Show Me Your Wood Brew Sculpture/Rig

Like many have said before, I have scoured over these pictures since I started brewing a few years back and was always in awe. I finally pulled the trigger on an all electric setup. No, I didn't build the panel and stuff myself because, frankly I didn't want to and I am nowhere near as technically savvy enough to do it. So there, I bought one.

But I just finished up my stand last night...well, finished for now. Just need to put the casters on and, eventually, sand it, stain it and seal it.

She is like a good wife...she may not be perfect, but she's perfect for me! Cheers!

hopjunkie26 said:

Like many have said before, I have scoured over these pictures since I started brewing a few years back and was always in awe. I finally pulled the trigger on an all electric setup. No, I didn't build the panel and stuff myself because, frankly I didn't want to and I am nowhere near as technically savvy enough to do it. So there, I bought one.

But I just finished up my stand last night...well, finished for now. Just need to put the casters on and, eventually, sand it, stain it and seal it.

She is like a good wife...she may not be perfect, but she's perfect for me! Cheers!

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Hop Junkie

I am looking to buy the EBC III as well
I would love to hear your experience with it....Good/Bad and the ugly !

Alas, I have not built my system yet, still in the cold garage with propane !

Steve

Shes finished!!

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steveoatley said:

Hop Junkie

I am looking to buy the EBC III as well
I would love to hear your experience with it....Good/Bad and the ugly !

Alas, I have not built my system yet, still in the cold garage with propane !

Steve

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Hey Steve, I sent you a PM on the EBC III. So far, so good!

First post. First build. First all grain. In fact it will be my first brew ever. Thanks everyone for all the ideas.

The frame is made of 2x8 treated lumber. The uprights are 2x6 treated. The bottom floor is Osb. And the top boards are decking planks. 7 feet long by 30 inches deep.

Single pump setup for now. Storage for 3 unused kegs under BK. The conical fermenter will be attatched to the cart as well. My favorite feature is the littke storage compartment. Im no carpenter by any means but happy with the results if not a tad BIG/Heavy. I took the pictures while I was working so pardon the messy garage.

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Here's mine. Started as a 3 tier all gravity stand with two drink coolers as HLT and MLT. I did post it awhile back in this thread but have done a ton of updates, including the change to Natural Gas, the addition of a pump and plate chiller. Also added a RIMs tube, control panel and a water filter. Those are 25g pots for the boil and MLT and a 15 for HLT. I can do 15-18g batches and am happy with the brew day flow and performance. I am sure the guys with a welder and the skills to use it would disagree, but the flexibility of a woodie is so damn nice. Lowering that 3rd tier to accommodate my old Turkey fryer took about 10 mins with a sawzall. Still plan at some point to completely eliminate that 3rd tier and go electric with my HLT including an update to a bigger pot, but for now am happy!

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menschmaschine said:

Morning wood...

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Dispite being an old post, I'm hoping for a reply! In your brewing system, what kind of burner and burner stands are you using? did you build your own or purchase them?

Thanks!

louis said:

Dispite being an old post, I'm hoping for a reply! In your brewing system, what kind of burner and burner stands are you using? did you build your own or purchase them?

Thanks!

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They look like Bayou Classic SQ84s.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CY3ZW3G/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I think they look more like the SQ14.

^^ this ^^

it's what I have also. The SQ84 has a wind shied on it the 14 doesn't.

Finished a mini brew stand today. I'll use it do make soda, decoction mash, and bochet.

The first picture is with the top off, second with the top on.

Just put the finishing touches on my rig tonight. Added some more heat shielding to my burner bays and hooked up my gas lines. Doing my first brew with it this weekend. Hope it doesn't turn into a Bon fire.....View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130297.486267.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130366.724360.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130393.609992.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130408.978499.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130421.595499.jpg

SkoobaSteve said:

Just put the finishing touches on my rig tonight. Added some more heat shielding to my burner bays and hooked up my gas lines. Doing my first brew with it this weekend. Hope it doesn't turn into a Bon fire.....View attachment 292939View attachment 292940View attachment 292943View attachment 292944View attachment 292945

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Where did you get the inserts the kettles sit on? I can't find them anywhere!

SkoobaSteve said:

Just put the finishing touches on my rig tonight. Added some more heat shielding to my burner bays and hooked up my gas lines. Doing my first brew with it this weekend. Hope it doesn't turn into a Bon fire.....

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Looks great! Do you ever have issues priming your pump? Typically the out port should be at the highest point of the pumphead. It looks like yours is at the lowest, which will trap air, making priming difficult. If you have no issues, then nevermind, but if you do have some issues, you may want to reattach the pumphead 180deg from what's shown in the pictures.

