3.5 BBL Hybrid Brewhouse 2 Vessel V1
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Drain off the first gallon or so of wort from the boil kettle to a waste drain to eject any solids in the piping and to ensure only clear wort
flows through the chiller to prevent plugging. Then divert the flow to the chiller. Adjust the wort flow and/or the cooling water flow to
achieve the desired wort temperature to your fermentor.
IMMEDIATELY
after use back-flush the chiller with hot water to eject any solids and wort. IMMEDIATELY soak the chiller fittings up in
PBW or other copper friendly cleaning agents for 30 min or pump through the chiller. Rinse with hot water and then soak in sanitizer.
Allow to drain fittings down, and then store with the chiller horizontal. Following this procedure consistently will give you a very long
service life for your chiller.
Pumps:
The pumps included with the system are seal-less magnetic drive pumps. They MUST NOT be run dry or the impeller
bearing surface will be damaged! This is NOT covered under warranty. Ensure the hoses and pump head are filled with liquid before
turning on the pump. If you hear a loud squeal stop the pump immediately!
Caution:
NEVER restrict the inlet to the pump. Always place flow throttling valves on the OUTLET of the pump
ONLY. Failure to do this will cause cavitation in the pump possibly leading to failure of the impeller. If you hear any
grumbling or grinding in the pump STOP IMMEDIATELY as this is cavitation. Cavitation failures are NOT covered
under warranty.
Tip:
Place your chiller in-line with the pump to clean it at the same time.
Mash tun:
Spent grains can easily be removed through the manway in the mash tun. Drain all remaining wort out of the bottom
drain and then open the door. Utilizing a non-marring hoe (available in our maintenance kit) rake out the spent grains into a tub, also
available through Blichmann Engineering. Remove the false bottom sections and spray them off with hot water and allow to dry.
Spray excess grain from the sidewalls and bottom of the kettles with a hose.
BK/MT:
Due to the easy access through the top of the relatively small tanks, and small size of the chiller and pumps, it is usually
fastest to scour the kettles with a scrub brush mounted on a pole and spray them out with a hose. Optional cleaning tools are
available through Blichmann Engineering to make this a fast and thorough job. Alternately, you can utilize one of the heated vessels
to heat and hold your CIP (clean in place) chemicals and use one pumps to recirculate through the CIP ball and the second pump
to return back into the chemical kettle. Tip your kettles forward so that all water drains out the bottom valve, leave the lid open, and
allow the kettles to dry thoroughly.
Cleaning Your System
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Chiller
Sanitize the chiller by either pumping StarSan or similar copper friendly sanitizer through the chiller. Alternately the chiller may be
submerged (fittings up) into a pail of sanitizer. Drain the chiller after the recommended time with the fittings facing down. Connect the
chiller per the instructions on the nameplate.
Typical heating rates are 0.8-1.5 F/min.
Expect about a 3-5% boil-off rate
Temperature loss in MT – less than 1F/hr
Temperature stability of control system approxi/- 1 F
Helpful System Data
