- 10/15/20/30/55 gallon sizes designed specifically for home brewing batch sizes (5gal to 1bbl).
- Includes adjustable BrewMometerTM and our standard 3 pc stainless ball valve.
- Heavy duty borosilicate GLASS level gauge that never clouds or scratches is standard equipment! Features rugged stainless steel guard with laser etched volume graduations, cleaning brush and clean-out ports.
- Exclusive snap-in dip tube design installs without tools and drains to within 3/8” of bottom!
- Handles oriented to make carrying easier and the lid stores neatly on the pot handle!
- Stepped bottom on pot supports mash screen and virtually eliminate sidewall shunting.
- Patent pending optional button louver false bottom is a hybrid of a perforated screen (high efficiency) and a slotted manifold (plug resistance) – get the best of both!!
- Optional Hop Blocker keeps hops and hot break out of your fermenter.
Blichmann Engineering is committed to continuous product improvement, so design details may change from the photo's shown.
Recommended 3 Kettle Systems For Typical Batch Sizes (HLT/Mash/Boil):
5 gal batch: 10/10/10
10 gal batch: 15/15/20
15-20 gal batch: 20/20/30
30 gal batch: 30/30/55
Blichmann Engineering BoilerMaker Autosparge hole punch location R2 Must order with a Blichmann Engineering brew pot
This fee is for punching the hole in a Blichmann Engineering boilermaker pot to accomodate an Blichmann Engineering auto sparge.
Blichmann Engineering BoilerMaker Autosparge hole punch location R3 Must order with a Blichmann Engineering brew pot
This fee is for punching the hole in a Blichmann Engineering boilermaker pot to accomodate an Blichmann Engineering auto sparge.
False Bottom for 10 Gal BoilerMaker by Blichmann Engineering,
The patent pending Button Louver False Bottom is a hybrid of a perforated false bottom (high efficiency) and a slotted manifold (plug resistance) to give you the best of BOTH designs!
Turns your Boilermaker Brew Pot into a grain mashing machine.
The Boilermaker pots feature a stepped bottom so the false bottom sits on the ledge for a tight seal. During lauter, the weight of the grains pushes it against the ledge making an impervious seal virtually eliminating sidewall shunting and the resultant loss of efficiency! All this AND an incredibly low foundation water!
Stainless false bottom fits 10 gallon BoilerMaker.
BLICHMANN HOPBLOCKER
The Blichmann HopBlocker is used with Blichcmann Boilmaker brew pots to remove hop residue and trub from your boil kettle.
HopBlocker the long awaited replacement for our boil screen is in-hand and ready to ship!! This exciting new patent pending device is virtually plug free and captures up to 95% of the brew kettle particulates! As usual, we took a completely fresh approach to the pellet hop problem and through a year of very tasty research we developed the HopBlockertm. It capitalizes on preferential flow to direct the clear wort to the kettle drain and keep the particulates at the bottom where they belong. The HopBlockertm can easily bring a pound of pellet hops to its knees. Works best in BoilerMaker pots, but can be adapted for use in other manufacturers pots and kegs too.
THIS ITEM REPLACES THE BLICHMAN KETTLE SCREEN, WHICH IS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED BY BLICHMANN
It is really quite unique yet very simple. The finger pull is to lift the solid shield to expose a fine perf filter. End of the boil you whirlpool, let things settle for 15-20 min as usual and begin draining. The shield covers the fine perf at the bottom 2" and all the flow is diverted through the large perf at the top which is intended to block whole hops. This keeps the settled hops undisturbed and lets 90% of the wort travel straight through instead of ramming all the wort through a fine filter. Since all the pellet material is at the bottom very little transfers to the fermentor. When the wort level gets close to the top of the shield you use the finger pull to lift it and expose the fine perf. At that time slow the flow rate to allow the wort to permeate through the settled hops and work its way to the fine screen. We have measured up to a 95% filtration efficiency using a full pound of pellet hops in a 20 gal batch.
What you can't see in the pictures is a small hole on the side of it that you insert your dip tube through. Also there are 2 sizes of holes..finer holes behind the shield in the photos. At the end of your boil you vigorously whirlpool your wort. This causes hops to "volcano" towards the middle. The majority of the wort is strained through the coarser holes toward the top of the HopBlocker. When the wort level is a few inches from the bottom of the pot you pull up on the shield to expose the finer holes. According to John you will filter 90-95% of the break material and hops without plugging.
Over a year of brutal but tasty research yielded a filtration system that has up to 95% efficiency and is virtually impervious to plugging! We have tested the HopBlocker with over a pound of pellet hops in a 20gal batch and it brought them to their knees.
