BrewEasy

Just came across this…
http://morebeer.com/category/blichmann-breweasy.html

I get “page not found”.

Fixed sorry

Definately a cool idea - still prefer my braumeister in terms of process. Would love to see how you get the spent grains out of the top part when it’s that high, unless I’ve misread how it’s meant to work. It’s hard enough getting a 10 gallon mash out of braumeister and it’s only half that height I think. Anyone actually used one before?

John Blichmann lives not far from Indianapolis, and my LHBS often has his wares on display. I’ll take a look the next time I’m in there (should be later this week), and if they have it, report back with details.

Btw, here’s my LBHS’s page for the product.

Huh. At the 2012 NHC I randomly ended up hanging out with the Blichmann guys for all of Friday. They picked my brain for market research, took me to dinner, and we all roamed around Club Night together.

When they asked why I didn’t own more Blichmann products (I only have the Beer Gun), I told them that I lived in an apartment and they didn’t have any compact brewing systems for someone with my space requirements. I told them that it needed to roll away into a closet and be able to brew on a tiny deck if it was propane. Looks like they certainly delivered!  ;D

I am a big fan of the quality of Blichmann products.  I own 2 30g kettles, saving for a 55g kettle, a therminator and the beergun.  Their items are well made with quality craftsmanship.  That being said this items are VERY expensive compared to other things on the market.  If you have the extra cash and want something Shiny and ready to go, this will be for you.

I believe you can just lift it right off.  Maybe scoop out some of the grain first if it’s too heavy.  All in all it doesn’t look to be too tall.  I’ve only seen pictures and haven’t seen one in action yet.  But, I’m heavily considering going with this in the electric version when it’s released.

I’m currently looking for a used car in that price range.
:slight_smile:

;D

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I wish they would give you more info about this system. It says it is like a BIAB system. So does that mean it is “no sparge”? Does that mean you can not vorlauf? I like the built in RIMS - does that mean there is a coil in the BK? And then I assume that can be used as an IC during cooling?

If it does have a built in coil that BK is gonna be kinda sucky to clean.

I’m assuming that the coil would not be built in. Shouldn’t be a problem to clean. I’m also assuming that since you can RIMS you will also vorlauf. I’ll also make the assumption that you should be able to do a batch sparge if you don’t want to do a “no sparge” and even set up a fly sparge arm if you want without too much hassle.

Looking forward to checking out the system in GR this June.

There’s more info in the owner’s manual which you can download from their website.

Good call! Thanks!

I think it’s cool & if I had gobs of cash I might be tempted.

When I looked at the system on-line, it appears to not operate not on a rims tube style heating but rather by firing the kettle/liquor tank on the bottom when needed and constantly recirculating the wort.  I think the tower of power controller does this function automatically.

While price is a big factor for me personally, I do appreciate that Blichmann’s designs allow you to use existing equipment and/or add stuff to it.  Looks like this particular system requires their kettles exclusively.

Looks like a mere $250 for the kit will wed my 15 and 20-gallon kettles.  Have pumps, don’t need the Tower.

August.  That’s when the Spousal Unit visits family, which is my window to acquire new gear.  I like the idea of moving from two burners to one, losing the HLT, and shortening my brew day.  This should cover 90% of the ten gallon beers I brew…for the really big beers I’ll just revert back to using the 20 gallon kettle for a mash tun.

Pulled the trigger on the kit, which arrived today.  Amazingly fast shipping after ordering thru my LHBS.  I reinstalled the short legs on the burner, and hope to do my first BrewEasy batch this weekend.

Be aware that Blichmann’s burner manual has maximum weight capacities of 150 (with leg extensions) and 175 lbs. (with short legs).  Since the 10 gallon setup can easily exceed even 175 lbs. (15 gallon mash atop a 20 gallon kettle), I emailed them and received a very prompt reply that the weight limitations are for stability purposes, and the short legs will be fine for any size BrewEasy setup.

BrewEasy maiden voyage today, and she worked flawlessly.  Recipe calc as if BIAB to figure water volume.  Half goes up to the mash fun, half to the kettle below.  Connect it all turn on pump, add heat.  The volumes remain in perfect balance throughout or u can adjust if more or less liquid is needed in the mash or kettle.

Heating water is continuously recirculating til you reach your strike temp.  Close mash tun valve and shut off pump and burner.  Add grain, wait 10 min., then crank it up again.  Add more heat as needed under the kettle, which recircs up to the mash.  I did a continuously rising mash from 113 to 162 (Saison Dupont style) over 1:45 and this worked grrreat!  The temp in the mash never lagged further than about 3 degrees behind the kettle temp.  Mash out was easy.  Then shut off the pump and let the mash drain into the kettle.  Remove grains, then disconnect the drain tube and remove the mash tun.  If you’ve left the burner on the hole while, by the time the mash tun comes down you’ll  be very close to boiling already.