Will add my stuff to the pics, not as ghetto as some, but more ghetto than others.
When you're ready to move up to 10 gallon batches, I have a 19" TV for you.
I'll even throw in my Atari 2600 to kill time during the boil.
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When you're ready to move up to 10 gallon batches, I have a 19" TV for you.
I'll even throw in my Atari 2600 to kill time during the boil.
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thepartsmancometh
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I've officially topped myself. Went to heat my mash water, and discovered that my digital thermometer is dead. No other thermometers in the house. What to do...
Steal the thermo from my boil kettle! Wait, now I gotta put it back before the boil. Darn.
Note the coathanger holding it up!
Steal the thermo from my boil kettle! Wait, now I gotta put it back before the boil. Darn.
Note the coathanger holding it up!
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Hey,any port in a storm is a good one. You adapted to the situation. Nuthin wrong with that!
Hardly any of this stuff is ghetto. Maybe as compared to a professional brewery, but not as compared to serious homebrewers. I see lots of stainless steel, three-tier setups, propane, etc. In my book, ghetto is doing 2-3 gallon batches on the stovetop, cooling in the sink, extract only, with no hydrometer or thermometer, no airlocks.
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The only stainless I have are my BK's. I use a hydrometer,an electric stove,& sink for brewing. An old large printer stand for a FV stand/storage unit. So cheap &/or repurposed for me. That's ghetto in my book. Just run what ya brung...everything works of ya let it.
Rube Goldberg, eat your heart out!
My ghetto set up! Works pretty good though.
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goybar
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Here is ghetto brew setup:
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goybar
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and unlike other expensive brew stands I see....mine is easily height adjustable via jack stands for brewers of all sizes.
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The toolman's brewstand! R-R-R!
bradjoiner
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here is mine the frame is n old planter stand pulled out of the trash by a friend
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It works
kpr121
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Heres my DIY electric setup… I like to think that its not ghetto but when I snapped the pic it sure does look a little crazy. Especially my makeshift stand that’s cut into an existing workbench, the diy bathroom vent exhaust hood, and all the mishmash fittings (brass to stainless to aluminum anyone?).
It certainly wasn’t cheap, (I estimate I dropped somewhere around a grand on the whole system) but it has the capabilities of much more expensive (and much more cheaper) set-ups. It makes beer!
It certainly wasn’t cheap, (I estimate I dropped somewhere around a grand on the whole system) but it has the capabilities of much more expensive (and much more cheaper) set-ups. It makes beer!
Rusty_Toolz
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my setup isn't really ghetto, i see most people have spent the money where is will help them out the most. as they should.
Me? I was getting tired of un/plugging my pumps so i made this thing and the extension cord get a nice place to be stored.
Me? I was getting tired of un/plugging my pumps so i made this thing and the extension cord get a nice place to be stored.
BeerBrewBob
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Here's my ghetto brew setup.
Hilarious! The irony of using a piece of exercise equipment. Good stuff and fantastic idea sir.
Eshorebrewer
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Not much but it works.
heckler73
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- scrap 1/2" stainless tubing and a tube bender. Haven't tried it yet, but dual exhausts makes it kinda redneck, not ghetto.
You got that right! Last page I saw pumps, plate chillers and a lot of stainless! I like the basketball post stand...but really c'mon, not ghetto at all in front of a new 5 bdrm, 3 zone hvac colonial
Ahoy-hoy! Now that qualifies! Basic gear, tight-quarters location... (I'm amazed your tomatoes aren't all charred from burner side-exhaust!)
PistolsAtDawn
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Not as ghetto as some, but I certainly started that way when I was first brewing. This picture was from chilling a quick BIAB batch I did on the stove last week to test something out.
I had two buckets filled with frozen water bottles and water. The top one is siphoning from there to the bucket on the floor which has a pump in it pushing water through a chiller.
The pump moving the water through the immersion chiller is that same 264 gph submersible from Harbor Freight that a lot of us have.
The system drains back to a carboy or other bucket. I used the first set of drained water for cleanup since it was still hot. The rest was cold enough to cycle back through the system. Got it down to pitching temp in 45 minutes or so.
I had two buckets filled with frozen water bottles and water. The top one is siphoning from there to the bucket on the floor which has a pump in it pushing water through a chiller.
The pump moving the water through the immersion chiller is that same 264 gph submersible from Harbor Freight that a lot of us have.
The system drains back to a carboy or other bucket. I used the first set of drained water for cleanup since it was still hot. The rest was cold enough to cycle back through the system. Got it down to pitching temp in 45 minutes or so.
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Ha. I guess you're right. Thanks, bud. 
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PistolsAtDawn said:
Haha, I saw the thumbnail and thought whoa! The white and stainless....looks commercial.....then I clicked on the image.
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Finally converted these coolers my dad had sitting in his garage. Going to try it out this weekend.
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Run watcha brung is always ghetto in my book.
