20 Gallon 2-Tier Brewery in So Cal

Welp, I've decided to sell my exisiting brewery to raise some capital for future projects. So, for sale is a stainless steel 20 Gallon brewery, complete. Located in Orange County CA

Stainless steel 2-tier stand with 3 6" Nat Gas jet burners and wheelbarrow casters
1 30 Gallon Blichmann Boilermaker mash tun with Blichmann false bottom
2 26 Gallon B3 Heavy Duty Kettles with thermowells and site glasses on both
1 Double coil 100' 1/2" copper immersion chiller
1 copper whirlpool return
1 March pump
3 Hoses with brass quick disconnects and clampless fittings.

This is a little older photo that does not show the site glasses or the heat shield under the boil kettle. Also not shown is the March pump.

$2,400

Is there any way to change the burners from natural gas to propane? How high does it stand with the top pot on?

Thanks

Drunk Monkey said:

Is there any way to change the burners from natural gas to propane?

Thanks

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Sure, just go out and buy some jets with the correct orfice size for propane, unscrew the natural gas jets and install the propane jets you just purchased.

Holy cow- I sure wish you were about 2000 miles closer. That looks like exactly what I'm thinking of. Good luck with the sale- I know you'll find someone like me who would be thrilled with that.

Drunk Monkey said:

Is there any way to change the burners from natural gas to propane? How high does it stand with the top pot on?

Thanks

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You would have to change the burners which isn't that big of a project. It's something I could help with for the buyer.

The dimensions are 48" long (not including the casters), 22" deep and 6' 2" tall to the top of the handle on the Blichmann Boilermaker with the lid on.

I'm sure you could change the jets as mentioned, but I wouldn't know where to get them, nor do I know what size threads or anything they are. Most of the gas system is 1/2" black pipe. There are two pipe brackets welded to the frame.

Sooo tempting. Where do you find natural gas tanks, or how does that work?

A lot of houses have NG, and you can run a line off the main house line.

VERY nice setup BTW. Why did you decide to let it go? Got other brewing equip or are you getting out of the game?

Lil' Sparky said:

A lot of houses have NG, and you can run a line off the main house line.

VERY nice setup BTW. Why did you decide to let it go? Got other brewing equip or are you getting out of the game?

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Yeah, with NG it's designed to be plumbed into your house gas supply. The nice part is if you run out of gas: you have much bigger problems!

As a lot of you know I own BrewersHardware.com I have some new projects in the works and I need to raise capital for them so I can make them happen more quickly. So far all the growth has been on the back of existing sales, but this is going to take a lot more than that.

The only part I'm really attached to is that Blichmann 30G Boilermaker and its' false bottom. That alone will cost about $650 when I eventually replace it. <sigh>

it sucks to sell stuff you want to keep.

artyusmc said:

it sucks to sell stuff you want to keep.

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Yeah it does, but I think this is a pretty important project and it's not like I can't ever replace it.

talenos said:

Sooo tempting. Where do you find natural gas tanks, or how does that work?

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I am Sorry but LOL wow
you would be in LA

OOppps.

A friend of mine pointed out that I didn't make any mention of the fact that this system has a Ranco controlled digital hot liquor tank with a direct spark ignition.

I guess when you're around something long enough you take somethings for granted

Clayton said:

I am Sorry but LOL wow
you would be in LA

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Well, in his defense, there ARE some houses out here that only have electric.
No Gas hook-ups.

What are the dimensions of the copper you used for the chiller? 50' of 1/2" copper?

Brewme said:

What are the dimensions of the copper you used for the chiller? 50' of 1/2" copper?

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It's a dual path chiller with 2 50' X 1/2" coils. The inlet and outlet are rigid pipe that spilt and then regroup. It actually works really well. I can chill 20 gallons of boiling wort to 68* in about 18 minutes. That's switching to ice water at ~ 110*. It also has fittings on the in/out that'll accept 1/4" diameter temperature probes or thermometers so you can see the in/out temps.

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Well, in his defense, there ARE some houses out here that only have electric.
No Gas hook-ups.

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Well, the only way I know how to get natural gas is to turn on my burner. I never knew there was another way to get at it.