{"id":5564,"date":"2015-08-13T18:12:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T22:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2015-08-13T18:12:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T22:12:57","slug":"electric-beer-brewing-systems-with-adam-shake-beersmith-podcast-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/electric-beer-brewing-systems-with-adam-shake-beersmith-podcast-109\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Beer Brewing Systems with Adam Shake &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #109"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/electric-beer-brewing-systems-with-adam-shake-beersmith-podcast-109\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4522\" src=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200.png\" alt=\"PodNew200\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200.png 200w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Adam Shake joins me this week to discuss making beer with electric brewing systems, and we cover a wide variety of equipment topics including heating elements, pumps and different types of controllers to automate your brewing system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe on iTunes to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id398500515?mt=2\">Audio version <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">Video version<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-109-Electric.mp3\">Download the MP3 File<\/a> &#8211; Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-109-Electric.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t7-gXYB_gFY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (49:02)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Adam Shake has been brewing for more than 12 years, and is the current President of the ABNormal Homebrewer&#8217;s Club. He has worked with a wide variety of electric brewing systems and is the owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewtroller.com\/\">BrewTroller.com<\/a> &#8211; developing brewing control systems for home brewers.<\/li>\n<li>Thank you to our sponsor <a href=\"http:\/\/beerandbrewing.com\">Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine<\/a> who is still offering a 15% discount with your subscription or other items when you use the new offer code <strong>beersmith2015<\/strong> when you purchase.<\/li>\n<li>Also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\">BeerSmith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/mobile\">BeerSmith Mobile software<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/dvd\">new DVDs John Palmer and I filmed<\/a> &#8211; How to Brew with Malt Extract and How to Brew All Grain are available now. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe to the BeerSmith newsletter<\/a> for free to get some great articles on home brewing.<\/li>\n<li>Adam starts by explaining some of the advantages an electric brewing system has over a conventional gas system especially for home brewing and for small nano-breweries.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about some of the variations of electric brewing systems including BIAB, RIMS and HERMS systems.<\/li>\n<li>Adam walks us through the components of a typical electric brewing system &#8211; starting with the heating elements available.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss powering an electric system including the limits of a conventional (120 volt) plug as well as using a larger 200V (three phase) system.<\/li>\n<li>Adam shares his thoughts on using various kinds of temperature probes (thermocouples) to monitor and maintain temperature in the brewing system.<\/li>\n<li>He explains the variants of controllers &#8211; from simple relays to full microcontrollers.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about some of the adcantages of using a microcontroller to manager the entire brewing process.<\/li>\n<li>Adam explains why he recommends a solid state relay for maintaining temperature control over your heating element.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss the use of pumps for recirculation, mashing and also for transferring wort.<\/li>\n<li>Adam shares his thoughts on selecting a wort pump and the types available.<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning and sanitation can be a challenge &#8211; he shares how he keeps his system clean.<\/li>\n<li>Adam tells us why using a microcontroller can be the best overall solution as it can control every aspect of the brewing process &#8211; even adding ingredients in some cases.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss Adam&#8217;s specific project at at BrewTroller.com &#8211; which is a micro-controller to control your brewing system.<\/li>\n<li>Adam shares his closing thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Adam Shake for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes Announcements<\/strong>: I launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">video channel for the BeerSmith podcast on iTunes<\/a>, so subscribe now! At the moment it will only feature the new widescreen episodes (#75 and up). Older episodes are available on my revamped <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/mrbeersmith\">Youtube channel<\/a>. Also all <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\">81 audio episodes are on iTunes<\/a> now &#8211; so grab the older episodes if you missed any.<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes or BeerSmith Radio<\/h3>\n<p>You can listen to all of my podcast episodes streaming live around the clock on our <a href=\"http:\/\/BeerSmith.com\/Radio\">BeerSmith Radio<\/a> online radio station! 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