Re: [compost_tea] Re: vortex tea brewer

From: Matthew Graeff <phishphan12_at_comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:24:46 -0500

Bill,

I used a Wormgold machine at my previous employer. It had food grade
fiberglass in the tank, and aircraft grade on the outside of the
unit. It had 4 long diffusers (2 on each side) and a large air
bladder in the middle that bubbled directly under the basket that held
the compost attached to the lid. It seemed like it was a good machine
in the past, but it was having trouble keeping DO levels up, which
could be the brewer design itself or the blower motor going bad
(somehow seaweed was caked onto the air filter) or diffuser
breakdown. After looking into replacing the blower motor, it was more
economical to go smaller, lighter and faster, aka Tim's Microbulator.
I think Wormgold brewers went by the wayside because I think I read
something about having a proprietary unit that only accepted WormGold
materials. Also, I believe the company had legal issues because they
were claiming their compost also had insecticidal properties, and then
the State of CA came after them.

Matt
On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:39 AM, B Blake wrote:

> Matt,
> We still never really got down to who actually won
> (in what order) with what machine at the 2004 Texas Tea-off.
> Some claim it was Malcolm Beck using a farly expensive
> Wormgold Machine.
> Just what kind of machine? I've spent a lot of time on old Posts
> and you don't hear a whole lot about Wormgold machines.
> Was this an Extractor that won?
>
> Tim says there was a fellow there (Royce) that saw a Steven Storch
> Air Lift machine stomp the bunch of them.
> With the only 12 hour machine (according to SFI in the past)
> being the 5 gallon KIS (blowing 51 LPM) BUT the
> mighty Steven Storch 5 gallon unit (blowing 100 LPM)
> who knows.
>
> The question is what will be the LPM numbers be in 2012 / 2013
> compared to these oldies.
>
> I haven't gotten around to tracking this Tea-off story down but will.
>
> Of coarse you had the brutal heat (for October) and the Bruce Deuley
> story going on at that time. At least 2 eye witnesses on
> You Tube say Bruce's little cheaper than cheap 5 gallon
> unit stomped the 28 gallon KIS brewer for 2nd place.
> Another account has the KIS coming in 2nd after the Wormgold.
> Heat may have stomped the 22 gallon EPM machine and others.
>
> The Legendary Bob-O-Later Company (that was there in 3 versions)
> has changed hands.
> Getting some story on that technology is on my to do list
> but I did already study his nozzle set-up and it wasn't
> what I needed. Some people feel you have to reach into
> higher dollar endeavors that share your interests sometimes.
>
> Who knows what happened?
> It might be nice to know just for the fun of it.
>
> Bill
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Matthew Graeff <phishphan12_at_...>
> wrote:
> >
> > With someone bringing up posts from the 2004 Brew Off as still being
> > relevant like it happened yesterday, and claims from various product
> > makers, is it time to have a 2012 Brew Off? Get today's brewer and
> > product makers together and have an independent judging panel (good
> > luck) and come to some sort of results for brewer efficiency,
> microbe
> > counts, etc? There seems to be a lot of posturing on this
> > list...Maybe it's time to put up or shut up.
> >
> > Logistics seem to point towards the West Coast (unfortunately).
> Vegas?
> >
> > Matt PA
> > On Jan 30, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Tad Hussey wrote:
>
>



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