MaxOut
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Glad you enjoyed the trip! Zzzzzzzzzz
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parkerhd36 said:First off, incredible build. I had already stolen a few ideas for my own. I had been thinking about rigging up a hand truck for pumping/chilling/oxygenation, when I found yours. Exactly what I had in mind. Have you had a chance to put together a build list? Any tips or pointers on building something like this? I will primarily be working with 5-15 gallon batches, I assume the sizing of everything would work fine with that size of a batch. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks for the inspiration!
Hello, I have been visiting HBT for several months while building my all grain brew system and have finally decided to share what I call the MaxOut Brew Station. Many thanks go out to others who post here who have helped inspire me too many to mention. I have had a lot of fun building and brewing on this project and it will continue to be a work in progress. When I started this I had no idea I would go to the extent I did with virtually no actual brewing experience other than a couple of attempts with small brew kits years ago. The one thing I did know is that I love beer, love to cook and love to build things so the sickness set in rather quickly consuming all of my free time. I have read thousands of posts on this forum, brew Wiki from beginning to end and every available piece of information I could get my hand on since I started this project. At several points it seemed I analyzed till I was paralyzed and almost threw in the towel. I am a huge Moosehead fan and have had it on tap in my garage for many years. It became harder for me to find a reliable source to provide fresh Moosehead kegs and as each dried up I kept the last keg and moved on. Over time I had acquired 3 Euro kegs and this is when I decided to research if they could be used for something useful and how I stumbled into brewing. So officially in October of 2010 I decided I was going to build a 3 vessel, HERMS, single tier, all grain, brew system and the project began.
I originally was looking at a Brutis 10 style stand but since it had all ready been done so many times I decided I wanted something different with work space attached. So I focused on the vessels first and would worry about the stand as I went along. Based on information gathered here I also decided some of the minimum vessel requirements for the system I intended to build. I wanted to go completely stainless, tig welded couplers, stainless heat exchanger, camLoks, silicone tubing and min ½ plumbing. Well this is how it went .
Bru-noob said:I have to add my wow... Wow!!! Max I am just starting our with AG and have been looking for someone who has built what I want to build and finally I came across this thread.. I too want to be semi automated and use gas.. Your set up (Pre Steroids!) is exactly what I want to do.. I hope you wont mind sharing some info with me on your BCS wiring and gas and valve set up... IT is exactly what I want to build.. Congrats and thanks for sharing!!!
thanks and I will take you up on your offer.. Anything you have related to your BCS config will greatly reduce my install time... Also, your gas valves are Honeywell if I remember and they are the type with the HSI igniters? I think the igniters plug right into valve? Expensive Im sure but so worth it.. Part numbers perhaps? Also on your control panel if you have anything written up.. If not I am working with ebrewsupply and I'm sure they can lead me to the correct parts and wiring diagrams.... Thanks again!!!
Good use of kitchen auction stuff! I worked in a kitchen for 5 years and I'm not surprised the fridge in the table was dead, but that's a sweet looking setup.
I just joined HBT just so I can comment on your setup / thread. I went through the thread this morning in it's entirety and am blown away! Nice work on your ingenuity and dedication. Along with befriended an HVAC guy I think I also learned from your post that I need to learn how to weld! I can't wait to see what you do next!! Thank you so much for posting your process from start until present day.
Very impressive. I would like to do something like that but would need to get divorced first or if I started doing it, would surely get divorced halfway through. At least I could use her parking space in the garage for the brewery.....Scratch that- since she would get the house, I don't know where I would put it.
Thank you, maybe you could get your wife to start brewing with you. My wife likes my beer so we have an agreement. I brew it and she helps drink it. I've always had hobbies that take me away so she is glad I picked one that keeps me close😀
How about an update, Max? Cheers!
That is F'n amazing! any pictures of the build!
So sorry about the loss of your friend, a true reminder that life can be short, enjoy it while you can.
I saw your post on the build of this tree and commented there as well. Great job! I am also very sorry for the loss of your friend and brewing partner....
John
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