cunnyfunt's SD Biab Blog

cooperville

Damn cunnyfunt starters and ball lock fermenting is the future i like the idea a lot and will more than likely be making this jump as well . Are you modifying your sanke kegs with 4" so you can give em a good clean out after ferment? Olddog controller and all WOW!! i want one of those but i am not set up permanently

cunnyfunt

Thanks coops. I meant they are 6". So I can get my fat arm in to clean:) 6" Ferrules are being welded on the kegs this week.

cunnyfunt

Started with 15kg distillers malt, and 7kg of peated malt with 100l at mash in and 30l sparge. I ended up getting 100l @ 1046 into the fermenter. Next time I will throw some grain into the fermenter with emzym to boost it a couple points but I'm happy with that.

I also trialled an inline o2 airstone connected after the wort chiller. Ran it for about two minutes. It worked excellent. So did the auto sparge. I used Whitelabs old English ale yeast this time.

Top pic is the temp gauge taking measurement right near the inline airstone before pumping into the fermenter

cunnyfunt

This morning current ambient is 13c

cunnyfunt

So I'm back using a braumeister. I had a 20L a few years back. Loved it but it was to small.

Mashed 25kg of wheat yesterday in a 50l braumeister and got 90l @ 1.058 into the fermenter. And was able to clean the house, wash the dog's, cook breakfast and dinner. I also managed to drink half a bottle of vodka a smoke 25g of Dr Pat..

100% wheat vodka mash

12.5kg Joe white wheat
10mls pro malt enzyme
Mashed @ 66c for 2 hours, no mash out, no sparge, no boil. 45l chilled and o2'ed into the fermenter, 2.5l starter of WL neutral grain yeast. X2

punkin

Nice.

cunnyfunt

I just cleaned up about 86l off the floor from the blow off. Leaves me about 4l to run through the dash :O

FullySilenced

Sorry to hear that sir..makes the eyes tear up thinking of the loss...

punkin

Couple of drops of antifoam may help next time. remind me next order and i'll send you some.

Too bad. Sounds like i would have drunk it as beer with a hefe yeast.

cunnyfunt

You sent me some with the dash thanks :). Never thought about using it with fermentation. This yeast is a bomb. I will give it a little more head space next time. I only really lost a few litres. :)

Moonshine

I wish you'd post more pics, @cunnyfunt, I very much like your working environment. It looks more like a lab than a shed or garage. :-bd

Drunkas

I love the pictures mate. I recon I'm about 2 years behind you in gear. What you are doing is along the lines of what I want to do. Don't know if I will go with a braumeister or try and build one my self and save the penny's for other items that I will need.

jonno

How are your kegs setup to be used as fermenters mate?

Drunkas

if you are talking to me I have the kegs but not done any thing with them yet. I was thing of welding 2 kegs together and having the 2 inch feral s that they have on em each end then add some legs and a light sand blasting to blend every thing and you got some really nice looking SS fermenters.

rossco

Been making my lagers and pilsners down here because mid winter is the only time it gets cold enough for a lager yeast to work properly. Really considering a 50l braumeister myself. The mrs wanted to know what I'd do if the process was automated. I told here I'd work on the kegs in the kegerator.

punkin

:D

Lot of cash and a three phase circuit needed.

Smaug

@rossco said: Been making my lagers and pilsners down here because mid winter is the only time it gets cold enough for a lager yeast to work properly. Really considering a 50l braumeister myself. The mrs wanted to know what I'd do if the process was automated. I told here I'd work on the kegs in the kegerator.

Check this guy out here.

cunnyfunt

@rossco said: Been making my lagers and pilsners down here because mid winter is the only time it gets cold enough for a lager yeast to work properly. Really considering a 50l braumeister myself. The mrs wanted to know what I'd do if the process was automated. I told here I'd work on the kegs in the kegerator.

Haha:) I told the mrs I would be able to brew and clean the house.... I sold my soul for a brau and maybe the ato will be short 3500k this month ;O They know Im good for it.

@Smaug WOW...some very nice kit there

Smaug

He uses our product condensers and a few other ancillary parts for attaching a pot head for distilling on the grain.

rossco

Lot of cash and a three phase circuit needed.

You cant take it with you, and I know a sparky who also happens to be a drunk??

@Smaug WOW...some very nice kit there

You got that right. CF your approach to BIAB is way more developed than mine.

punkin

Tame sparky, you lucky bastard. :-O

I have a tame mechanic and a tame plasterer. A tame plumber even. But i'd love to have a tame sparky.

rossco

Yeah me best mate bred him. Worked out OK. :D

punkin

At the 18th of a good mates young fella i watched grow up last week. He's nearly a linesman, not gunna be a sparkie anyway.

Close but so far away. :((

Philter

@punkin said: At the 18th of a good mates young fella i watched grow up last week. He's nearly a linesman, not gunna be a sparkie anyway.

Close but so far away. :((

He could do a dual trade as a Liney and Sparky. We have a quite few on this side of the river.

@cunnyfunt you have an awesome setup in your mancave. I could stare at your brewing gear all day. So much bling and all too clean :D

cunnyfunt

Thank ya. I will take some pics of a few smudges and fingermarks on the bling for you. :) I'm at the point where I am really happy with my setup. I have spent more than I wanted recently but I'm thinking it's a small step in getting my technique and experience sorted just in case I ever want to go pro with a very small craft distillery sometime in the next decade. I have some really close friends in Web design, marketing and accounting that are very keen after long pissy conversations. It kinda makes sense. They just need a pro still monkey. Give me another 20 years at it and maybe I will.

cunnyfunt

Ideally I should be working on a product I can produce from locally sourced produce like rum, mango liquor or maybe a mango vodka. I think I'm kidding myself on producing a marketable single malt:)

Drunkas

@cunnyfunt said: Ideally I should be working on a product I can produce from locally sourced produce like rum, mango liquor or maybe a mango vodka. I think I'm kidding myself on producing a marketable single malt:)

I know your pain. I'm living in the wheat belt of South Australia this spring I want to try out some wheat vodka stuff.

cunnyfunt

Damn you. I will swap you wheat fields for sugar cane fields. I'm not into making rum...

Although I have been looking at doing a fresh sugar cane rum mash to see what I get.

Mango and fresh sugar cane rum fermented in flying fox poop?! Stfu cunnyfunt you go funny when you've been drinking!!

Drunkas

I'm all good thanks mate I'm going to keep the wheat fields. But you should try a fresh sugar cane wash might be really nice. I cant see it being worse than last years molasses. That's what most of us get from the feed store.