RuddyCrazy wrote:B-man grab a couple of 60 litre fermeters as you say you have a keg boiler which will do 3 off stripping runs on say a BKO what ever it is :laughing-rolling: since I've moved on to all grain and malting myself I don't do the recipes on this forum anymore I just make my own mate. Doing it yourself does make that special drop if your willing to put the work in. As the saying goes one does the hard yards so one can hurry up wait for that special drop :handgestures-thumbupleft:
My plan this weekend is to finally clean out my 60 litres fermenters and go my trusty recipe for neutral, 12 kg of sugar 1/2 a box of weetbix for each fermenter check PH now as I use rainwater I find nothing is needed but after 4 days I give the ferment a bicarb boost to up the PH as the ferment will crash on PH then after a few days of warmth it will be ready for 3 strip runs over 4 plates which will then get me a 45 litre spirit run which I can run overnight as I am a nightshift pig :laughing-rolling:
Cheers Bryan
indenial wrote:I'm still nailing down processes and recipes so not sure if it's ideal. My idea was it could do 70l of wash, and give me 2 x 35l boiler charges for stripping runs. It worked well for 70l of rum wash under temperature control. I don't seem to get crazy vigorous rum fermentations so 10l head room was good. When I did that, I only did 2 generations of rum as that left me with around 40l of low wines for spirit run.
For fermenting on grain, it's probably slightly too big for a single boiler charge, and definitely too small for double boiler charge (I have attempted both)
It might be good for a single boiler charge of wheat + yellow label angel yeast. From what I've read you need a heap of headroom for that. I haven't got my hands on yellow label angel yet.
Wellsy wrote:Hey thrudd I will answer your questions one at a time because I can only remember one thing at a time :). At this time of the day I don’t have to remember where I left my glass.
Wellsy wrote:What size fermenter to use...
Wellsy wrote:What size fridge
This one is really the old how long is a piece of string question. The internals of a fridge are so different some are deep or wide, for our purposes being tall is often the key , especially if you want to put an air lock on top of the fermenter. Also consider how you are going to drain the fermenter and if it needs to be elevated. Everyone has a different setup so best option is to get the fermenter and take it with you..
I am in central vic , so even cooler than Melbourne, I have found a fermenter wrapped in a blanket with a couple of heater belts still stays surprisingly warm. One advantage of larger fermenters is they have larger thermal mass so tend not to fluctuate as much in temp if you can get them insulated. My insulation is an Aldi blanket $15:00 new. So it does not have to be expensive. Oh and sit it on a rubber mat so the cold concrete does not bring the temp down.
Wellsy wrote:Plus one to what Bryan said about the papers, at 1cent each and in packs of 100 they last a long time. Just be a bit careful of the bicarbonate as to much can affect the flavour. Chaulk or gypsum ( I think ) can have the same effect without the addition flavour. Most hbs gave these items and they are not expensive. Double check the gypsum mate as I could have the name wrong, I know it is like a fertiliser name just can’t think of it right now.
The Stig wrote:Please phone , I hate typing :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
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