After over three years of researching, designing, testing and building my new brewery is finished! I set out with the following principles:
It had to be shiney
Brew-length approx. 30litres (3 crates, a crate and a corney, or a big and a small corney)
Easy to use and clean
Computer control where it matters, ie to improve accuracy and consistency (no gratuitous computer control and automation)
As much as possible to be homemade
I used Bergland type stock pots and used an arduino to provide the temperature control. The HLT is 70l, the mash tun is 33l, the boiler is 50l and the fermenter has a capacity of 48l. I use a HERMS to control mash temperature. The arduino is linked to computer which enables a nicer display.
The finished brewery
The HLT
Short leads to make cleaning easier
The mash tun
The heat exchanger
Sparging (sample tap for measuring samples of first and last runnings)
The boiler
The control box and PC screen
The fermenting fridge
