put in your pic if they are sweet

**Darkness** · 12-23-2011, 02:18 AM

this is my house got it set up two months ago we have done 80gal since. there is a 48in wide 30in deep kitchen hood with 390 cfm fan and fresh air make up for the room quick connects on kegs, pump, mash tuns, and coil chiller

About to make a glycol jacketed Mash tun 45gal and a brew kettle 50gal
My dad is a welder and I am in heating and cooling so we are going to start building a bigger setup

**Darkness** · 12-23-2011, 02:22 AM

yes, oh and my bourbon barrel that I am going to be aging in

Thehopguy · 12-23-2011, 03:54 AM

Very nice. What r those things your fermenting in? On a drunken side note, I want a stainless steel sink area some day

**Darkness** · 12-23-2011, 04:16 AM

Those r demijohns 15gal bottles I have 10gal of black imperial IPA in each that will be going into the barrel

periwinkle1239 · 12-24-2011, 11:06 PM

badass

onthekeg · 12-24-2011, 11:30 PM

Why do you want to glycol jacket a mash tun if I may ask?

**Darkness** · 12-25-2011, 01:46 AM

Well I was talking to my dad about a HERM's system. He worked for a stainless tank manufacture and built huge fermenters and jacketed tanks. By doing a glycol jacketed mash tun and then building a elec heat element like for a rims but put it in line from water heater this will allow a constant flow of 150+ water straight into the mash tune. With a jacketed mash tun I can maintain temp and just recirculate through one vessels. This would make a two vessel setup Mash tun and boil kettle. If that didn't make since let me know. My pops can weld any thing so, I deal with sheet metal every day, and can get stainless rolled and broke to make any thing I can draw. So 50gal conical's as well as the jacketed mash tun

Thanks for the responses
My set up gets used weekly I have three friends that want to go all grain cause of brewing at my house. But since they aren't setup they brew at my house 25 gal in the last 4 weeks

onthekeg · 12-25-2011, 01:57 AM

I'm familiar with HERMS and glycol, it just seems a different way to heat something up. Generally oil is used for heat transfer and glycol is used for cooling due to their different properties.
I was just curious of your plans.

**Darkness** · 12-25-2011, 02:06 AM

Well glycol is good for both heat and cold transfer. I use glycol in boiler systems all the time for heat transfer and it works great. My dad has worked on tanks that use glycol to cool or heat a tank to maintain perfect temp. I am also goi g to insulate it with a 1" 8lb ceramic high temp insulation as the last wrap so maintaining will be easy.