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There really isnt anything that I would change about the design of the system. My only advice is to really take your time and measure anything and everything 3 times. This will save you countless time returning the wrong size pipes, nipples, and buying more wire. Good luck with your build!

Nope, I sold them to a couple of fellow homebrewers.

The mash tun burner and hot liquor tank burner have standing pilots that are lit throughout the brewday.

They are about 6-7 inches from the bottom of the kettles. I've only done one batch on it so far and I didnt take notes on how long it took to come to a boil. That said I didnt notice it being any longer or particularly shorter than any other batch Ive done. Next time I brew (this saturday)...

Ill get all that info for you this upcoming Sunday and post back. I keep my brewstand at the local homebrew shop I work at part time but I dont have another shift until Sunday. More than happy to help out a fellow brewer/brutus builder.

Which measurments do you need?

I took her out for her initial run on Saturday. Brewed a batch of Belgian Pale Ale. Well, it was supposed to be Belgian Pale Ale. I was intending to hit 1.052 @75% efficiency. I ended up getting 90% efficiency and hit 1.065. :lol: . So I upped the hops to correct the BU:GU. No biggie...

Here are the last couple pics showing everything set up. The line coming off of the boil ketle is a siphon sprayer set up to aerate the wort after recirc and cooling is completed. I have a blichmann hoprocket hopback on order but it is unfortunately backordered right now so that is the only...

So i have crossed the finish line. She is all set for a brewday. Here are the last few pictures highlighting the build. The next set of pics I take will be from a brewday and some notes on how well she performed. The first thing you are going to notice is that the lids dont look like...

you are. There is gas line pipe dope on the inside of the threads covering the teflon tape. My local hardware store conveniently ran out of gas tape. the combo of the pipe dope and tape works great though. No leaks at all.

Finally a shot of the day running some water through the pumps and the way the system sits currently. I still have to install the autosparge and some return rings in the lids of the pots. I'm inching towards the finish line though. :)

Here are a few shots of the stand ater we ran the wire through the conduit, got the pump shields built and installed, and got the Therminator mounted.

After getting the pots squared away it was time to finish up the panel wiring. Props again to my buddy Rick from the Garage Brewers Society for redoing this step for me. It took him 1/10th the time it would have taken me and it wouldnt have looked as nice.

Update Time. I got to put in some serious build time Sunday Evening. Ill start with some pics of the hot liquor tank. I picked this pot up from Scott for 35 bucks. Just a simple stainless tank. Its hard for me to justify having a 300+ dollar Blichmann pot for a HLT. I still wanted the...

You guessed it. Automation Direct. I found similar switches on EBay but decided to go with AD.

I made some progress on the control panel. You will also notice that there are some new kettles. 2 Blichmann Boilermakers and a simple 14 gallon rolled stainless steel hot liquor tank. Ill have pics of me modifying those pretty soon. For now here are some shots of what ive gotten...

I used duplicolor to paint the stand. I dont have any brews on it yet so I cant give any feedback as to its longevity.

we can give it a shot. I took the vid on my Iphone so as long as I can get it to send we should be golden.

I was the assistant brewer at what is now the defunct Mattingly Brewing Company. I also spent a spell as an assistant at Highland Brewing and Buffalo Brewing here in St. Louis. After my son was born I had to make the difficult choice to go back into the corporate world as there simply isnt all...

Those burners have tons of power. Coupled with a 1-30 fully adjustable regulator available from bayou or agrisupply and you will have all the horsepower you need. As a matter of fact if you have a phone that can accept a short video, PM me your number and I will send a video of them fired up...