Adventures in Brewing

Monday, September 24, 2012

Almost there

Wiring the control panel is done (besides the volt and amp meter)
After much headache all the plumbing and leak testing of the kettles is finished.
All to do is install the GFCi breaker and plug, wire the element plugs and mount the control panel.



Saturday, September 15, 2012

Electric brewing progress...

Here is a pic with the control panel lit up. I fried the volt and amp meters. I had checked the dc voltage before plugging them in but apparently one of my mounting screws was grounding out the converters. New meters are on the way. Luckily I can brew without those, it's just nice to have them to see what is going on.


Sunday, September 9, 2012

Pics and Update on the Electric Brewery

Finished wiring up the box, everything works except I have the wrong relays. New ones are on the way. Parts are in to convert the kettles. It will be a lot of work to get it all finished.

Here are some pics:









Saturday, September 1, 2012

Cana Pale Ale (11 Gallon Batch)

Ingredients-

Grain:
20 lbs 10oz 2 Row Pale Malt
3 lbs Carahell
1 lb 10oz Munich

Hops:
2 oz CTZ @ 60
1 oz Cascade @ 5
4 oz Mt Hood in Hop Back
4 oz Mt hood Dry Hop in Secondary

Yeast:
Safale-05 in half
White Labs in half (slurry)

Additives:
2 ml of 88% Lactic Acid to Mash (brought down to a pH of 5.2)

OG: 1.054

01SEP2012- This is a batch brewed for with our homebrew club. Half will go to the club and half to me. Things went fairly well but the CFC got clogged when we switched out the hops in the hops back. We'll let it ferment for about a week then transfer to secondary and add dry hops.