Ooh, pictures of your new boiler please The_Blue.
Sorry! Just remembered this!
Right, it can't get more basic. Saying that it's loads better than my boiler.
Boils 25 litres with room for froth at the beginning.
No lip around the top like my old boiler, net bag caught on that.
It started life as an ebay animal feed bucket.
2 holes were drilled into it, one front, one back. Sizes i'd have to check but the element came with a size on the sticker, it's a b&q hole saw set size..
Tap and tank connector from ebay. Came pre drilled with a length of 15mm right through.
Kettle style element. Make sure your lead is minimum 1.5mm cos mine gets warm even at that. (2.4kw)
Inside shot.
***** hop filter using plumbing left overs. Those push fit joints have done about 30 boils - well tested. SS wire mesh filter again from ebay, just an A$ sized sheet folded and the edges folded. hammered the edges to make a crease. Again works a treat!.
The elephants nose. soon learned the syphon effect worked better with longer and narrower at the end so the flexy tap pipe can to hand. flush with 2 litres of boiling wort to sterilize.
Whole thing cost about £50
Bucket ~ £20
Tap ~ £15
Filter ~ £5
element ~ £16
wilco value net curtain ~ £4
Brew efficiency had shot up from 65-70% to 85%. I think because i can start with 20+ litres water + grain over the 15litres before. Also started rinsing (sparging) the grain after mash in hot tap water, not 80c water like before. The lower temp should bring out more sugar. (MASH - More alcohol, lower temperature
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