Recent content by nicktay

Hi again, As I pointed out, I'm starting to do financial modeling and I'm trying to figure out what size of a steam generator I will need for a 1 barrel, 3.5 barrel, and 7 barrel system. What I would like is to have the steam agitate the liquid with enough force that I do not need a mechanical...

Wow, thanks for the quick and very helpful reply!

Hi again, I'm estimating costs to create financial models for my business plans, but not having engineers on my team makes it difficult to do this. I know that a lot fo the sensory equipment will add up quickly and my cost will entirely depend on the sophistication. I just decided that the...

Hi Everyone, I'm looking for someone who would be interested in joining my brewery venture. I am really looking for a manufacturing engineer or similar who could help in the construction of a brewery. Would also like to hear from other like-minded entrepreneurs. Looking forward to hearing...

Great! Thanks for your very quick response! You've been really helpful, and this forum has been great. I will definitely get back to you soon with some more info and questions. Thanks for the site reference.

Hi Everyone, Thank you for helping me in this thread. It's been a long time, and I still haven't materialized this idea, but I still want to move forward. I am currently working on pulling together a team to make this happen. I may have a computer programmer and a salesperson, but I would...

Thanks for the input here, I think this will be a lot of fun, my absolute dream for me. I've still got a lot of specifics that I need to hammer out though.

What started as a fun little project has kind of changed course for me. I'm considering starting a nanobrewery and would like to have process and quality control. In the very least I will be able to get my name out there. What I really want is to control mash temperature very well to reach...

Wow, that is absolutely perfect for this project. I wasn't planning to spend too much on the control end originally, but I think that is going to change. I'm not an engineer, however, so this is a little foreign to me. I'm sure with a little research I will be able to figure things out, but I...

Thanks dlgoff! I have some good options on that end now. I've been giving this some thinking, and I was wondering if anyone know of a usb peripheral I could use that would collect data from an electronic thermometer and control power distribution? i'm thinking that there has to be some...

Any tips on where I might find 20-30 gallon food-grade steel cylindrical containers?

Still working on accumulating the funds, but I'm out of college and now have a job. I'm excited to start this!

I'm a college student, so it will take me some time to save up the funds to purchase all the necessities to do this project.

Thanks! I will let you know how everything goes and get your address then to send some brews. All the help is appreciated.

I like the ideas. Why would the contraption blow if the valve does not close? There's a pressure regulator on the pressure cooker that I thought would take care of that problem. I think direct injection is the fastest transfer of heat and therefore my best option here. I'm also pretty sure...