Traditional screen filters quickly plug with pellet hops and other fine break material since they draw from the bottom of the pot and immediately suck all the break material into the screens where they quickly plug. For the HopBlocker, we utilized preferrential flow to leave the settled fine break material (hops and trub) undisturbed at the bottom of the pot while draining the majority of the wort through a coarse filter from the top down. When the wort level is just a couple inches from the bottom of the pot, the fine filter element is then exposed by lifting the shield and the remainder of the wort is filtered. This way, the fine filter only has to filter a small portion of the wort instead of all of it. The HopBlocker will filter 90-95% of the break material and hops out of your wort without plugging. While it is designed specifically for BoilerMaker pots, it can be installed in any manufacturers pot or keg. Instructions provided.
The process:
1. Install the HopBlocker into the pot using the snap-in dip tube - this takes only a few seconds!
2. Ensure that the shield is pushed all the way to the bottom of the screen and the HopBlocker is resting resting flat on the bottom of the pot. Proceed with your boil as you normally do. The HopBlocker may move a bit during the boil but this is not a problem as it will automatically right itself.
3. At flame-out stir the wort vigorously with the stir paddle to create a whirlpool which encourages the hops and trub particulates to settle to the bottom center of the pot away from the HopBlocker.
4. Allow 15-20 min for the thermal convection currents to slow and allow the break material and hop particulates to settle.
5. Drain your pot as fast as you'd like until you see the top of the kettle drain fitting (about 3" of wort)
6. Reduce the drain flow rate to about 1/3 the initial flow rate. This allows the wort to permeate through the hops and trub and enter the filter screen to be drained
7. Use your stir paddle to hold the filter down and quickly pull the shield up with a gloved finger or a racking cane (or similar) so that it is out of the wort completely. It is important to move quickly through steps 6 and 7 so you do not lose the siphon which will stop the flow.
8. That's it!
Whole Hop Recommendations: Leaf hops are generally not a problem and are trapped by the coarse screen. However, we highly recommend using large muslin grain bags mainly because you lose a large amount of wort from leaf hop absorption. Using a bag you can squeese most of this out and hop utilization is negligibly affected using this method. Lastly, cleanup is significantly easier. This method does not work for pellet hops since they pass through the openings in the muslin bag. On the other hand, nylon fine mesh bags do not readily allow wort to pass through and utilization is reduced.
Installing in non-BoilerMaker pots: The HopBlocker was specifically designed for use in the BoilerMaker line of brew pots. Howeve,r it can be installed in other manufacturers equipment. A 1/2" outside diameter drain tube with a 90 deg bend (not included) will need to be installed 3" from the bottom of the pot. The bottom of the tube should be about 3/8"-1/2" from the bottom of the pot or keg. Since you can't rotate the tube to thread it into the inside of your pot when the tube is installed in the HopBlocker, you will need a flare or compression connection so you can tighten the tube in-place without turning the tube. Try to locate the tube so that the HopBlocker is as close as possible to the sidewall of the pot. For keg bases brew pots, you'll need to install it in the center of the pot since it has a rounded bottom. However, effectivemess of the HopBlocker will be reduced.
It is 3 3/4 inches across and just over 5 1/2 tall.
BLICHMANN HOPBLOCKER
The Blichmann HopBlocker is used with Blichcmann Boilmaker brew pots to remove hop residue and trub from your boil kettle.
HopBlocker the long awaited replacement for our boil screen is in-hand and ready to ship!! This exciting new patent pending device is virtually plug free and captures up to 95% of the brew kettle particulates! As usual, we took a completely fresh approach to the pellet hop problem and through a year of very tasty research we developed the HopBlockertm. It capitalizes on preferential flow to direct the clear wort to the kettle drain and keep the particulates at the bottom where they belong. The HopBlockertm can easily bring a pound of pellet hops to its knees. Works best in BoilerMaker pots, but can be adapted for use in other manufacturers pots and kegs too.
THIS ITEM REPLACES THE BLICHMAN KETTLE SCREEN, WHICH IS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED BY BLICHMANN
It is really quite unique yet very simple. The finger pull is to lift the solid shield to expose a fine perf filter. End of the boil you whirlpool, let things settle for 15-20 min as usual and begin draining. The shield covers the fine perf at the bottom 2" and all the flow is diverted through the large perf at the top which is intended to block whole hops. This keeps the settled hops undisturbed and lets 90% of the wort travel straight through instead of ramming all the wort through a fine filter. Since all the pellet material is at the bottom very little transfers to the fermentor. When the wort level gets close to the top of the shield you use the finger pull to lift it and expose the fine perf. At that time slow the flow rate to allow the wort to permeate through the settled hops and work its way to the fine screen. We have measured up to a 95% filtration efficiency using a full pound of pellet hops in a 20 gal batch.
