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Post #1 made 11 years ago
by GAZ9053
Well the postie has been delivering bits all week.
First nesbits
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Then some bits from thehomebrewshop and eBay
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So today, remove old tap, cut slightly larger hole for new ball valve, assemble ball valve with ptfe on threads.
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Attach said ball valve to boiler
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Fit hop bazooka
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Also had to go to ikea with SWMBO so made a couple of purchases there. Folding steamer basket to stop bag touching element.
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Strainer for after mash.
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Found a few bits at work and thought mmmm hop spider
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To the shed.........
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That's it so far. Got some cotton muslin that Anita is going to make a bag for boiler and hop sock. Still want a chiller. Got myself on morley home brew BIAB day in March so will have AG#1 on the go after that.
Last edited by GAZ9053 on 01 Feb 2015, 00:55, edited 1 time in total.

Post #2 made 11 years ago
by joshua
Excuse me for my Ignorance, but, why do you use the Bazooka screen and a stainer??

BIAB uses a rather fine material known a Voile, that is Finer than the Strainer and the Screen.

The Hop Spider will also contain all but the finest Hop Material.

If you need to block ALL break material, a stainless steel pot scrubber at the Ball valve will catch all the break and hop debris.

JMHO YMMV


I Hope I can figure out why there is so much equipment....
Honest Officer, I swear to Drunk, I am Not God.
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Post #4 made 11 years ago
by PistolPatch
Great post GAZ and welcome to the forum :thumbs:,

You must have had a lot of fun this week. Good on you :party:.

What Josh is worried about is the fact that often adding more equipment can often create unnecessary work mainly through extra cleaning and maintenance. One of the hardest things in brewing, is brewing consistently good beers over a long period. Even if you had the same ingredients available to you on each batch, as a general rule, the more equipment you have, the more likely it is that your quality will decline as it is easy for small infections etc to sneak into little places.

I think the above is an excellent start but be very open-minded about getting rid of equipment when you can. (I've got mountains of gear I have removed :P).

My best advice to you at present would be two things...

1. Don't use the colander as an excuse to not stir/agitate the mash when you apply heat. (A failure to stir/agitate will just result in the bottom of your mash being super-heated and the top receiving no heat until much later.)

2. Always monitor the health of your ball-valve no matter what anyone says to you. Search this site for early posts that contain the word 'nostril'.

We'll look forward to seeing you get this baby fired up. If you can, take the time to plan and have your recipe checked on this site before you buy your ingredients so as any major errors can be avoided.

:salute:
PP
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Post #5 made 11 years ago
by GAZ9053
Cheers PP,

yes I had lots of fun building, still got to wrap it in insulation that I hope to get this week.

I know what you mean about equipment it seems to multiply as soon as your back is turned, or that's what SWMBO keeps telling me :lol:

The colander is just to put the bag in to drain, did you have a different use for it in mind that I have not thought of :scratch:

I hope I didn't come over as closed minded or sharp in my last answer :blush:

I am looking forward to my first outing, I have got on a day BIAB at Morley hombrew to see first hand and hopefully avoid too many cockups.

I will get pics on my first outing I hope :)

I am playing with Biabacus and slowly getting used to it.

Cheers

Gaz

Post #6 made 11 years ago
by PistolPatch
GAZ9053 wrote:I hope I didn't come over as closed minded or sharp in my last answer :blush:
Thought I was done here for today and then read this! In no way at all Gaz did you come across as close-minded!!! :nup:
GAZ9053 wrote:I am playing with Biabacus and slowly getting used to it.
Cool! Just go one section at a time, mainly A,B,C,D and then K. Take it slowly, with a beer, and watch the interactions between those sections.

:salute:
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Post #7 made 11 years ago
by goulaigan
Looks like a good setup indeed. One thing I noticed in your first post is that you mentioned cotton muslin. Probly OK for the hop bag but you will want to use voile (polyester) like Joshua said for you brew bag. Cotton retains liquid, and I could be wrong but I think muslin may be too fine to allow your wort to drain properly...
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