Comments on: Tres Kegs Single Tier All Grain Brewing System

By: BobbyFromNJ

BobbyFromNJ — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:26 +0000

It’s a large …
It’s a large stainless braid fitted over the siphon tube for now but I have a false bottom on the way.

By: yugamrap

yugamrap — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:25 +0000

Bobby – any +/- on …
Bobby – any +/- on mashing in the keg vs. in a cooler? Easier to hold mash temps? Why did you decide to direct-fire the MLT rather than heat exchange with an IC in the HLT? Just curious because I’m heading toward a single tier system myself, and am deciding some of these things (2 kegs & cooler vs. 3 kegs, direct fire vs. heat exchange). Your videos are great. I used your grinder jig method for cutting the heads out of two kegs – easy, and great results!

By: BobbyFromNJ

BobbyFromNJ — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:25 +0000

When necessary yes. …
When necessary yes. I think I added about 3 minutes of heat at 30 minutes just to get the temp back to the 152F. I also applied heat to get up to the 170F sparge temp. That took about 6 minutes.

By: EdWort

EdWort — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:25 +0000

Great job as usual. …
Great job as usual. Did you apply heat during the mash and recirculation?

By: pszone42

pszone42 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:24 +0000

How did you polish …
How did you polish up that keg???

By: BobbyFromNJ

BobbyFromNJ — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:24 +0000

I won’t pass …
I won’t pass judgement on the direct fire mash because I have way more batches on a converted cooler so I’d be biased. I need to get over the learning curve. It’s certainly harder to clean and it loses about 3F over 60 minutes while my cooler held perfectly. More to come…

By: barkerw1

barkerw1 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:23 +0000

Did you do anything …
Did you do anything special with your sight glasses on the BK especially to make sure they don’t melt or anything?

By: pszone42

pszone42 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:23 +0000

impressive… i’m …
impressive… i’m not quite sure i have the patience, but maybe i’ll give it a whirl

By: BobbyFromNJ

BobbyFromNJ — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:23 +0000

Angle grinder with …
Angle grinder with various polishing wheels and compounds. It took about 5 hours to get it there.

By: gruversm

gruversm — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:22 +0000

Which Tru-Temp …
Which Tru-Temp Thermometer did you use on your keggle?