HawksBrewer
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I thought holy cow somebody was in mid brew when their stand collapsed!
This. Otherwise tl;dr.
I thought holy cow somebody was in mid brew when their stand collapsed!
This. Otherwise tl;dr.
Just a couple Qs. How high off the ground is the top of the MLT? Why did you make the shelf it rests on so tall?
thought Id throw mine in the mix. I used old metal shelving rails so I could adjust the height if needed. Still need to buy a pump for the bottom kettle that is electric.
Where was the fail here?
So, I have been using a cheap plastic trash can flipped upside down. It's the perfect heigh to gravity drain into my kettle when its on the burner. The trash can is plastic with a set of wheels (you know what I'm talking about) so I added the wood bench to stabilize things a bit. I was brewing a large RIS so like 24lbs of grain in it. That batch was fine, decided to do second runnings for a smaller beer. Randomly, not touched at all, the trash can buckles, throws off the weight distribution and then entire 150* mash/second runnings come crashing down onto the garage... WHAT A MESS. Make sure anything hot and of weight is on a stable surface
Worst part... I still use this trash can every brewday hahah .... really need to build something more stable
spkguitar said:This past spring, I made a center post, wooden, two tier stand with one of the support feet on a hinge so that it would take up less space when storing. Rectangle coleman cooler mash tun on top, hlt/bk (single vessel) on the bottom. I had already made two batches on this stand with success. I was making my third, a dry stout, and in the middle of pouring in the batch sparge, the weight pulled out all of the screws holding the hinges on, and the whole stand tipped over sending the cooler with the second runnings all over my garage. I still see it in slow motion in my memory, including my slow motion "Noooooo!" What a mess. I'm still finding bits of grain here and there. Luckily, the first runnings were in a separate vessel for transfer, so while I was cleaning up the mess, I topped it off, added some DME and finished the batch. It actually turned out pretty good. Wouldn't win any awards, but was definitely drinkable. Lesson learned and stand rebuilt with a full size base (soon to be replaced by a single tier for electric conversion)
This past spring, I made a center post, wooden, two tier stand
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Lesson learned and stand rebuilt with a full size base (soon to be replaced by a single tier for electric conversion)
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