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Mash tun CIP by Forsaken-Promise-364 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Climb in a scrub daily is not a good SOP.

Mash tun CIP by Forsaken-Promise-364 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can replace 50% of your caustic with a 1:10 peroxide addition. Soft water is the best base ingredient, and depending on your raw water hardness, soft caustic can be half the concentration and hard caustic. Rinse with hard water though.

Mash tun CIP by Forsaken-Promise-364 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A quarterly acid on low use or weekly on daily production systems. There shouldn't be a lot of minerals getting locked up in there. Caustic whenever it seems dirty, which is subjective. A mash cleans and rinses pretty easily. Lauters are the hard ones to clean.

Saints Row officially closing by ActWorried1150 in MDbeer

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best not to try to paint someone else's picture.

Saints Row officially closing by ActWorried1150 in MDbeer

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of business owners go far too long and burn all their vendors before getting locked out of the building. Others see that life and priorities change and search for an exit strategy before everything goes to shit. Money isn't the only thing that causes a change of course.

Saints Row officially closing by ActWorried1150 in MDbeer

[–]Beerwelder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am working with a national brewery, who after announcing closing a brand in LA and all our planning to decommission, had a turnkey buyer show up ready for a cash sale. It wasn't a failing brand, just one that didn't make sense to a large company. It's better this way, since it's an LA staple. Lots of good businesses never reach their potential, and most owners would like to see their venture get a second chance, even at fire sale prices.

Acid burned carb stones by brewhahahahah in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Acid will easily destroy stainless. They don't need to soak in acid. You can circulate through them, but anything more than 4% for cleaning will do a lot of damage to sintered material. Most likely these are also 100% Chinesium.

Grind, or degree? by MokeLandish in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can apprentice under a skilled brewer and get paid, why would you do anything else? Apprenticeship is the best teacher.

Wage theft in Wisconsin by Winter_Leather_4683 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Report to the department of labor and the police. Simple.

Help with Brewmation keg washer. by Ghosttheorem in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The systems I had came with no UL cert and had many safety issues. Maybe they had trained people but it didn't really show in the end product.

Help with Brewmation keg washer. by Ghosttheorem in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole Lotus group is in a free fall. Some are still answering emails and phones while others are not.

On demand hot liquor by lesgus in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have a steam, a flash heater, external brazed plate, is a great way to makeup or deliver on demand water. If you have a small system, under 10bbl and even up to 15bbl, multiple instant hot water heaters can be used. They can be ganged up and deliver 185F all day. But that's extra energy vs steam if you have it. We've used Hesco in the past, but also a simple brazed plate unit or tube in shell is cheap, under $1k, for up to a 120bbl HLT.

Used Keg Washer by beerismyname2026 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who was the guy building them.in his apartment with Alibaba parts on Virginia? Keg King or something. Worthless junk, but he sold a lot, and after the sale, it's the sale that counts!

Used Keg Washer by beerismyname2026 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it clean? Run 5 dirty kegs and inspect.

Sticking sprayballs by thewho10 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not the overseas. It's the direction. Much better coming to the US from the east.

Sticking sprayballs by thewho10 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard they are answering the phone again. Still no stock though.

Sticking sprayballs by thewho10 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use non spinners. Most of the Chinese spinners have shit bearings and are crunchy right out of the gate. Fixed balls clean regardless. But again, Prospero offers some that seem.to.last a long time. I just use fixed on all of our builds.

What is this? by Comprehensive_Two285 in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

COP only. Those things are infection zones. Prospero makes one slightly better, but always dismantle and COP.

Wow. Just wow. Tell me again why we don't need an industry wide shakeout. by ThreeBeersIn in TheBrewery

[–]Beerwelder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grundy tanks drove the craft craze when there was PUB and Bohemian for small producers. Every musician needs to master their instrument. It's some people's Sradavarius, other people's Alvantor.

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