has anyone used power tools to mix the brew up ?

[Toastie]

in B&Q today i saw these bit stirrer/whisk things that got on a drill and wondered if something like it would be good at the beginning when you need to mix it well and get some air in .

i guess a drill would be to quick but has anyone used anything else ?

id put a pic up of what im on about but have no idea what its called so cant find it :)

 

[Mark1964]

yes a plaster mixing tool on a cordless drill but now just a piece of wood

 

[Toastie]

that's the one , like this on a drill :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MIXING-PADDLE ... 3370d9c31f

 

[Toastie]

i want this bad ass

 

[Mark1964]

yes exactly the same but our mash tun is ss so wouldnt do that much good hence the wood plank

 

[jimw86]

I use one of the plastic brewing spatulars with a cordless, whips it up good and proper!

 

[theboytony]

yes exactly the same but our mash tun is ss so wouldnt do that much good hence the wood plank

I think the op means for aerating when it is in the fv

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Once tried the wife's vibrator but it brought all the wet stuff to the top and created a solid bottom.

BB

 

[Dunfie]

i want this bad ass

Andymacintyre uses something similar to that on his drill aerate his wort.

 

[aneray]

Once tried the wife's vibrator but it brought all the wet stuff to the top and created a solid bottom.

:rofl: Love it

 

[Moley]

I use an electric hand blender with stainless steel balloon whisk.

 

[jonnymorris]

I have a paint mixer like the red one you've linked. Stirs it up a treat.

 

[artiums_enteri]

Not in my mash since I'm doing recirculated mashes, but my wife mills the grains each brew day. That is always done with a drill. Milling 30 pounds of grain got tiresome very quickly.


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[artyb]

Once tried the wife's vibrator but it brought all the wet stuff to the top and created a solid bottom.

BB

:rofl: up/down to your usual standard BB..... :party:

 

[Toastie]

cheers , im going to have to get tooled up :)

 

[Vossy1]

Paint mixer and drill does the job magic...just don't lift it too high in the fv when on full power :whistle:

 

[The Goatreich]

I've got one of those paint mixers exactly for this purpose, but I've never used it as I keep bloomin' forgetting come brew day.

 

[robsan77]

Personally, I think that my wort gets more than aerated enough when being splashed into the fv. Never been a problem yet. I do always use yeast that is already up to speed though which helps too I reckon.

 

[teriyakimonkey]

I haven't (yet) used campden tablets so have been using water straight from my shower hose into the fv. The first beer I did like this got such a massive head on it I had to do a short brew. It went off like a rocket too. The couple I've done since I've given them a good old stir and just used the hose for the last couple of inches.

 

[guyb]

I use one of those wine degassers on the cordless drill, for both aereating the wort and suprisingly.. degassing wine (as I make 50L of wine at a time).