spook123_uk
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I've been toying with the idea of moving on from kits and doing a BIAB setup recently... I'm now purchasing a 2nd hand HLT, Mash Tun and Immersion chiller from The Ginger ninja on this forum... Soo, being the nutty professor type person I am, I'm thinking of going with a HERMS setup (albeit a very basic one to begin with).
Here's what I've come up with (in it's crudest form) by adding stuff I have and a few extras to this equipment I'm purchasing. Ideas, Tips??
Basic Herms Setup
Equipment:
75L Electric HLT (digital thermostat controlled)
Insulated Mash Tun
Fermenting bin
Immersion wort chiiler
Mini mag pump
Ball valves + tubing etc
Basic Method:
1. Heat Strike Water in HLT and pump required amount to mash tun
2. Mash in
3. Add wort chiller to kettle (at mash temp) to act as HERMS coil and pump (slowly) wort from mash tun though coil and back in to mash tun and continue re-circulating until mash is complete.
4. Heat kettle to mashout temp and allow mash to reach mashout
5. Drain mash wort into fermenting bin
6. Pump sparge water from HLT (at sparge temp) into mash tun and stir for batch sparge.
7. Re-connect herms coil and re-circulate wort from mash tun back in (until clear?)
8. Drain mash tun wort to fermenting bin. (Iââ¬â¢ve read that 2 batch sparges may be a good idea?)
9. Transfer wort from fermenting bin to empty HLT for boil
10. Complete boil and use immersion chiller to reach 20 degrees
11. Pump out to fermenting bin and pitch yeast
Cheers,
Rich
I've been toying with the idea of moving on from kits and doing a BIAB setup recently... I'm now purchasing a 2nd hand HLT, Mash Tun and Immersion chiller from The Ginger ninja on this forum... Soo, being the nutty professor type person I am, I'm thinking of going with a HERMS setup (albeit a very basic one to begin with).
Here's what I've come up with (in it's crudest form) by adding stuff I have and a few extras to this equipment I'm purchasing. Ideas, Tips??
Basic Herms Setup
Equipment:
75L Electric HLT (digital thermostat controlled)
Insulated Mash Tun
Fermenting bin
Immersion wort chiiler
Mini mag pump
Ball valves + tubing etc
Basic Method:
1. Heat Strike Water in HLT and pump required amount to mash tun
2. Mash in
3. Add wort chiller to kettle (at mash temp) to act as HERMS coil and pump (slowly) wort from mash tun though coil and back in to mash tun and continue re-circulating until mash is complete.
4. Heat kettle to mashout temp and allow mash to reach mashout
5. Drain mash wort into fermenting bin
6. Pump sparge water from HLT (at sparge temp) into mash tun and stir for batch sparge.
7. Re-connect herms coil and re-circulate wort from mash tun back in (until clear?)
8. Drain mash tun wort to fermenting bin. (Iââ¬â¢ve read that 2 batch sparges may be a good idea?)
9. Transfer wort from fermenting bin to empty HLT for boil
10. Complete boil and use immersion chiller to reach 20 degrees
11. Pump out to fermenting bin and pitch yeast
Cheers,
Rich