Braumeister Style Build

[Brew_for_Buttons]

Been working hard on the build of new braumeister style brewing system for the last few months and taught i would update with some pics. Allot of work still to be done but its coming along.

[Garry]

I think I just got a stiffy  That looks cool, fair play to you.

How many litres will the pot hold?

How much grain will the tube hold?

What kind of elements will you be using?

[Jacob]

Brewers porn is what it is 

[Covey]

no kids so.....lucky bastid

[Garry]

Brewers porn is what it is 

[Brew_for_Buttons]

We have created the attached program. It feeds out different temperatures at different times as well as other information about when to add in any additions/ turn on pump. The program sends info to the arduino which in turn changes the set points on the temperature controller. once temperatures have been reached the signal also gets sent back to instruct the program and start timers. we could have used it to control the entire process but by keeping it connected we can pull values back into the database that is connected to the program and create graphs. The idea is that we can make very small adjustments to the process each time.

[DEMPSEY]

Looks fantastic. What pump are you using . Looking at the top plate in your malt tube tells me you have access to some good metal cutting equipment.

[Brew_for_Buttons]

the pot  will hold 100L brimmed, we only expect to do 50l batches. There are 2 2KW elements formed in semicircles  in the bottom of the pot (still to be fitted ) each element is 5 ft long. the grain tube should hold up to 16kg of grain but we might make a few versions of this for smaller batches and higher % . Still allot of tricking about to do.

[Brew_for_Buttons]

http://www.lowara.ie/lowdata/doc/EN/ecocirc-ed-en.pdf.  This is the pump. as far as i could find out it is similar to the Braumeister one

[Shane Phelan]

That looks great dude!

[Brew_for_Buttons]

no kids so.....lucky bastid

1. but sleeps like an angel from 7:30 pm.

[DEMPSEY]

Picking your brain here now what head height pump are you using is it a 4 meter or 6 meter version

[Brew_for_Buttons]

Its the 6m version Ecocirc 25-6/130. we only have one on the tank at the moment but have left enough room for a second if needed.

[DEMPSEY]

thanks I am looking for a pump for a different job and this one might do the trick. Do you have access to a fabrication workshop cause I lurve the neat strainer plate on top of the malt tube

[Brew_for_Buttons]

Lucky enough to have access to some very good fabricators and their work shops, who think the pursuit of good homebrew is a noble one. Basically we have called in that many favors that we will be giving away our first few good batches. The strainer plate is made of 2 identical plates with a fine stainless mesh sandwiched between them. The plates can be taken apart to replace the mesh or even add muslin cloth.