Work with your hands
When cooling wort with my countercurrent exchanger, it's important to know the temperature as it comes out. The goal is to bring the wort to the optimal temperature for pitching yeast
Brewery 2.0, Brew #1
Today is my first day brewing with the latest iteration of my brewery. That includes a Chugger pump, my countercurrent heat exchanger for wort chilling, and my conical fermenter with upgraded cabinet controller
Heat Exchange Snobbery
The recipe for beer is pretty simple. One important step is boiling the wort, the sweet mixture that yeast will ferment into beer. Boiling sanitizes the beer so that yeast can work its
In Tune
The recent modifications to the cabinet warranted a small software upgrade. The power and heat transfer of the two modes are drastically different. The heating side, a SSR-throttled in-line water heater element, can
Splish Splash
It's ready for a test drive. The conical fermenter is assembled and in place, ready to make some delicious beer with the convenience of a commercial brewery.
The last part needed