Show us your sculpture or brew rig

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Hello AGBrewer,

Great color!!! I just wanted to ask How you made your gas connection from the ball valve to the burner? thnx

This thread has been a serious love/hate for me...I love the rigs but hate that I did not have a decent one. Today that changes! I feel like I am in some sort of secret society! This is my weldless shelving brew cart and the link to the build page.



https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/we...er-brew-stand-fermentation-rack-build-251094/

Thanks for letting me plaster her up all over the place!

Video overview of stand

Equipment photos

Brew day videos are on the site too

Have several batches under the belt on this one. BCS controlled fully automated...well with the exception of grain and hop additions (I have to have something to do!).

ccrum said:

Have several batches under the belt on this one. BCS controlled fully automated...well with the exception of grain and hop additions (I have to have something to do!).

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I really like that old Kamado! Sweetness!

pickles said:

I really like that old Kamado! Sweetness!

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Thanks. That thing is older than me, and I'm 39. My dad brought it back from Misawa around 1970. I've had it now for about 15 years. Makes the best bbq'd chicken on the planet.

Btw the fully automated rig is sweet too. I have a mid-1960's Sazco Kamado and your right they cook beautifully!

Just got the kettles in last week and did a wet run with water. It boiled off 3 gallons in 60 minutes. I m thinkin i should turn down the burner. I really dont know what i should start off with as a pre-boil amount now. But i m looking forward to brewin on it.

This is my landscape based set up.

My ghetto rig, set up for a brew tomorrow.

Here is my brewstand. Great thing is that it completely comes apart for storage....

Ok but seriously, I love all of the stands on here. Maybe when I move to a bigger place with a garage, I can have my very own stand.

My BCS-460 based E-HERMS.

Alright guys, just finished this besides the hoses(they are on back order). Alot of work on round SS40 but the pipe was free from my brother.

All finished. Thanks to everyone who answered my questions and posted their builds to inspire mine.

oregonparamedic said:

All finished. Thanks to everyone who answered my questions and posted their builds to inspire mine.

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Sweet setup man. The flames are cool.
Is that a remote on the left Keggle?
Are those turkey fryer burners?

Burners are from Ag supply (and the regulator) and the remote is for the pump. Just has to go wireless. The pump plugs into a gfci and then into a wireless switch. Couldn't resist.

oregonparamedic said:

Burners are from Ag supply (and the regulator) and the remote is for the pump. Just has to go wireless. The pump plugs into a gfci and then into a wireless switch. Couldn't resist.

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Sweet. But now you got me thinking.

Okay, I'm in the process of welding my stand together and have been reading TONS of threads looking for a reasonable caster to fit my 2" square tube. the tube is 3/16" thick.

ANYONE have any idea what i should be looking at? I looked up the casters on caster city and there is no way i'm going to pay over 80 bucks for casters.... I know someone out there has found some casters to fit inside for MUCH cheaper then that.

Please help me out here, my back would really appreciate it.

Built up my keggle mlt over the weekend and ran hoses so I can finally use my pump!

How she looks on the stand between the HLT and boil keggle :rockin:

Brutus Clone

Scrounged t-stock from work and built a total gravity feed system with Bayou KAB6 on top and Blichmann for the boil.
Used it yesterday and it's nice to not have to handle much other than a couple gallons of mash water. Wort plate chiller goes in the white wire basket.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/59961794@N07/5946588346/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/59961794@N07/5946585222/

Me and my rig

The rig

The conical in the fermentation chamber

the grain mill

rekoob said:

Okay, I'm in the process of welding my stand together and have been reading TONS of threads looking for a reasonable caster to fit my 2" square tube. the tube is 3/16" thick.

ANYONE have any idea what i should be looking at? I looked up the casters on caster city and there is no way i'm going to pay over 80 bucks for casters.... I know someone out there has found some casters to fit inside for MUCH cheaper then that.

Please help me out here, my back would really appreciate it.

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Check out Great Lakes Caster.

