No Chill Method

[that guy al Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close that guy al]

Wow, you are right after looking around for bits and pieces that I can use I realised that I might be able to build a stir plate for less than R300, It could be one of the chiepest pieces of equipment that can make a huge difference.

i don't wanna say i told you so but... i told you so.

[DieBaas Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close DieBaas]

Wow, you are right after looking around for bits and pieces that I can use I realised that I might be able to build a stir plate for less than R300, It could be one of the chiepest pieces of equipment that can make a huge difference.

Just build one with a lm317 cause you are going to upgrade to one and it is better to spend the extra few bucks up front.

[wetdog Member Find all posts View Profile Close wetdog]

How do you build a stir plate and what is lm317?

[Iceblade Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Iceblade]

How do you build a stir plate and what is lm317?

Many ways to do it, here is one way:

[Harhm Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Harhm]

i don't wanna say i told you so but... i told you so.

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[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Here's another ...

[that guy al Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close that guy al]

Just build one with a lm317 cause you are going to upgrade to one and it is better to spend the extra few bucks up front.

the point is, adding an lm317 is a nice-to-have. you can get a pretty decent stir plate without having to spend a crap load or, if you're lucky, anything at all.

[Harhm Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Harhm]

80% of the time I add these 3 to the cube.

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Then again you get some of the Australians (the no-chill kings) that add ALL their hops to the cube & do the boil with zero hops

I compared no-chill with hops in bags that stayed in the kettle during transfer (no hops to cube) vs no-chill with all the hops prior to 20 min in the kettle and all hops after 20 min going straight into the cube during hot wort transfer and liked the results so far.

Brew #1 I did a No-chill APA with 30, 10 and 5 min hops, all the hops in bags, no hops went into the cube.
Brew #2 I did the same APA with 30 min hops in a bag going into the kettle but did not trasfer the 30 min hops to the cube, the 10 and 5 min hops I did not go into the kettle, I just put them loose in the cube and racked the hot wort onto it. ( I also split both the beers and dryhopped 1/2 with 3g/liter S.aroma )

The difference between these 2 beers is not too difficult to spot.

Brew #1 a Very good APA with good 1st impressions of malt going over to a nice hop balance with a pleasant bitter finnish (1st impression: I like this beer but think Ill dry hop it in future to give it a little extra character)

Brew #2 The same APA with good balance between malt and hops but the finish was like drinking a totaly different beer, the hops in the after taste was more bright and pronounced as if it was dryhopped ( the Cascade realy came through here) It might come over as a little more bitter than the 1 st beer but I think that is due to the extra hop flavour.

Its realy a good beer and I would have to hide this one from my thirsty friends. Thanx for sharing your LAAPA recipe AtronSeige

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

I have 2 packets of hops I want to get rid of, so my next 2 brew will be SMaSH brews (+ a little caramalt for colour) and the hops will all go into the cubes.

From what i can figure, the one will come in with a IBU of ±33 and the other ±45 ... so all bitterness/flavour will be from the hops steeping in the hot wort inside the cubes.

After this I'll have no more hops and can start building up from scratch ... so far all my brews the last ±6 months have been a mix of old hops ... a person really build up a large stockpile from wanting to test them all ... I think from now on, I'm gonna brew more with local hops

[Harhm Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Harhm]

Same problem here regarding the hops. I would like to brew atleast 50% of my regular beers with only local hops in them.

Im currently playing with the idea of fermenting in the cube

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[that guy al Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close that guy al]

... I think from now on, I'm gonna brew more with local hops

I would like to brew atleast 50% of my regular beers with only local hops in them.

do it now as much as you can; it may not be possible in the future:

https://www.brewbound.com/news/u-s-c...can-hop-supply

[jakeslouw Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jakeslouw]

Im currently playing with the idea of fermenting in the cube

Let us know how it goes. We need to be water-savvy on the farm, so this is a good idea.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Same problem here regarding the hops. I would like to brew atleast 50% of my regular beers with only local hops in them.

Im currently playing with the idea of fermenting in the cube

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Many an Aussie do it that way ... they don't even use a bubbler .... just loosen the cap a little

I prefer transfer to FV as it's easier to clean post fermentation than cleaning the cube.

[jakeslouw Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jakeslouw]

Many an Aussie do it that way ... they don't even use a bubbler .... just loosen the cap a little

I prefer transfer to FV as it's easier to clean post fermentation than cleaning the cube.

I've got some 25L blue clear plastic water dispensers. Nice big wide screw top and a removable tap. Cube shape so very little space loss in a fermentation chamber.
Easy to clean and the smooth PET plastic makes it less porous than the white ones.
You get 10L as well so you can do a 20L, 30L, 40L or 50L batch by splitting the batch between vessels.

We use these for all our small batches. If I use the white standard 25L drums, I try not to use the ones with taps.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Picture of said container or where to purchase from?