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Brewing Setup #1
Problems:
Stove lacked heat output.
Cooled wort by sitting kettle in sink of cold water (slow).
Spilled wort was hard to get out the kitchen carpet.
Stirring Spoon too short for 5 gal SS kettle.
5 gal SS kettle too small for 5 gal batches.
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Brewing Setup #2:
Improvements
Purchased a camp stove from a flee market, now able to brew in the garage.
Built my all copper counter current wort chiller.
Purchased a long SS stirring spoon.
Problems:
Heat production better, and portable, however still lacking quick boils.
Kettle still too small.
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Brewing Setup #3:
Improvements
Purchased a keg and converted it to a 15.5 gal kettle.
Problems:
Seemed to boil even slower with the larger keg/kettle
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Brewing Setup #4:
Improvements
Purchased a cajun panfry system $39. Adapted the stand to hold the keg kettle better.
Purchased a 2:1 propane splitter to allow me to use both cookers at the same time. Now I bring the water to boiling while heating the extract in a seperate container to help pour it easier.
Built a stand to support the camp stove, keeps me from kneeling to use it.
Converted the keg cutout into a lid for the keg, allowing steam to escape through the old valve assembly (dip tube removed).
Problems:
Still looking to start all grain brewing.
RIMS design going slow as I plan on building almost everything including a microprocessor driven temperature controller, with programed heating scheduals, valve switching, motor control, and automatic fluid level and rate sensors.
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