I love wooden rigs for some reason! Looks very nice!
Looks very nice and compact!
AB I can understand, but NB!?!? There'd better be a good explanation for this.
Nice.
I think electric is in my future.. I dislike brewing in the summer and getting a face full of heat blasting out around my kettles, feeling the BTU's wasted.
Looks nice! I priced out a wood rig and steel is cheaper than decent wood, at least around here. Ought to be proud brother!
Remember when everyone kind of scoffed at electric brewing 2 years ago? Seems to be gaining serious ground now.
Let us know how Friday goes!
I also did not like sweating into the kettle. All the heat is dumped directly into the wort on this system. Of course you lose some heat through the keg, but your heat doesn't have to penatrate through the keggle either. Let me know if you have questions. The Pol's stuff is great to use as a reference as are the others who have commented on his pages who have built simular systems.
Nothing beats heating up water for mash in at around 4-5 degrees a minute!... well I am sure some things would, but its pretty awesome :rockin:
Very nice bro, very nice. Enjoy brewing on it!
Sweet. That is exactly the type of setup I see myself with, probably 5 years from now when I get a house and garage.
Anywho, I assume you have some relays in your control boxes, but I did not see any heat sinks. Is your only heat dissipation that 120mm fan on the side? Also, what length is that cord going from the control panel to the outlet? If it is greater than 6ft could you tell me where you got it?
TELL ME ABOUT IT! I would have done this years ago if it wasn't for all the nay-sayers. "it will scorch your wort", "you will electricute yourself", "you couldn't get a consistant boil" Well my friends all of these things are wrong-I get incredible hot break, the boil is unbelievably even and gets there really quickly!
That looks beautiful! You should be proud. Time to brew up an amber with it
You know, it is humorous how human beings seem to always think that thier generation has it all figured out.
Just think, many think that the brewing books and methods written about in the 1990's are the holy grail. Accepted without question.
I can imagine that was the same perception in the 70's, 30's... maybe thousands of years ago. Things are not the same now as they were in the 70's, 30's or thousands of years ago. I have no reason to believe that how we are brewing now, will remain the same 10-20 years from now either, that would be wholly arrogant.
Ingredients, processes, equipment and understanding are always evolving... we would be ignorant to think that the way it is done now, or 10 years ago... will be the future of our craft. It is simply illogical.
Wise words Pol. It seems like we may need some new Palmers and Papizans, no disrespect to them as they are legends, but the craft is always evolving. I loved your write up on no chill brewing too-which would have been a definate no-no to conventional wisdom of cool your wort as fast as possible.
We need more people to take a chance here and there and try new things. This hobby is for fun after all and experimentation is good (in small batches of course!).
Here is to figuring it all out!
For our generation anyhow!
Quick question for everyone-How/where should I mount the march pump? I was thinking vertically against the middle support beam with the heat at the level of the bottom 2x6? Should I be worried about splashing the pump? Maybe make a hood for it of some sorts?
Pol-has your pump been a problem or had any problems?
That's a great setup!
Beauty! Any chance of a parts list and measured drawing for this rig? I only ask because I'm in the process of designing something similar for my tiny brew barn... wood, compact, etc. I'll definitely be following this thread. Nice work!
Hopefully the HLT+Pump issues can be easily resolved.
When you think about building a structure, don't think about the structure itself as much as the vessels you are trying to hold and where they need to be, build your structure around these dimensions and you will have something that is compact and efficient. Think about how high you want your kettle, do you want to be able to turn a valve and empty directly into a carboy? This was one of my goals so I made sure my kettle was high enough. I also wanted to be able to drain my MT into the kettle by gravity, by going through the handle of the keggle I shave a few inches off of the height. The HLT is low and out of the way because I don't really need to look into it, I just need it to hold sparge water and have it higher than the pump so it can pump sparge water over my Mash Tun.
Sage advice. Your ideas to stick the HLT below the MLT, as well as draining the MLT through the handle, really shook up my vision of how a brewrig could be put together. I've been stuck on single-tier and two-tier ideas, and this two-and-a-half-tier(?) build has been a real eye opener! Did I just coin the new term for this type of brewstand? Probably not...
Thanks for sharing the materials list. Based on the pictures and the list, I'm sure I'd could build a replica... It's a good starting point for me. I'll probably tweak/customize it, but I LOVE the concept of your stand.
Really BIG PROST and thanks for sharing your build!
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