http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew UK Forum » Topic: Swan 26L hot water urn en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:31:14 +0000 http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/swan-26l-hot-water-urn#post-2461 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:56:14 +0000 Nath 2461@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Oh yeah baby! That whole &quot;chair in front of washing machine&quot; is all part of my AG setup. Beer just wouldnt taste the same if it was in front of, say, and oven or blender. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/swan-26l-hot-water-urn#post-2450 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:01:36 +0000 stuwilliams 2450@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Cheers Chaps, I&#39;m getting there slowly.<br /> Nath - I did think that when I read your first AG post. Right down to having to use a chair in front of the washing machine, which is how I&#39;ve been doing my kits this far. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/swan-26l-hot-water-urn#post-2448 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:04:08 +0000 Nath 2448@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Nice one, I must admit, even though I like my diy boiler I do like the look of stainless.</p> <p>Oh and I have the same kitchen!</p> <p>Nath </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/swan-26l-hot-water-urn#post-2442 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:32:59 +0000 Tony 2442@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Excellent Stu .... great job! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/swan-26l-hot-water-urn#post-2440 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:54:10 +0000 Greg 2440@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Nice one Stu. All looks good then. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/swan-26l-hot-water-urn#post-2432 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:13:39 +0000 stuwilliams 2432@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Dammit - what am I doing wrong with the pics?</p> <p>EDIT - never mind... </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/swan-26l-hot-water-urn#post-2431 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:11:03 +0000 stuwilliams 2431@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>OK, so as promised some pics of the Swan hot water urn I just bought with the intention of getting started on AG brewing.</p> <p>I measured that pretty much exactly 26 litres gets you up to the MAX mark about 1.5 inches below the rim. Don&#39;t know why this surprised me, the clue&#39;s in the name I guess.</p> <p>Fully filled with very cold tap water it took 45ish mins to reach a boil. The tap was a crappy plastic affair which you couldn&#39;t leave locked open, so that came off straight away. I happened to have a stainless tap connector in my toolbox which I butchered, and grabbed a 15mm ball valve affair from screwfix. Its watertight, but I think I&#39;ll modify so that the braiding is more easily removable.</p> <p>Here&#39;s the whole thing minus its lid<br /> <img src="http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/stuwilliams/DSC_0852.jpg" /></p> <p>Heres the tap and braid<br /> <img src="http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/stuwilliams/DSC_0854.jpg" /></p> <p>fitted<br /> <img src="http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/stuwilliams/DSC_0859.jpg" /><br /> <img src="http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/stuwilliams/DSC_0863.jpg" /></p> <p>and the insides. Haven&#39;t worked out how to disconnect the thermostat yet, but continuously having to press the reboil button should be all the encouragement I need...<br /> I think its the little round thing on the middle/left of the second picture.<br /> <img src="http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/stuwilliams/DSC_0873.jpg" /><br /> <img src="http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/stuwilliams/DSC_0875.jpg" /></p> <p>I&#39;m thinking of giving it a first run with the Summer Ale extract kit which arrived last week (thanks Greg &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>Still waiting on my cool box for Amazon to have a crack at making a mash tun too. </p>