Recent content by Mad Mann

I reuse my water for multiple brew by storing in a 20G vessel.

I buy as little as I can from China.

If you want to force diversity, brew a different kind of beer.

Yes, use mine all the time. Converted an old air conditioner. Attached is an old diagram but it is similar. I use two different loops with two counterflow chillers and it works extremely well with no wasted water. I use some old wort pump and for the Pex loop I use a sump pump submerged in an...

Ive done this with two counterflow chillers. The beer portion is plumbed in series and the glycol portion is plumbed in parallel from two different closed sources. This gives me the flexibility and reduced time I was looking for. The diagram is an earlier version but you get the idea.

Thank you for clarification! Only reusing for cooling water! Would hate to taste beer made of that!!!

Yes, that is exactly what I was referencing. My thought is the condenser lid water "Should" not interact with the wort since it it going straight down the tube and then recirculating through a 10G vessel. Ive brewed multiple time like this and I am unable to discern any off flavors. The brew...

Jumping on this thread a little late... are there any issues with reusing the ambient temp water? I currently use two, 10G vessels and reuse the water with my steam condenser for no wasted water.

Thank you! Mistyped... should have been HP Laptop.

Have been unable to find directions on how to load the TILT APP on my HO laptop... Currently unstable and slow on my Raspberry PI, do you have any suggestions?

If you still have the chiller, Im interested.

I keep a log of all my brews, water, grains, efficiency ETC. I use different water ratios based on the beer type, or grain type. I calculate each brew individually then check with my dat base for confirmation. It helps to use one system. I use a BIAB and tend to use less overall water but your...

You could simply get a pulley system and raise it when you are increasing temp. Lower when ready to mash.

My vote is a Monster Mill three with gears.

Have done it before with beer that I didn't care for... turned into moonshine that was rather tasty.