Gas burners

[andrewl46]

Is anyone brewing outside with these?
http://www.gasproducts.co.uk/acatalog/Large_Square_Gas_Boiling_Ring.html
Wondering what their resistance to wind is, i unfortunatly dont have a garage
to brew in and my HERMS/RIMS setup is goona be out the back, unsure which burner to go with??
Really like the Blichmann burners and have the cash but are they really worth the money??

 

[bolty]

I use one of those. They are fine, but I build up a breeze block shield all around the base and half way up the copper. Enough air gets in, but not 'blustery', and keeps the heat in :thumb:

 

[jinxy72]

and use propane ... not butane :thumb:

 

[hedgerow pete]

yep same here bricks loose stacked to keeep the wind at bay and a ig bottle of propane gas, i have either a fixed pressure regulator or if i want to quicken things up i also have an adjustable on to

 

[andrewl46]

Bit the bullet and bought two Blichmann burners!
Hopefully won't have any issues connecting them up!!

 

[Aleman]

Bit the bullet and bought two Blichmann burners!
Hopefully won't have any issues connecting them up!!

I used a couple of burners similar to the Blichmann ones, (Bull finch Dual Low Furnace Burner) and while they were great for heating water and wort up to the boil ( I know one commercial brewery who uses them for a 4BBL copper). The thing that they are really good for is using a lot of gas! . . . My heating times were three times the calculated heating time for the 'supposed' KW rating of the burners.

I've swapped my kettle to a 150L one and use a 11KW Paella burner which uses less gas, is quieter, and heating times are very close (90~%) to the calculated value . . . especially as I had a heat shroud made for the burner which traps the waste heat escaping up the sides of the pot and directs it back into the wort.

Blichmann ones look like great burners tough

 

[guyb]

I ordered the 8.8kw large burner at the weekend from Hamilton's, should be here today or tomorrow.

I've swapped my kettle to a 150L one and use a 11KW Paella burner which uses less gas, is quieter, and heating times are very close (90~%) to the calculated value . . . especially as I had a heat shroud made for the burner which traps the waste heat escaping up the sides of the pot and directs it back into the wort.

Those Paella burners look pretty neat - are they sturdy?

Do you have any pics of the heat shrouds?

 

[periolus]

I am going to get one of these from the same company:

http://www.gasproducts.co.uk/acatalog/L ... _Ring.html

Mine will be in my garage though. Out of interest, will BP Patio/BBQ gas be alright for this? I use a Propane regulator now, but there is supposed to be a small amount of Butane mixed in to the gas to make it more 'efficient'.

 

[periolus]

OH MY GOD! I've just seen the output figures for those Paella burners! As per the previous poster, how sturdy are they? Did you have to make a frame for the pan to sit on first? If they are as efficient as they sound, then maybe I would be better getting one of those.

 

[Aleman]

The paella burner is pretty sturdy, but probably would not support the weight of a full 50L pot. In my case the burner is supported off the ground by the heat shroud, so sturdiness of the legs is not important (for me).

The 8.8KW cast tripod burner is sturdy enough to support a full 50L keg1

In order to get the stated output from the Paella burner you need a 50mBar propane reg that is capable of delivering 4Kg of gas per hour. (1Kg per hour is good enough for up to 9KW) and I use the Comap 50-150mBar adjustable one (Rarely at more than 50mBar).

Remember that I get the efficiency I get from my burner because I have a heat shroud without that a lot of heat would be lost up the side.