No Hassle MLT`+ HLT + RIMS 120 qt. Cooler

Capsicumexanthematicus

Capsicumexanthematicus

My new mashing system; I just used this to brew my first 15 gallon all grain batch;

-I dump 20 gallons of water into a cooler

- Plug it in and wait 30 minutes

- Dump a thirty pound Grain bill in there

-Come back an hour later , throw a couple valves

-Send 15 gallons of of 1.051 SG wort out to my Kettle

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRpLAgMz-lQ
 
HigherThisHeat said:
So it just heats up the water right there in the cooler? Interesting... You have pics of the actual set up?
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I've got a couple pics on my phone, but the youtube video shows you pretty much everything.

wheebz said:
whats your efficiency?

and isnt your clarity pretty shitty with that?
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79% my first and only run so far. Clarity was great initially, basically looked like iced tea on the bottom side of the divider. The weight of the spent grain caused my divider to buckle when I was pumping out to my kettle, some grain got loose and turbidity increased towards the end I had to throw a filter bag on my outlet pipe in the kettle. Definitely needs a lot of redesign, but the concept works. I'm looking forward to making some improvements and brewing with it again. I've been dreading doing an all grain 15 gallon batch, but with this system, I was able to keep my brew day down to under 4 hours.
 
thats awesome man

i figured you would have some efficiency issues with basically a continuous sparge like that and striking with the entirity of your water, but thats pretty sweet

so you dont sparge one single bit, you just recirc everything correct?

i didnt watch the video in full
 
wheebz said:
thats awesome man

i figured you would have some efficiency issues with basically a continuous sparge like that and striking with the entirity of your water, but thats pretty sweet

so you dont sparge one single bit, you just recirc everything correct?

i didnt watch the video in full
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Yup, no real sparge, no real vorlauf (at least not seperately) the pump just wails away like a coffee machine from hell, and the grain bed filters as it mashes. I was surprised with the efficiency myself, I would have been happy with 60%.
 
ohh haha

i was about to type HOLY SHIT YOU USED 2 OUNCES OF SIMCOE FOR A 5.5% AMBER!!!

then i remembered its a 15 gallon batch....
 
wheebz said:
ohh haha

i was about to type HOLY SHIT YOU USED 2 OUNCES OF SIMCOE FOR A 5.5% AMBER!!!

then i remembered its a 15 gallon batch....
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Yeah Lol, that would make it like an amber IPA if it were a 5 gal.

HigherThisHeat said:
Whoops, couldn't see a video from my work computer, only the diagram.

That is so badass though. At the beginning of the vid i was wondering how, and where you were going to transfer to the boil kettle. That is perfect!
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Thanks, I had been sort of kicking myself for not buying a house with a walkout basement, but utilizing the window with the export line seems to do the trick. besides there's no way I'm dead lifting 15 gallons of wort multiple times everytime I brew.
 
I don't blame you. It's nice to have a back that stays in working order.

Damn, 15 gallons at once I guess makes the brew day worth the efforts. 5 gallons just doesn't last long enough
 
Is there a reason you decided to go with a 240v heating element from a water heater rather than a 110v one from something like a hot tub?
 
HigherThisHeat said:
I don't blame you. It's nice to have a back that stays in working order.

Damn, 15 gallons at once I guess makes the brew day worth the efforts. 5 gallons just doesn't last long enough
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Totally my strategy, SWMBO makes it hard for me to brew as often as I want and 5 gallon batches would mean I need to brew every week or two. 15 gallon brews once or twice a month means I always have a few full carboys and kegs waiting to go. So far I've been almost 10 months without running out of beer.

RocketMan said:
Is there a reason you decided to go with a 240v heating element from a water heater rather than a 110v one from something like a hot tub?
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Yes, thanks for the question, I really appreciate it. It's the volume of water... It takes 1 BTU of heat to raise one pound of water one degree, one gallon of water (8.33 lbs) requires 8.33 BTUs per degree. To raise 15 gallons of water say 50 degrees you need more than 6,000 BTUs of heat. For a 2KW heating element (about the most you can run off a 120V 20 amp breaker) it would require about an hour or so to heat the amount of wort that I need (assuming the water is already 100+ degrees). The purpose of this design is to shorten an all grain brew day so that it doesn't take any longer than a partial mash. More voltage means less current, it's also very convenient that my brewery is also my laundry room ;)
 
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