I found mine at a surplus store. They didn't have the locking style but I couldn't pass up the $2 price tag.

rekoob said:

Okay, I'm in the process of welding my stand together and have been reading TONS of threads looking for a reasonable caster to fit my 2" square tube. the tube is 3/16" thick.

ANYONE have any idea what i should be looking at? I looked up the casters on caster city and there is no way i'm going to pay over 80 bucks for casters.... I know someone out there has found some casters to fit inside for MUCH cheaper then that.

Please help me out here, my back would really appreciate it.

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I just bought mine at tractor supply. They had a good selection and decent prices.

chezhed said:

Scrounged t-stock from work and built a total gravity feed system with Bayou KAB6 on top and Blichmann for the boil.
Used it yesterday and it's nice to not have to handle much other than a couple gallons of mash water. Wort plate chiller goes in the white wire basket.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/59961794@N07/5946588346/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/59961794@N07/5946585222/

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Where did that awesome mash paddle come from?

rekoob said:

Okay, I'm in the process of welding my stand together and have been reading TONS of threads looking for a reasonable caster to fit my 2" square tube. the tube is 3/16" thick.

ANYONE have any idea what i should be looking at? I looked up the casters on caster city and there is no way i'm going to pay over 80 bucks for casters.... I know someone out there has found some casters to fit inside for MUCH cheaper then that.

Please help me out here, my back would really appreciate it.

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Have you checked out Harbor Freight Tools? They have a great selection and low prices.

my rig (still working on the small details)

Newest edition

Here's mine "The MaxOut Brew Station"

Basically a self contained, semi automated, BCS-462 controlled, 16 foot by 3 foot by 8 foot, single tier, HERMS, gas fired HLT/heat exchanger & boil kettle, brew station with intigrated primary fermenter, bakers rack, secondary mash lauter tun and work surface.

Details Here:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/maxout-brew-station-256435/

^ I hate you, only because I am totally jealous.
:rockin::rockin:
For The Win!!

Maxed out,
I too am jealous, for someone who just started brewing you have way more time and money than I. Guess you had to live up to the name though. All jealousy aside, Still rockin

BulldogBrewer said:

Where did that awesome mash paddle come from?

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A friend made It for me. It's nice.

Stevo2569 said:

Maxed out,
I too am jealous, for someone who just started brewing you have way more time and money than I. Guess you had to live up to the name though. All jealousy aside, Still rockin

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Thanks, MaxOut has been my motivational name I gave my fishing boat and has stuck with me over the years. I felt it was appropriate to name my brew system with the same name as I am planning on selling the fishing boat and brewing is the replacement hobby. As far as time and money it has been difficult finding the time to work on the brew system and has taken nearly 8 months to build. So far brewing is still WAY cheaper then operating a fishing boat. Looking forward to many happy years brewing! Thanks for the kind words.

bniesen said:

^ I hate you, only because I am totally jealous.
:rockin::rockin:
For The Win!!

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Sounds like we have a love hate relationship I'm OK with that...Thanks!

^ lets just say that I have something to live/strive for now.

agodfrey11 said:

Here is my brewstand. Great thing is that it completely comes apart for storage....

Ok but seriously, I love all of the stands on here. Maybe when I move to a bigger place with a garage, I can have my very own stand.

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Is that a Penrose Kettle?

Quaffer said:

Have you checked out Harbor Freight Tools? They have a great selection and low prices.

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I looked at thier selection but they all had a flat plate type mount. I was looking for one that would mount INSIDE the 2" square tube.

I have found a couple places but the price is a little out of my range. I mean 80 to 100 for four casters is just to pricey for me.

corkybstewart said:

Me and my rig

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You and your system are looking great.
I am glad you are on HBT and with your brewing knowledge all of us will benefit not only New Mexico.

Cheers,
ClaudiusB

Finished my single tier electric HERMS a couple of weeks ago. Five batches later and I've barely taken any pictures. Going from turkey fryers and manually lifting hot pots to this has been amazing. Working on getting a thread together for my build.