New brewhouse build

[Matt Lory]

Thought I might post (show off) the system we are building at the moment.

We were initially limited by the volume of our chilly bin mash tun limiting our ability to create a full 23l batch of higher gravity wort. The search for a new mash tun lead into the idea of brewing 45L batches. Then mash temp control was considered...then we stumbled across the electric brewery website...it was all down hill from there!

So, system under construction is two tier, electric 70l HLT with 15m copper half inch HERMS coil, keggle mash tun and 70l gas fired kettle.

HLT and kettle are not expected until November, so in the interim we've got the mash tun sorted out.

Insulated with 3 layers of an old yoga mat then capped with a few layers of tinfoil glued together, will see if this stands up to a bit of water splashing around. I somehow ordered one too many valves so we've got an unrequired valve on the recircluation hose.