Big day for brewing gear today!
Dropped into BeerBelly at lunch time to see if my MashMaster Mill and BeerBelly Kettle were ready. Mill had arrived, and it’s a beast! A bit of work needs to be done to make it work, I need to build a hopper and attach it to something that will sit on top of a grain bucket. Later I plan to setup a permanent motor for milling, but for now a hand held drill will do fine.
My kettle wasn’t ready yet though. Kind of understandable, as the workshop gets very very hot on days like this, we’ve had probably 6 or 8 days above 35c (95f) and it’s set to continue for another 4 or 5 days yet. Respite is in sight, some mid 20’s days late next week so hopefully my kettle will be done next week!
I also finally got my STC-1000 for my Keezer, just in the nick of time so that I can have my fermentation fridge back! Keezer project will have to start soon! I have a chest freezer that comfortably runs at -20C, more of a deep freezer I guess you could say. It’ll do the 6c or 7c required for a keezer in an absolute canter!
I got a couple of stainless steel tea-infusers hop balls, they look like they’ll be perfect for dry-hopping in the keg! I’ll do an IPA in the next month or so and see how they go!
Finally I also picked up from BeerBelly a bulkhead, ball valve and hose tail so I can run the wort out of my 20L kettle and finally use my chiller that I bought two months ago!
Not pictured is the 100g of Pride of Ringwood Hops which will be going in my Australian Pale Ale that I will hopefully brew tomorrow – if I can get the grain mill built and the kettle ball valve installed!
