twin IC - here it is!

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Gurgeh

twin IC - here it is!

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:37 pm

so here is my twin IC.

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cold water enters in longer end, splits. some goes round the top, causing convection to send cooled wort down through the 13" chasm, where the other half of the cold water carries on the good work. useless, warm water exits from the middle of the IC.

we shall see in about 2 hrs how well it works (2nd batch is draining now...)

EDIT:

btw, this monster IC is going to grace the hoppiest beer I've done so far:

24L @ 1.050
who knows what IBU

50g amarillo FWH
150g amarillo last 10 mins

WLP029

Just for the record - that was too much amarillo. don't care if i never taste that hop again!
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Frisp

Post by Frisp » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:38 pm

Brewers Porn.... Mind if I nick your design?
Whats the total length?
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:41 pm

well there's 10m there, which compares favourably to the 7.5m of your bog standard shop bought IC...

the cooler is about twice as high when hung from the bends, so with ab it of stirring I reckon it'll do a bloomin' good job.

Will let you know in about 45 minutes!
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Post by Stonechat » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:02 pm

Looks good, despite a hard day at the allotment, I'll stay up a bit longer to find out how it's worked. 8)
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Frisp

Post by Frisp » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:30 pm

Me too Im falling asleep at my puter but I wont6 be able to sleep unless I know how good it is
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Totem

Post by Totem » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:35 pm

Frisp wrote:Me too Im falling asleep at my puter but I wont6 be able to sleep unless I know how good it is
Snap!
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:36 pm

hold on then chaps - I have a bunch of photos I'm uploading.
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:43 pm

nearly there... I'll do the commentary while we're waiting...

first pic - nothing to do with it, but whilst it looks like a crate of CV Amarillo, it is actually a clone of the stuff by SC. hows that for attention to detail :lol: 8)

the rest are self explanatory. I will say that this is 25L with 200g of amarillo hops floating about and that I stirred for 80% of the time...
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:45 pm

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Frisp

Post by Frisp » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:52 pm

Well thatsat good enough for me. Oredering the parts now.
Bally good job old chap
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Post by Stonechat » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:56 pm

So, is that 10:20 pm ....99.5c, down to 27c by 10:35 pm?

If that's right, you had better get the patent office on-line 8)
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:59 pm

10m from plumb base - with the 2 T's and VAT (miserable bastard) I paid under £25.

remember that when dropping into the fermentor after a little hopbed-forming rest, you're at that 25-26C mark anyway...

I reckon with a less hoppy brew it would be even quicker! can you imagine what a winter brew would be like?

chuffed to bits!

:D
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Frisp

Post by Frisp » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:00 pm

Daab
If the earlier quote is correct he did it with a measley 10M
well there's 10m there, which compares favourably to the 7.5m of your bog standard shop bought IC...
Gurgeh you deserve an award for services to brewing. :lol:
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:04 pm

don't forget to stir... :lol: :lol:
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Post by Dennis King » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:24 pm

Hats off to that man.
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