I just ran natural gas into my garage brewery. What burners are you using and where did you get them. I am in the process of finding parts to build my system to go in the new garage.
Brew-ta, very nice setup. Be careful with that side swing tippy dump. It seems like if it were full of wet grain, it has the potential to topple the stand. I mean, just be careful because you might actually want to clean the tun while you're boiling and that would be bad, mmmkay. Duh, you know that.
My only other comment (only to benefit those copying your design) is that you could have compressed the overall height by a few inches if headroom is a concern. You only need the next tier up to be high enough for the drain to make it over the lower vessel. If you're willing to put an "in" port in the next lower vessel, the height difference can be even less. Finally, with a pump in the plans, the BK doesn't have to be high enough to gravity drain to a fermenter. With all those considerations, it's possible to keep the MLT at a height to stir the mash while standing on the ground.
Don't take this stuff as criticism, just potential alternatives in design. The sculpture is awesome.
Holy crap, I just noticed you used the 32 tip burners. That's more heat than the space shuttle's main engine burn.
With that tippy dump, a cool way to prevent the rig from tipping over while cleaning out the grain would be to make a shelf that slides of flips out and locks into place. It would serve a dual purpose as a step and side support.
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Was there a set of plans you followed for this build? Why a keg for the MLT instead of a cooler?
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Was there a set of plans you followed for this build? Why a keg for the MLT instead of a cooler?
Thanks,
No plans actual written plans, just used measurements I got from other brewers 3 tier units. If you need any measurements or pics of other 3 tiers let me know I have both.
I just ran natural gas into my garage brewery. What burners are you using and where did you get them. I am in the process of finding parts to build my system to go in the new garage.
I was going to go with the small, but they were backordered so I ended up buying the Medium and figured i would have to emply Bobby M's trick of removing some of the jets. As it worked out I ran 1/2 gas line to the garage from the basement. The burners work perfect out of the box. My guess is since my house is a newer home I must have a hell of a regulator on my main gass line as the line from the meter to the furnace is 1 1/2 inch. I tapped in right at the furnace at 1/2 inch. When I have a single burner on full blast it burns great, but if I turn on a 2nd or 3rd burner at the same time my BTU's drop per burner. A buddy of mine has the small burners and ran 3/4 " gas line. His burners are like a jet engine so much so that he has very little control of heat output (either on or off).
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