BEER KETTLES! Electric, Direct Fire, Steam MICROBREWERY EQUIPMENT!

[@3ironbrewingco.984]

Hello Jasper, I like your videos and have really learned a lot from them I am co owner of a very small brewery(2bbl) in Colton ca. We have been in business for about 6 years now Just want to let you know that we appreciate everything you have done to help us little guys out.... Cheers to you Man

[@brewerylife3596]

Congrats, cheers!

[@scottmccormick5822]

Jasper, thank you for another great video! You're doing a great job of educating folks, much appreciated. I help folks design brewing systems and realize their dreams of starting a brewery on a budget. I have a conversation about these heating methods almost every day and your video nails it pretty well. One thing I would add is that with excellent control systems you can overcome the ramp up time with electric kettles.

[@brewerylife3596]

Thanks for watching Scott. Hopefully your next client will already know what they need now :) Cheers!

[@lexdunmon7345]

another excellent video. in my experience the direct fire kettles do a much better job of caramelizing wort, as opposed to their steam fired brethren. my first brewing job was on 14 BBL Pugsley "direct fire" system; it used a concentric ring of burners to control the boil, unfortunately the valves supplying the burner/manifold were within the boil over danger zone. it also had a tendency to back draft, & on one occasion claimed an inch or so of my mentors beard. your brewhouse appears to be light years ahead of the system I cut my teeth on.

[@brewerylife3596]

Thanks for sharing your experience, cheers!

[@oldschoolman1444]

Being a homebrewer I like direct fire. I have a nice multi ring burner that heats evenly with having a bunch of scorching in the kettle. Great videos Jasper! =)

[@alkjhsdfg]

LOL, Jasper Miller, renowned brewer and nuclear power advocate!

[@BARFYADAMS]

You’re very smart. How’d you garner all of this knowledge?

[@TheAgiotis]

Depending on the set up you have with steam you have other advantages, for example you can use the steam for sanatizing equipment or kegs etc

[@brewerylife3596]

Definitely, if you watch the video then you will notice I say sanitizing kegs as another advantage of steam.

[@alexmenard7981]

Great video again. Thank you so much from Quebec, Montréal :)

[@scottybeegood]

One can speed up electric boiling by dropping the pressure on the kettle although it makes hop additions and a few other functions a bit harder.

[@brewerylife3596]

Lower pressure definitely lowers the boiling point temperature of a liquid. However, the best breweries have pressurized kettles to raise the boiling temp to 225F. This is optimal for isomerization and driving off volatiles. Can the public taste the difference..who knows but I wouldn't lower that boiling temp too much. Just my 2cents, thanks for the comment, cheers!

[@blahblah4767]

Jasper, I was wondering if you've heard of/ had experience with indirect fire kettles. I remember reading on one of the brewers forums about people using them, and it sounded like they had most of the benefits of steam without the increased cost and footprint.

[@brewerylife3596]

I mention indirect in this video... so yes I've heard the terminology. Engineering design differences are cool to learn about and what separates good manufacturers from bad.

[@blahblah4767]

@@brewerylife3596 oh oops! I guess I missed that.. guess I'll have to watch it again.

[@aaron5222]

Hot rocks are used to bring forward malt flavors right?

[@brewerylife3596]

Nailed it

[@aaron5222]

@@brewerylife3596 definitely something I would love to try one day. Very informative detailed video thank you.

[@brewerylife3596]

Cheers

[@Summersault666]

About your older kettle, does it heat the wort with direct contact (rims) or do you heat the water and passes it to another kettle from the jacket?

[@brewerylife3596]

Immersion heating elements in wort for boil kettle, not mash tun.

[@jcinsaniac]

What is the reasoning behind dimpling the jacket (I see that you did that to your first system)? Creating cavitation to enhance heat transfer? Thanks very much for sharing the higher technology (and pros/cons) viewpoint from a seasoned brewing veteran.

[@brewerylife3596]

The jacket was already on the spaghetti cooker like that for their steam system. I just added flanges and ran it electric.

