where I got mine - they're a smidgen cheaper than H&G for the 75L version.
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Post by steve_flack » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:18 pm

awalker wrote:
Do they have two elements or just the one?

What tap mod needs doing to them Seveneer or Steve_flack?
The 75 and 100L ones have two 3kW elements and the 50L has one.

We both replaced the ballvalve with a stainless 3-piece ballvalve from BES. The one that comes as standard is stainless but a piece of crap.
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Post by maxashton » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:23 pm

The 10 gallon frop H&G has either one or two, depending on how much you want to spend. They sell the elements in a seperate section.

I think the general technique is to use two elements until it comes to boil them turn one of them off to maintain it.
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Post by awalker » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:26 pm

steve_flack wrote:
Seveneer wrote:...got mine from Farnborough but Hop and Grape do them too.
As does the Hop Shop which is where I got mine - they're a smidgen cheaper than H&G for the 75L version.
Do you have a link steve_f wouldn't mind having a look at one and getting a price
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Post by steve_flack » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:29 pm

Link
Not cheap but it is stainless not plastic.
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Post by awalker » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:35 pm

steve_flack wrote:Link
Not cheap but it is stainless not plastic.

Hmm unfortunately i might have to stay with plastic a bit longer at that price.
I can't see SWMBO going that far.

Thanks for all your help though, one day I will have a stainless steel brewery.
Unfortunately the garage(brew shed) needs a new roof which is sucking up funds at the moment.
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Post by steve_flack » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:36 pm

If you're not afraid to cut you own holes (big ones) then you could use a big pan from catering-supplies-uk on ebay....or you could use propane and only have to drill a small hole.
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