Dan's Bubbler

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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby woodduck » Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:31 pm

That looks bloody nice mate, well done :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:45 pm

Professor Green wrote:That's a very nice setup indeed Dan. The only thing missing is a dead sexy copper parrot.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.


One of these days ill get round to making one!
Ive been spending my spare time having a crack at malting my own barley and making a mill. Keen to give AG a try.
If i bugger the malting process, ive got about 20 ton to play with :laughing-rolling:
So far its gone pretty well, the acropsire is about 50-75% of grain length, so close to drying.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Dig Brinker » Sun Jun 24, 2018 12:03 am

Looks great mate! Maybe a bark wrap around the keg for insulation and keep the natural look going :handgestures-thumbupleft:

On a side note, any chance you could grow a field of 6 row barley next season :think: can we even grow that here?
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sun Jun 24, 2018 12:17 am

Thanks Woodduck & Dig Brinker :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Could prob manage some bark round the boiler atm... my woodshed is full of it after cutting wood the other day.
Definitely could grow six row barley out here. Had some self sown growing a few years back in some seed we got from a neighbour and it grew fine.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Dig Brinker » Mon Jun 25, 2018 12:42 am

dans.brew wrote:Thanks Woodduck & Dig Brinker :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Could prob manage some bark round the boiler atm... my woodshed is full of it after cutting wood the other day.
Definitely could grow six row barley out here. Had some self sown growing a few years back in some seed we got from a neighbour and it grew fine.



I’ve found it impossible to source 6 row locally, maybe some other forum members are after some for a premium American style AG spirit?? :think:
I’d be happy to buy some, maybe even journey up for harvest/spirit tasting weekend :happy-partydance:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Mon Jun 25, 2018 1:12 pm

Dig Brinker wrote:I’ve found it impossible to source 6 row locally, maybe some other forum members are after some for a premium American style AG spirit?? :think:
I’d be happy to buy some, maybe even journey up for harvest/spirit tasting weekend :happy-partydance:

The only six row barley we have now is a feed variety... not for malting. All the barley grown out here now is all 2 row.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Dig Brinker » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:05 am

No probs. Good luck with your malting!
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:41 pm

Just sippin on the fruits of my labour! :happy-partydance:
Ran a CFW through my bubbler on Sunday... all i will say is she's going down alright!
Only thing that annoyed me with the run was the adjustment on my rc... needless to say i just finished changing the tap over.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby woodduck » Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:58 pm

Good to hear she's going well mate. I'm quite partial to some cfw white dog myself, a touch of lemonade bloody delicious :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:05 pm

woodduck wrote:Good to hear she's going well mate. I'm quite partial to some cfw white dog myself, a touch of lemonade bloody delicious :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Cheers Woodduck, I'll have to try that one!
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:01 am

dans.brew wrote:
EziTasting wrote:Is it just teched-screwed on or is it a nut&bolt job?

Im curious as to how strong they are? As in stable... is the pipe notched to lock the base of your keg onto the legs? Or is it just the screws olding the legs?


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The legs are just tech screwed on to the keg, not with a standard techscrew though. They are heavy duty techs. The weight of the keg is sitting on the leg and there certainly aint no wobble in them. I was going to use 4 srews in each leg, but it really didnt need it.

Hope this helps EziTasting :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Where did you get the heavy duty tech screws and do they have a special name? what size pipe you use? Like this idea and thinking of doing the same.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:08 pm

bluc wrote:Where did you get the heavy duty tech screws and do they have a special name? what size pipe you use? Like this idea and thinking of doing the same.

Hey bluc!
I think we got them from just a local hardware shop. The brand name on the box is buildex. The exhaust pipe was about 2". They are working well for me... def strong enough, anymore would be overkill. I just need a flat board with wheels to sit her on.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:23 pm

ok thanks :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby EziTasting » Sat Jul 07, 2018 4:39 pm

dans.brew wrote:... The exhaust pipe was about 2". They are working well for me... def strong enough, anymore would be overkill. I just need a flat board with wheels to sit her on...



Try these Garden Trolleys, not the cheapest, but then I've done cheap and its gone to poop! :angry-banghead:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:03 pm

EziTasting wrote:Try these Garden Trolleys, not the cheapest, but then I've done cheap and its gone to poop! :angry-banghead:

Cheers Ezi
Nice looking trolleys!
Cheap doesn't really pay off... not in my experience anyway. The dopey bloke i am sometimes, still test that theory though! :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby EziTasting » Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:11 pm

dans.brew wrote:...Nice looking trolleys!
Cheap doesn't really pay off... not in my experience anyway. The dopey bloke i am sometimes, still test that theory though! :laughing-rolling:



Yer, we bought SS long nuts of eBay as well as screw-in wheels. One by one the bearings started popping out and spilling a wash down the front wiped out another wheel. Pretty soon all bar one were cactus and we just stripped the lot.
Currently we are using a palette bearer-box, hastily knocked up and haven't done anything about it since. That was nearly 2 years ago... :angry-banghead:

Tax time is shopping time, just need to measure my boiler (Nathan Keg) to get the right size. I want to combine that with your Exhaust legs and just combine it in a solid way...
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat Jul 07, 2018 6:17 pm

EziTasting wrote:Tax time is shopping time, just need to measure my boiler (Nathan Keg) to get the right size. I want to combine that with your Exhaust legs and just combine it in a solid way...


Yeah righto... she'll be smick when your done. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
I doesn't take long to get tyred of lugging around a heavy boiler.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:31 am

Ran the bubbler again yesterday, but this time i had a gate valve on the RC. Big improvement! Had it running smack on 2.5 ltrs/hr without too much adjustment.
Not sure what i was thinking stuffiing around with a ball valve. :angry-banghead:
Live and learn i suppose. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby EziTasting » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:59 am

dans.brew wrote:... :angry-banghead:
Live and learn i suppose. :handgestures-thumbupleft:


It's only a mistake if you keep doing the same thing, expecting things to change!
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Nathan02 » Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:03 am

Hows the quality off the bubbler dan? Happy?
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