What you can't see in the pictures is a small hole on the side of it that you insert your dip tube through. Also there are 2 sizes of holes..finer holes behind the shield in the photos. At the end of your boil you vigorously whirlpool your wort. This causes hops to "volcano" towards the middle. The majority of the wort is strained through the coarser holes toward the top of the HopBlocker. When the wort level is a few inches from the bottom of the pot you pull up on the shield to expose the finer holes. According to John you will filter 90-95% of the break material and hops without plugging.
Over a year of brutal but tasty research yielded a filtration system that has up to 95% efficiency and is virtually impervious to plugging! We have tested the HopBlocker with over a pound of pellet hops in a 20gal batch and it brought them to their knees.
Traditional screen filters quickly plug with pellet hops and other fine break material since they draw from the bottom of the pot and immediately suck all the break material into the screens where they quickly plug. For the HopBlocker, we utilized preferrential flow to leave the settled fine break material (hops and trub) undisturbed at the bottom of the pot while draining the majority of the wort through a coarse filter from the top down. When the wort level is just a couple inches from the bottom of the pot, the fine filter element is then exposed by lifting the shield and the remainder of the wort is filtered. This way, the fine filter only has to filter a small portion of the wort instead of all of it. The HopBlocker will filter 90-95% of the break material and hops out of your wort without plugging. While it is designed specifically for BoilerMaker pots, it can be installed in any manufacturers pot or keg. Instructions provided.
The process:
1. Install the HopBlocker into the pot using the snap-in dip tube - this takes only a few seconds!
2. Ensure that the shield is pushed all the way to the bottom of the screen and the HopBlocker is resting resting flat on the bottom of the pot. Proceed with your boil as you normally do. The HopBlocker may move a bit during the boil but this is not a problem as it will automatically right itself.
3. At flame-out stir the wort vigorously with the stir paddle to create a whirlpool which encourages the hops and trub particulates to settle to the bottom center of the pot away from the HopBlocker.
4. Allow 15-20 min for the thermal convection currents to slow and allow the break material and hop particulates to settle.
5. Drain your pot as fast as you'd like until you see the top of the kettle drain fitting (about 3" of wort)
6. Reduce the drain flow rate to about 1/3 the initial flow rate. This allows the wort to permeate through the hops and trub and enter the filter screen to be drained
7. Use your stir paddle to hold the filter down and quickly pull the shield up with a gloved finger or a racking cane (or similar) so that it is out of the wort completely. It is important to move quickly through steps 6 and 7 so you do not lose the siphon which will stop the flow.
8. That's it!
Whole Hop Recommendations: Leaf hops are generally not a problem and are trapped by the coarse screen. However, we highly recommend using large muslin grain bags mainly because you lose a large amount of wort from leaf hop absorption. Using a bag you can squeese most of this out and hop utilization is negligibly affected using this method. Lastly, cleanup is significantly easier. This method does not work for pellet hops since they pass through the openings in the muslin bag. On the other hand, nylon fine mesh bags do not readily allow wort to pass through and utilization is reduced.
Installing in non-BoilerMaker pots: The HopBlocker was specifically designed for use in the BoilerMaker line of brew pots. Howeve,r it can be installed in other manufacturers equipment. A 1/2" outside diameter drain tube with a 90 deg bend (not included) will need to be installed 3" from the bottom of the pot. The bottom of the tube should be about 3/8"-1/2" from the bottom of the pot or keg. Since you can't rotate the tube to thread it into the inside of your pot when the tube is installed in the HopBlocker, you will need a flare or compression connection so you can tighten the tube in-place without turning the tube. Try to locate the tube so that the HopBlocker is as close as possible to the sidewall of the pot. For keg bases brew pots, you'll need to install it in the center of the pot since it has a rounded bottom. However, effectivemess of the HopBlocker will be reduced.
It is 3 3/4 inches across and just over 5 1/2 tall.
Blichman Hex Pipe Nipple 1/2" NPT again lots of feedback from customers wanting a pipe nipple for their brew pots and conical. We had our fitting manufacturer custom make an awesome quality 304 stainless steel NPT nipple with a 7/8 hex for tightening with a wrench. This is a finely machined fitting with impeccable surface finish, not a cheap pipe nipple available elsewhere. Perfect for BoilerMaker drain valves and Fermenator conicals - or any other application where you want to turn a female NPT fitting, like a valve or elbow, into a male fitting. And its a perfect match for our QuickConnector fittings! Compare to $15 at McMaster.
1/2" NPT x 1 7/8" long 304 stainless stee
Quanity 1 (2 items pictured)
Blichmann BrewMometer Hole Plug we have received lots of feedback from customers wanting to make multiple batch sizes in one pot, but the thermometer was too high for the smaller batches. So we developed a simple hole plug for our weldless BrewMometers so the user can drill an additional hole(s) in their pot to move the thermo anywhere they desire and plug the remaining hole!
Stainless Steel
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