Monday, February 27, 2012

The procedure

So I decided to build a beer brewing machine out of a washing machine.
Before I start, I need a maximum of information about the washing machine. I called my dad and he gave me the brand and serial number, it's a V-Zug Adorina 139. I googled it but didn't find much. But at least a picture for you guys:
Then I remembered that I've a cousin working for that enterprise. Unfortunately I didn't hear anything from him for long time but long lives Facebook and I wrote him an e-mail. Positive response some days later: He finds it a good idea, has some schematics and data sheets and is willing to hand them out. But what can I do until than?
Well, think about the procedure. I definitively have to replace the whole electronics, I can't reprogram the integrated washing programs. So what does it need to can? How will the brewing probably look like?

  1. I will need a mill to open the malt grains. I can't integrate that in my machine.
  2. The machine will be hooked up to my mac via USB and to water. 
  3. I will put the milled malt into into a linen bag, throw that into the drum and close it.
  4. Once I click on start on my mac the machine opens a valve and fills with water.
  5. After it reached a certain level the mashing begins. It automatically reaches and holds the different rest temperatures and slowly spins the drum. 
  6. When the mashing is finished, it pumps the wort out into a barrel and spins the drum faster to get everything out of the bag.
  7. The machine Alerts me to take out the bag.
  8. I then put in a bag with hop and let it pump the wort back in the machine and boil it.
  9. During the boiling the machine adds water and alerts me to put in more hop bags if the recipe needs it.
  10. Once the boiling is finished, it pumps it trough a car radiator and starts the fan until it reaches the temperature defined in the recipe
  11. It than pumps it in a barrel and alerts me when finished.
I'll add the yeasts and do the rest by hand. I also want to integrate a cleaning program where it boils water and pumps it trough everything.

Ok, so far for now, next we'll talk about electronics...

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