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Hi Brewers,
So I may be a little keen after my first brew day yesterday but I’m already thinking how to do it better next time.
My equipment is a 57 Litre (10gal) electric kettle (2.4kw). I’m fermenting in 25 litre buckets with the bubbler airlock. I’m using brew in a bag with an actual bag not basket.
I’m looking for what to do next, issues from first brew were; where to source sparge water, lifting the bag full of grains and draining/sparging, cooling the wort (no chiller - I took the kettle outside and hosed it down), temperature control between stages.
I’m quite interested in the idea of recirculating for helping with temperature control, but to buy the pump, hoses and connectors etc seems quite expensive, but not out of reach but is it worth the investment? Maybe there’s other more important improvements that is worth spending money on such as wort chiller or proper fermentation bucket with heat control?
Can you guys maybe help point me in the best next step and also with my current set up what are the next upgrade priorities that will add the most to my efficiency?
Thanks in advance!
So I may be a little keen after my first brew day yesterday but I’m already thinking how to do it better next time.
My equipment is a 57 Litre (10gal) electric kettle (2.4kw). I’m fermenting in 25 litre buckets with the bubbler airlock. I’m using brew in a bag with an actual bag not basket.
I’m looking for what to do next, issues from first brew were; where to source sparge water, lifting the bag full of grains and draining/sparging, cooling the wort (no chiller - I took the kettle outside and hosed it down), temperature control between stages.
I’m quite interested in the idea of recirculating for helping with temperature control, but to buy the pump, hoses and connectors etc seems quite expensive, but not out of reach but is it worth the investment? Maybe there’s other more important improvements that is worth spending money on such as wort chiller or proper fermentation bucket with heat control?
Can you guys maybe help point me in the best next step and also with my current set up what are the next upgrade priorities that will add the most to my efficiency?
Thanks in advance!