Automated brew paddle/stirrer

[W0nderW0man]

Has anyone built an automatic brew paddle/stirrer?

 

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

I was fortunate enough to be born with an arm either side of my torso. I find these automatically kick in when I place a rather hefty spoon/paddle in either of their hands. ( just being sarcastic ).

 

[johnnyboy1965]

I too use the "Mark 1 Kinetic" stirring method, but have found that it does need a little lubrication. I use a liberal amount of Elbow Grease to achieve this.
On a serious note, not hard to build, but you would need some engineering skills.

 

[Brewed_Force]

You could put a plaster stirrer onto an electric drill inserted through a hole on the FV lid. Make sure its on slow speed or it could get messy!

 

[MyQul]

You could put a plaster stirrer onto an electric drill inserted through a hole on the FV lid. Make sure its on slow speed or it could get messy!

I've seen a youtube vid of someone doing this (they were aerating there wort rather than mixing though). Pretty funny

 

[W0nderW0man]

I think most people use a windscreen wiper motor to build a stirrer, then just attach some stainless steel rod and paddles and done. I just wouldn't know how to wire it. Might be a little project I could do with my Dad when I visit them next.

 

[ManseMasher]

I think most people use a windscreen wiper motor to build a stirrer, then just attach some stainless steel rod and paddles and done. I just wouldn't know how to wire it. Might be a little project I could do with my Dad when I visit them next.

No, I think most people just stir.....

 

[martinjamesford]

Personally I don't do that much stirring except when mashing-in & when bashing the hell out of my wort to oxygenate... Perhaps I need to stir more???

Is my beer stir deficient?

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[Bunglebrewsbeer]

I might be missing something here but seems a lot of effort to build something which I personally feel wouldn't be worth the return when a good bash and stir do the trick.

 

[W0nderW0man]

I guess it depends on the brewing method. I do step mashes so I stand there for a few hours, stirring the pot... :P I just treated myself to a boiler though, so at least won't have to manually adjust the heat. If I had a stirrer, all I would have to do is change the temperature setting after the rest for the next :P

 

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

I'm in the process of ordering new kit. So in order to stir the water as such. Have a pump on the tap passing a PID thermo connected to the element. Then pumped back to the top of the HLT. Therefore moving the water constantly and in theory achieving desired temp for mash and sparge.

 

[W0nderW0man]

I'm in the process of ordering new kit. So in order to stir the water as such. Have a pump on the tap passing a PID thermo connected to the element. Then pumped back to the top of the HLT. Therefore moving the water constantly and in theory achieving desired temp for mash and sparge.

I just ordered what you would call a jam preserving cooker or something.