Some pictures of the brand new (well only used twice) teeny tiny plastic fantastic, I am a cheap bastard,
Thirsty Boy Brewery Its a HERMS designed to fit on my balcony and brew 10-12 litre batches. I want small batches for reason which I have explained in another thread and for which Bub now hates me
Heres the whole thing ready to go.
In action. That isn't me in the picture, its my big mate and brewing assistant Chewbacca. (he must never discover that I called him my assistant)
I chill through the HERMS coil after filling the HLT with ice water, the same way the Colplink does in his Therminator (thanks for the idea Colplink)
Fermenting in a water bath with aquarium heater. The pump for the brewery serves double purpose circulating the water around the eski to keep the temp even (its actually a submersible aquarium pump)
When its all finished and ready to bottle. Half goes into Grolsch Bottles and the rest goes into my homemade 5-6 litre Keg for force carbonation
Thence it goes into my Beer Fridge which was a present from my 75 year old Father in Law who won it for drinking a truly scary quantity of VB down at the local RSL club.
I love this fridge as it doesn't take up too much room and the keg fits in nicely.
Well. There it is. It was built on a combination of stuff learned off the net, Mostly here and on Graham Sander's Ozbrewer site; and Guesswork.
I'd love some feedback about things I might be able to improve, or things that you spot that you think might come to bite me in the future. Still tinkering madly with the whole thing at this stage, but I think that that stage might last for ever... with any luck.
Thanks Guys
Dan