[@jcinsaniac]

@@brewerylife3596 - so, if you put your own ports in the pot, did you weld them inside and out? I guess you did not use the jacket for cooling?

[@brewerylife3596]

Yes..HX for cooling

[@brendanperkins2882]

I think if you dont have the dimples to create turbulence you can end up with a sort of water current running around the jacket and uneven distribution of the heat.

[@zacmacpac]

Hi Jasper enjoying all your videos. I would be interested to learn about water chemistry in the commercial setting. Do you use local source water and adjust for the style of beer or reverse osmosis and build with salts from scratch? Thanks

[@arpiafederation502]

Hello Jasper, I've been watching and learning a lot about microbreweries from your videos, but still feel green! We are looking to put in a microbrewery in Ecuador with keg distribution in the local area. Wondering if you consult on new operations, designs, etc.? Met me know, thanks, Dennis

[@Smashy360]

I ran across one 5 BBL system that was oil heated.

[@brewerylife3596]

Sweet!

[@donniestrodtman7025]

I have a 10 bbl brewhouse and I need to know the best size burner. They had 2 burners before and they were old

[@codygarner7337]

P.S. Is the calandria system similar to a HERMS or RIMS system us home brewer's are familiar with?

[@brewerylife3596]

I'd say no, but there may be some similarities.

[@codygarner7337]

@@brewerylife3596 Gotcha, thanks for the reply.

[@hugofreijanes1371]

In my previous job we worked with a 5 bbl kettle heated with steam. Although it was indeed very fast we had frequent boil-overs and couldn't sustain a really vigorous boil because of that risk. I think it was due to negative pressure building up inside the headspace, but never got to completely understand it. The kettle had a wide condenser pipe connected to the top and coming down close to the side wall with two cold water sprayers inside which didn't seem to be very helpful. Maybe you can do a video about boil-overs if you are familiar with that problem; I've seen it in other micro-breweries. Thanks!

[@exceldude2001]

how much for that old 5 barrel boil kettle... does the price include that chair too?

[@brewerylife3596]

Whoa not the chair! Having a hard time bringing myself to list it..I'll probably try and package it with my old mash tun, grundy, and keg washer. But shoot me an email and ill let you know what I decide, cheers!

[@exceldude2001]

@@brewerylife3596 what's your email?

[@brewerylife3596]

@@exceldude2001 [e-mail]

[@scottybeegood]

Being a long time boiler operator the steam advantages are many, while system complexity is a given it is not above a common industrial setting.

[@brewerylife3596]

Gotta love steam!

[@gingerjesus2721]

Ty

[@malinorcutt1421]

Is there any way to step mash or control mash temps if you miss your desired mash in temp on a direct fire system?

[@brewerylife3596]

This video is about kettles not mash tuns/ mash mixers/ lauter tuns..you can have a direct fire kettle in a decoction system.

[@lacaval]

What wattage do you have on the old 5 bbl kettle?

[@kimjaecheul]

I wanted to be the 1st one to comment.

[@StoveFortuna]

I wanted to be the 3rd one to comment, but alas

[@brewerylife3596]

Big moves!

[@kenbayard6737]

Want to sell that electric kettle?

[@brewerylife3596]

Ha my baby... at some point yes. I might want to package it with my old mash tun, grundy tank and keg washer. Youre welcome to shoot me an email at [e-mail] and I'll let you know what I decide, cheers!

[@codygarner7337]

Thanks again for your videos, Jasper! I'm learning a lot every vid you post. I follow a brewing/brewery vlog over in Great Britain that's posted daily, it's HarryBrew69 of Harrison's Brewery. He has some awesome vids too, he even gave you a shoutout a couple days ago in his latest video post! Check it out! Cheers. Link to his vid with your shoutout: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aF7FXn-aj91jps0

[@brewerylife3596]

Nice, thaxs for letting me know! Cheers!

[@codygarner7337]

@@brewerylife3596 Yeah man! You come in at 8:57 on the vid! Harry has a sweet brewery, he welded all his FV's, boil kettle, and mash tun in house with sheets of stainless, all of these projects are in his vids.