Deep Six Brewing System - v3.0

John Beere · Jul 17, 2009

This thread is to be dedicated to v3.0 of my brewing system. My intent is to bring my brewery up to 1BBL. It will take me several months to get there as my boys and I are still dislocated due to the flood that occurred last April, but thanks to the awesome BrewPastor, I've taken a MAJOR step forward with the project.

Behold my new HLT, Mashtun and Boil Kettle!

They just showed up today and are in great shape. I don't even know exactly how big the smaller two are, but they are at least 75~80 gallons each.

eschatz · Jul 17, 2009

EVERYTHING looks great!

Great work as usual John! :mug:

EdWort · Jul 17, 2009

Sweet! Very nice! The kettles are awesome too.

Baja_Brewer · Jul 17, 2009

I cant wait to see what you come up with! Good luck with the resurrection!

freddyb · Jul 17, 2009

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Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

bakins · Jul 18, 2009

You gonna try it electric again? Looking forward to it.

Sizz · Jul 18, 2009

Nice. I need to show SWMBO the pics so she stops nagging me about going to 10 gallons.

KillerKellers · Jul 18, 2009

Lovin' it! Subscribed!

bendavanza · Jul 18, 2009

Looking forward to updates!

John Beere · Jul 18, 2009

bakins said:
You gonna try it electric again? Looking forward to it.

I am hoping to convert the brewery over to natural gas, but I'm sure I could run at least the HLT electric (like v2) with two or three 5500 watt heating elements.

RockfordWhite · Jul 18, 2009

What were those tanks? Were they full kegs or something?

Bodie · Jul 18, 2009

Good to see your getting back in action.

ohiobrewtus · Jul 18, 2009

This is going to be epic.

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beerthirty · Jul 18, 2009

Nice tanks. Does she mind you calling her Boil Kettle?

Sagan · Jul 18, 2009

Really looking forward to watching this build unfold.

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drost · Jul 18, 2009

JB,

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this....I'm sure it will be even BETTER than before!

drost

sethful · Jul 19, 2009

I'm quite envious of V2.0 and am looking forward to hating you a little more, for what will be another awesome build!

g'luck with everything and keep the pictures updated!!

bendavanza · Jul 19, 2009

Didn't you have a steam kettle you were thinking of incorporating?

RonRock · Jul 19, 2009

John Beere said:
This thread is to be dedicated to v3.0 of my brewing system. My intent is to bring my brewery up to 1BBL. It will take me several months to get there as my boys and I are still dislocated due to the flood that occurred last April, but thanks to the awesome BrewPastor, I've taken a MAJOR step forward with the project.

Behold my new HLT, Mashtun and Boil Kettle!

They just showed up today and are in great shape. I don't even know exactly how big the smaller two are, but they are at least 75~80 gallons each.

I'd like to be holding something in the picture. JK

Will be following this.

eccsynd · Jul 19, 2009

Back in action! Can't wait.

John Beere · Jul 20, 2009

Quick update- I found some markings on the outside of the kegs... The short ones are 217 liters or 57.3 gallons. The large one is 236.8 liters or 62.5 gallons. So I was off on their size, but still in really good shape to step up production to a "hogshead" of beer (48 gallons).

rlodian · Jul 21, 2009

48 gallons? That's so 1400's of you. More modern conversions put a hogshead at about 238 liters (52 imperial or 63 US gallons). Still a lot of homebrew.

LakeErieBrew · Jul 21, 2009

Nice. I can't wait to see how this progresses.

yeastbound · Jul 21, 2009

Subscribed. Looking forward to the madness!

rtbroze · Jul 21, 2009

subscribed......can't wait to see this one.

John Beere · Jul 21, 2009

rlodian said:
48 gallons? That's so 1400's of you. More modern conversions put a hogshead at about 238 liters (52 imperial or 63 US gallons). Still a lot of homebrew.

I dunno... according to wikipedia a hogshead of wine is 63 gallons and a hogshead of beer is 48 gallons. Plus is just sounds cool... heh. My goal is to fill three sankey kegs per batch - so that's just about perfect.

humann_brewing · Jul 21, 2009

Thank you for this thread, any time I want to upgrade my system and need to justify to the wife I will have this at my disposal.

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Baja_Brewer · Jul 21, 2009

John Beere said:
I dunno... according to wikipedia a hogshead of wine is 63 gallons and a hogshead of beer is 48 gallons. Plus is just sounds cool... heh. My goal is to fill three sankey kegs per batch - so that's just about perfect.

**drools on the keyboard for 5 minutes, dreaming....**

Any idea what those...things...were initially? Or would Brewpastor know? That is truly amazing and again, I cannot wait to watch your progress. You'll have a hell of a time building AND using such a system!

John Beere · Jul 21, 2009

The seller didn't know what they were originally used for- they are from Germany and did contain a chemical, but they have been throughly cleaned and are spotless on the inside. She told me they sanitized them with nitrogen? Never heard of that... but they don't even have the faintest odor..

caspio · Jul 21, 2009

It was so sad to see the flood pix. Nice to know you're on the way back up and going for broke.
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Bopper · Jul 21, 2009

This. Thread. Will. Be. Epic. /Subscribed

John, I amazed that you are brewing while still relocated from the flood nevermind upgrading your volumes like this! Awesome!!

Rackerman · Jul 21, 2009

Great to see you back to building. Look forward to updates.

Brewpastor · Jul 21, 2009

Very cool. Can't wait for mine to arrive! What type of closure/fitting are the large top openings?

Brandon O · Jul 30, 2009

where do those kettles come from?

Brewpastor · Jul 30, 2009

Some seller had them on e-bay. Sold them as 30 gallon kegs. The Buy it Now price was something like $90, JB did better. UNfortunately they are all gone.

Beer_Maker · Jul 30, 2009

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artyusmc · Aug 25, 2009

so it begins

sethful · Sep 14, 2009

how about a Status report?

Kauai_Kahuna · Sep 14, 2009

Baja_Brewer said:
**drools on the keyboard for 5 minutes, dreaming....**

Same here, then I saw the SS containers.

OK! I understand your busy but come on, I need an update. You can sleep when your dead, please get back to doing great things so I can live vicariously through you. :mug:

John Beere · Sep 14, 2009

These days, my house remodel is consuming me... but I see the light at the end of the tunnel- about 2 weeks and it will be complete. Then I gotta move back in, etc, etc..

About the only progress that has been made is that I've made friends with a welder who just happens to own a plasma cutter and can weld stainless.. so maybe I can get them converted into proper kettles in the new few weeks and start designing the stand.

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