I'm fairly new to the hobby with about 7 extract kit brews and through the second lot of them I spent my spare time collecting parts for and building an eHERMS system out of 50l pots.
I finally finished and did preliminary tests on the eHERMS before xmas and this brew was just after xmas.
Today I cracked open one of the PET bottles of my first batch of all grain beer since it was firm although it had only been in the bottles about 2 days after putting it in the fridge for a few hours. I couldn't wait to try it.
A Gladfields ale malt / Motueka SMaSH with my own hop schedule.
Its come out pretty nice :-). beersmith was right on the numbers apart from it told me to strike with a higher than necessary temperature which resulted in a hurried cool down. I solved that for the next batch.
Not a lot of head but it does leave some lacing, probably not fully carbonated yet. definitely tasted good.
Ricky White
Here is a few photos of my eHERMS system. I now need to make a brew stand on wheels but it worked on sitting on some blocks of wood on the decking.
Jan 11, 2017
Ricky White
I really need to draw up the final labels for the sight glasses on my computer.
The taped on paper wont last.
Jan 11, 2017
Ricky White
The latest bottle fridged an hour ago so a little warm but its crystal clear :-)
Jan 11, 2017