You are correct! You start with your total water volume. It is great. We love it. Sorry I didn't reply earlier. KZfaq is bad about not sending me notifications when a comment is posted.

Hey, Dave. I finally got to a point where I have 2 pots and 2 pumps in my scaled down version of your excellent system. Video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9d1mZeLzLSUZqc.html...I would like to ask, what efficiency do you get, and secondly, do you use whirlfloc or Irish moss to clear your wort? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, as I am just startling to try using it. But, I'm very happy with my first brew day on the system and am really looking forwards to the next brew day. 🖖🏻

Not a strange thing to say at all. I have to admit, it ain't easy! We basically scoop the grain into a bucket to dump till it is empty enough to lift. We have a commercial 3-comparment sink that we use to finish the cleaning.

Hi Rene, We build single vessel systems too. These have a bag in a basket, and are definitely an option for 5 - 10 gallon batches. The 2-V brewing method is the same as the single-vessel where all of the water goes in at the start minus what the grain will absorb, and what you plan to boil off and leave behind, but you have a mash tun with a false bottom that you let run dry instead of lifting the bag out of the kettle, a bit more efficient and a more pleasant brew day. The room for extra water also improves efficiency with larger grain bills.

Dustin, I don’t know how I missed this post. So sorry! These vessels are 55gal. We brew 1Bbl batches. This setup is available in smaller versions.

Right now we've only done a few batches and are still dialing in the process. So far it's been between 76-80% and that's really where we want it to be. Any better and you risk pulling components out of the grain that are that great for a beer's shelf life.

The pump is the Blichmann Riptide and the pump head comes apart for easy sanitizing. We just disassemble and throw the hoses into a bucket of sanitizer. The plate chiller is sanitized by running boiling wort through it and letting it sit for 10 minutes or so. The heat from the wort kills anything that may be present.

Hi Tapio, you can brew batches as small as 20 gallons, but would need to carefully manage the liquid levels. Cleaning is as easy as brushing with a plastic brush, and rinsing with hot water most of the time. The pump heads and valves come apart and go in a bucket of cleaner after a brewing session.

The production systems have inline probes in a Tee with a male and female QD to allow them to be installed anywhere in the loop. If you have a probe in the kettle you could plug into it. The HLT side uses a contactor to switch the heat on/off. This produces no waste heat, requires no heat sink, and allows for a smaller enclosure.

The watt density of the BoilCoil is the lowest on the planet. We do recommend keeping pellets in a bag, tethered, but you wouldn’t have a problem with hop material burning if you didn’t. The only residue on the heating elements at the end of the boil is the same light protein you have on the kettle itself.

Eugene Strokin You can arrange smaller vessels this way, and have just one pump. The Blichmann BrewEasy is the most well known configuration like this. Even with smaller vessels though, people seem to prefer the side by side arrangement by far.

We have one finally! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gN2na7yGztKlaHk.html

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gN2na7yGztKlaHk.html Thank you

Peter Hand Yes, if you cut the legs in half, you only need to cut two of them.

It comes in a handy take home size: www.highgravitybrew.com/store/pc/Wort-Hog-2-Vessel-10-gallon-445p10094.htm You can upgrade the vessels and pumps to tri-clamp. Cheers!

Stephen Grommer it depends on the batch size. For our 1Bbl in the summer we whirlpool with a counterflow chiller down to 100 in around 30 minutes and then we transfer to the fermenter and chill it to pitching temp with our glycol chiller which is another 30 minutes. In the winter it’s much faster.

Hey Michael, we use the "55 Gallon BoilerMaker™ (1 Bbl/120 L)" profile that's in BeerSmith. Cheers!

@@Highgravitybrew2112 Many thanks!

Did Dave ever call? Sorry, I'm just now seeing this post!

Buffalo Beer Reviews Once you have transferred to the Kettle you bring the Wort to a boil. At the end of the boil you might recirculate and whirlpool while chilling.

So there is no infinite loop after the mash out. Just recirc into boil kettle.

Buffalo Beer Reviews You got it.

High Gravity Fermenting Supplies - Brewery - Winery awesome. Thanks.

So far no issues at all with stuck mashes. As for the flow rate it is controlled by the linear control valves on the pumps.

When using the linear control valves to keep the flow rate equal - are you eyeballing it? i.e. keep the levers at approximately the same position, or eyeball the flow pouring into the mash tun and boil kettle and try to keep them the same? Would flowmeters be useful, or does the blichman auto sparge take the guess work out of it?

The AutoSparge is the key to maintaining the liquid levels in the vessels. Once you set the liquid level in the mash tun you just need to make sure that the mash runoff doesn't outrun the kettle.

The wort recirculates throughout the mash tun and the HLT in a continuous loop. When the temp of the wort drops the Blichmann BoilCoil in the HLT kicks on to heat the wort. The temp rarely varies more than one degree.

Ah ok, that makes sense now. So just to clarify, if your mash water amount was, for example to keep it simple, 40 gallons you would put 20 gallons in each tank, drop the grain into the mash tun and begin the recirc between both kettles? At the end then you drain the mash tun into the HLT and begin to boil?

David Murphy Yes, that's pretty much it!

Hi Eugene, we build the Wort Hog controllers, and take care of them for life. Our 2-V systems include a controller that supports two pumps, have internal overload protection, and a double-pole relay to control the power output. The BrewCommnder only supports one pump (though the RipTide pumps have switch on them, and can be controlled that way), have no overload protection, and leave one of the hot legs hot, even with the switch off.

Hi Tanner, you can put a whole system, or just the parts you may need here: www.highgravitybrew.com/store/pc/Wort-Hog-2-Vessel-1-Bbl-445p10086.htm The system in the video now has more than 500 batches on it, and is still going strong. It uses Camlock connectors, Type A for the pumps, vessel inputs and outputs, and chiller. The hose ends are four Big C, and four Type BL (90 deg elbow assembly).

With 30 gallons, you can raise the temperature about 3 degrees per minute.

Hi Alex, the 2-V system is like a one-vessel system in that all of the water goes in at the start. We still usually do a tiny bit of manual sparging, just pouring over the grain bed.

They were added during the boil.

florin serbabh The mash is the grains being steeped in the water. Wort is the liquid you collect from the mash after the steeping has converted the starches in the mash to sugars. Wort is the unfermented beer.

Thank you so much for your answer, much appreciated

@@florinserbabh4560 Glad to help!