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  • ceanntceannt
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    I was thinking...... get a galvanized tub from an ag store..... fill it with used oil from McD's.... put your kettle in it.... get much more even heat, with no hot spots.
    And also has some additional redneck points associated with it.....

    Thym
    In wine there is wisdom.
    In beer there is freedom.
    In water there is bacteria.
  • JerryJerry
    Posts: 74,365
    ceannt said:

    I was thinking...... get a galvanized tub from an ag store..... fill it with used oil from McD's.... put your kettle in it.... get much more even heat, with no hot spots.
    And also has some additional redneck points associated with it.....


    that's not a bad idea at all, might have to step it up a redneck notch and use motor oil.
    "Again?"
    CurlyFat's 60,000th post
  • ThymThym
    Posts: 102,382
    Dr_Jerryrigger said:

    ceannt said:

    I was thinking...... get a galvanized tub from an ag store..... fill it with used oil from McD's.... put your kettle in it.... get much more even heat, with no hot spots.
    And also has some additional redneck points associated with it.....


    that's not a bad idea at all, might have to step it up a redneck notch and use motor oil.


    now we're talkin.

    i still want to see some pictures soon.
    The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny
  • JerryJerry
    Posts: 74,365
    Lakewood said:


    i still want to see some pictures soon.


    yeah, i'd have to get off my ass and put down the keystone to do that, maybe next week.

    "Again?"
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  • ceanntceannt
    Posts: 48,088
    motor oil really smokes....... not sure you want that in your beer...... cool as hell though..... peanut oil would be the best thing, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    In wine there is wisdom.
    In beer there is freedom.
    In water there is bacteria.
  • JerryJerry
    Posts: 74,365
    ceannt said:

    motor oil really smokes....... not sure you want that in your beer...... cool as hell though..... peanut oil would be the best thing, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


    I could make my own take on this
    image
    my own disgusting take...
    "Again?"
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  • ceanntceannt
    Posts: 48,088
    Now that...... is funny...
    In wine there is wisdom.
    In beer there is freedom.
    In water there is bacteria.
  • FuzzyFuzzy
    Posts: 46,596
    Dr_Jerryrigger said:

    ceannt said:

    motor oil really smokes....... not sure you want that in your beer...... cool as hell though..... peanut oil would be the best thing, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


    I could make my own take on this
    image
    my own disgusting take...


    that is a delicious beer.
    "Oh, you were serious? I was drunk."-C_B
  • jlwjlw
    Posts: 16,417
    Dr_Jerryrigger said:

    ceannt said:

    motor oil really smokes....... not sure you want that in your beer...... cool as hell though..... peanut oil would be the best thing, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


    I could make my own take on this
    image
    my own disgusting take...


    I have one of these in the fridge waiting for just the right moment to be opened and enjoyed.
  • flyfisherwesflyfisherwes
    Posts: 1,053
    Dr_Jerryrigger said:

    I was thinking about the pump thing today. If just the mash tun could be lifted or dropped I wouldn't need a pump at all. that's also the only drum that doesn't need to be heated. I guess a pump may be cheaper than a lift system that can lift 9 feet high.



    get a water pump off an old car. and a small electric motor to run it.

  • ThymThym
    Posts: 102,382
    flyfisherwes said:

    Dr_Jerryrigger said:

    I was thinking about the pump thing today. If just the mash tun could be lifted or dropped I wouldn't need a pump at all. that's also the only drum that doesn't need to be heated. I guess a pump may be cheaper than a lift system that can lift 9 feet high.



    get a water pump off an old car. and a small electric motor to run it.


    Hmmmm... That might just be redneck enough to work.
    The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny
  • flyfisherwesflyfisherwes
    Posts: 1,053
    or use a gravity fed system!! set it up on top of an old junk car or something while you heat it... run a garden hose down from it. as long as the bottom of the one is below the top of the other you should be good. just open the valve. good to go. work smarter not harder. and gravity is free.

    Jerry
  • flyfisherwesflyfisherwes
    Posts: 1,053
    use a an old radiator as a chiller.
  • djsethalldjsethall
    Posts: 4,013
    flyfisherwes said:

    use a an old radiator as a chiller.



    Don't ever do this. Just an FYI if anyone ever actually reads this.
  • djsethalldjsethall
    Posts: 4,013
    I like the water pump idear. Maybe power it with a squirrel?
  • flyfisherwesflyfisherwes
    Posts: 1,053
    djsethall said:

    flyfisherwes said:

    use a an old radiator as a chiller.



    Don't ever do this. Just an FYI if anyone ever actually reads this.


    it was a sarcastic comment. you could die from the residual antifreeze. spring for a new radiator.

    also if you want to know anything about anything redneck.... ask me. I like to hunt deer drink beer and fuck.
  • djsethalldjsethall
    Posts: 4,013
    Lead in radiators, never use. Nuff sed

    Jerry
  • JerryJerry
    Posts: 74,365
    djsethall said:

    Lead in radiators, never use. Nuff sed



    yeah, one of the top reasons people die from moonshine is use of car radiators as condensers. You can clean the anti-freeze out, but not what it's made out of.
    "Again?"
    CurlyFat's 60,000th post
  • JerryJerry
    Posts: 74,365
    flyfisherwes said:

    or use a gravity fed system!! set it up on top of an old junk car or something while you heat it... run a garden hose down from it. as long as the bottom of the one is below the top of the other you should be good. just open the valve. good to go. work smarter not harder. and gravity is free.



    to pure it into a fermenter the kettle would have to be 3 feet off the ground, so the mash tun would 6 feet, and the sparge tank would be 9 feet up (the bottom of it). That just doesn't seem smarter.
    "Again?"
    CurlyFat's 60,000th post
  • JerryJerry
    Posts: 74,365
    flyfisherwes said:

    Dr_Jerryrigger said:

    I was thinking about the pump thing today. If just the mash tun could be lifted or dropped I wouldn't need a pump at all. that's also the only drum that doesn't need to be heated. I guess a pump may be cheaper than a lift system that can lift 9 feet high.



    get a water pump off an old car. and a small electric motor to run it.



    that's a good idea. I don't know about many cars, but on mine it wouldn't work unless I had the block too. The removable part of the pump is just an impeller and pulley. The pump housing is very much part of everything......

    Shit, if I cleaned out my coolant system (I mean really really well) I could use my car to pump and heat the sparge water, just put both radiator hoses into the sparge tank until it was up to temp then put on into the mash tun.... Though that would work, it's too redneck, and the hose and new antifreeze would cost as much as pump. Also I don't want to run acidic ward in my aluminum engine, that's not good for the beer.
    "Again?"
    CurlyFat's 60,000th post
  • JerryJerry
    Posts: 74,365
    I think I may as well just make everything else, I can use a 5 gal bucket as a pump after all.
    "Again?"
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  • ThymThym
    Posts: 102,382
    This will be the crown jewel of hbf build threads
    The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny
  • jlwjlw
    Posts: 16,417
    Lakewood said:

    This will be the crown jewel of hbf build threads



    Once complete with pictures we will need to memorialize the thread.
  • ceanntceannt
    Posts: 48,088
    Video would be nice too........
    In wine there is wisdom.
    In beer there is freedom.
    In water there is bacteria.
  • jlwjlw
    Posts: 16,417
    ceannt said:

    Video would be nice too........



    Yes and should be submitted to some news source.
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