Here's a post from March Pumps depicting the air pockets. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=11157.0

Yeah it took me a while to find these guys but all they are are just bayou classics with their legs angle grinder off! here is a link on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009JXYQ4/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Hope this helps!

barrooze said:

Looks great! Do you ever have issues priming your pump? Typically the out port should be at the highest point of the pumphead. It looks like yours is at the lowest, which will trap air, making priming difficult. If you have no issues, then nevermind, but if you do have some issues, you may want to reattach the pumphead 180deg from what's shown in the pictures.

Here's a post from March Pumps depicting the air pockets. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=11157.0

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Yeah man! i totally had issues! thanks so much for the link. i will be flipping my pump head tomorrow before i do my pumpkin ale! thanks! Cheers

long5001 said:

Where did you get the inserts the kettles sit on? I can't find them anywhere!

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Yeah it took me a while to find these guys but all they are are just bayou classics with their legs angle grinder off! here is a link on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009JXYQ4/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Hope this helps!

SkoobaSteve said:

Yeah it took me a while to find these guys but all they are are just bayou classics with their legs angle grinder off! here is a link on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009JXYQ4/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Hope this helps!

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Thanks buddy!

castermmt said:

A few more pictures.

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Old post I know. But what were the dimensions of this?

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on here.. the forums have been a great help to me since I've entered the world of brewing back at the end of July, especially this thread. Here is my completed setup! I have a double batch planned for tomorrow that will be my 3rd & 4th brew on this system so far!

Here's my brew stand I just finished, I still need to order a pump and new lines with cam lock quick disconnects
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Many thanks to all contributing here before me. Took me longer than I wanted but I read everyone of your threads and finally finished my own Brew Rig. First All-Grain batch on it today.

After years of brewing I finally finished and used my brew tower for the first time today. All the parts are pieces I have been using and adding to since I started, the last was the HTL with sight glass, thermometer and valve. The Foot print is a little over 3 ft sq. It has about 4 coats of a stain/poly mix.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eezei8gbfeoco8c/AACl5IzCLoYSO0iMdEtNQAZga?dl=0

Hi All,

For those who missed it, I wrote an article about building my wooden brew stand and it made it into the September 2015 edition of BYO Magazine!

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Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on here.. the forums have been a great help to me since I've entered the world of brewing back at the end of July, especially this thread. Here is my completed setup! I have a double batch planned for tomorrow that will be my 3rd & 4th brew on this system so far!

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Looking to build something very similar to this. What is the overall length and the the height of the tallest tier?

A few pictures of mine - gravity works great for now

Here she is in action. I am such a geek I even built a little website to document the process. If this helps encourage anyone I have succeeded

Got the frame done yesterday. I'll post progress pics as it goes.

Sweet brew room!

Got some work done on it this weekend. Installed tubular steel for the burners to sit on. Ripped the steel off from my dads old dump truck. Added 2x4's for the bottom shelf. Mounted the switch for the pump and trimmed out the top.

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Finally got this put together the way that I want. Those who know me well know that I'm not at all handy, lol. This is for a cleaning cycle from the boil kettle through to a conical fermenter (not shown) and into the hot water tun. Re-direct a couple of hoses and you can cycle back the other way. The red hoses on the left are for pumping RO water from a container up to the hot water tun. There are two kettles for decoctions and step mashes, and a sparge tun to the left of the table (not shown). Mash is ladled to the sparge tun. Water is pumped from the hot lauter tun to the sparge tun, and wort is pumped from the sparge tun the boil kettle, etc.

Im not sure if my setup counts for this thread... but there is some wood in it...

The "wood" was from an Ikea Coffee table & End Table. They're super cheap and work perfectly!

I've added a 2nd burner and a pump.

Maiden brew on Saturday. Had a few hiccups, but nothing major. Lined the wood around the burners with Durock and it barely gets warm. Sorry about the messy garage in the background.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1458069254.907241.jpg

Ruxi said:

Here she is in action. I am such a geek I even built a little website to document the process. If this helps encourage anyone I have succeeded

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Great looking rig, do have the website so i can look. I'm looking to make something like this. Thanks

abbysdad2006 said:

Great looking rig, do have the website so i can look. I'm looking to make something like this. Thanks

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Nevermind, found the website in the picture!! :smack:

Anyone with an electric system and wood brew stand?
Are you insulating the pot from the wood? Due to the heat?

I actually wrapped my boil kettles with wooden staves. No problem with heat. Smells nice when brewing but a ***** to keep clean without a hose...

If you are looking for a good idea for cleanliness and some kind of barrier, frp (reataurant paneling) works great.

homebrewdude76 said:

Anyone with an electric system and wood brew stand?

Are you insulating the pot from the wood? Due to the heat?

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With electric, the kettle only gets to boiling temps. My stand is unfinished wood and is not affected by the heat of electric brewing. Some choose to put their e kettles on cork mats or something similar for cosmetic reasons, to not to mar a treated surface.