Beer Brewing in a Washing Machine Part 4 Redneck Centrifuge

[donosborn]

Pretty interesting. That is very creative and I like the stirring that the washer could provide. One question.  Do you think that the water coming from your hot water heater tastes as good as if it was your cold water? I know people normally don't cook/drink the water from the hot water heater so that would be one small concern. You'd have to heat it up more I guess, if you took the cold. But pretty unique set up!

[TheSprigga]

arnt you worried about pullin tannins out of your beer?

[SNRKLVDR]

@TheSprigga probably the greater cause is too high temperatures during mashing, not so much the wort separation. Also commercial breweries use centrifuges.

[1997LT1Camaro]

That is so cool man!

[emlerron]

You should make a "brown" ale and call it Dirty Laundry!

[SNRKLVDR]

@emlerron very funny or a Choc. Stout named Hershey Squirts

[emlerron]

Cant help thinking about all the nasty underwear with burnout strips that's been in that machine!

[SNRKLVDR]

@emlerron Dude! I dismantled the entire machine, cleaned everything, and replaced hoses before attempting. Some suggest I call the beer "Dirty Laundry"

[kennapop3]

When done how do you remove spent grains?

[SNRKLVDR]

@kennapop3 some I scoop out into ziploc freezer bags to make bread later, but most I just shopvac out, then fill washer with water, add some bleach and turn on wash cycle for about 10 min to clean. Switch to spin and send bleach water to shopvac and other buckets to sanitize. Cleanup has never been so easy

[SNRKLVDR]

On average it goes up by 14 brewer's points. OG went from 1.06 to 1.074 with everything else the same.

[MTEXX2]

I've seen it all now! What kind of extraction efficiency do you get by spinning the grain bed? I'd imagine it's pretty darn high.