Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Re-jigged Brewery finally finished


I've finally managed to put the finishing touches to my brewery re-jig. I will be testing/cleaning the system and hopefully brewing on Saturday. Due to the drop in weather temperatures and the fact I brew outside, I wil be lagging the HLT, copper, and heat exchanger. Changes to the brewery include all vessels on a single level, which meant making a new brew bench, and changing all fittings/pipe work that comes into contact with the brew to stainless. There's still the odd plastic fitting to allow me to take certain things apart for convenience. I have also included a in-line filter in the set up to prevent hops/hot break material from getting into my plate heat exchanger. Whether the filter will be required can only be determined through use, but it's better to not need it, than having to strip down the GPHE due to hop ingress!