Misc.
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Grain conditioning experiments
At the beginning of our career as brewers (about 2 years ago) we experimented with conditioned grains to boost the efficiency of our brewery (which was really rubbish). In those days we used steam which we forced through the grains, this worked well for the efficiency of the brewery at the time but the process…
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The NEW mill
Fell for the add on Facebook and ordered the KegLand MaltZilla Premium. Citing KegLand The MaltZilla Diamond Mill is quite a different mill design and it’s the first in the world to use diamonds impregnated into the surface of the roller. Most mills require aggressive knurling to push into the grain and “chop” the grain…
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Pyrex Erlenmeyer flasks
After preparing starters in a kettle and the transfer hot wort to no-name Erlenmeyer flasks and then cool them in an ice bath we started to experiment with boiling DME in the flasks with direct heat (gas) which ended in disaster, we decided to go with some well known Pyrex Erlenmeyer flasks and halogen hobs…
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The OLD mill (sold)
Well, its a mill with a power drill attached, mounted on a cutting board from IKEA. It is very sturdy and it does a great job, not the fastest mill out there but perfect for us.
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Orbital shaker for degassing SG samples
When we invested in an EasyDens SG meter we started to investigate the best way to degass samples for it and found many articles referencing orbital shakers. So, lets build one! Using a microcontroller (Arduino), a stepper driver board and a small stepper motor the following was produced with the help of 3D-CAD (Solidworks), a…