jrmorrill
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I am starting construction on my All-Grain system and so far this is my plan:
Stage 1: Gravity Fed System
The Parts:
HLT (Hot Liquor Tank)
I used the excellent tutorial here for using 10 gallon coolers for my HLT and MLT.
10 gallon Rubbermaid/Gott cooler ≈ $45
Full port ball valve parts ≈ $30
1500 Watt water heating element ≈ $10
I am planning on wiring the heating element to a 120v outlet plug with a switch to turn it on and off. I can manually monitor the temperature of the HLT and turn it on as needed. I got the idea for using a water heater element from the powers brewery system.
TOTAL ≈ $85
MLT (Mash Lauder Tun)
10 gal Rubbermaid/Gott cooler - $45
Full port ball valve parts - $30
(I already bought all these parts from Home Depot today! I will be updating with pics at some point.)
TOTAL ≈ $75
Boiling Kettle
50 quart (12.5 gal) Aluminum Stock Pot - $70 (including taxes, shipping and handling)
Full port ball valve parts - Not sure but probably around $30
Wort Chiller ≈ $50? (Building this out of copper tubing and fittings.)
TOTAL ≈ $150
Misc. Items
These are some items we will probably need to put all the pieces together. I haven't done all the research yet but so far it seems like these will all be necessary.
Hoses or copper tubing - ? (We will need food grade, high temp hoses or copper tubing to transfer water from the HLT to the MLT and wort from the MLT to the Boiling Kettle)
Sparge arm - ?
Framing Assembly - ? This is our "staircase-like" stand where HLT, MLT and Boiling Kettle will be sitting. See the image below for a possible setup.
Propane Burner - ? We can probably get away with some kinda burner meant for camping. I found a King Kooker model at Walmart for like $40. My parents actually have one that we could use. It's a double burner but it'll work just fine.
Mash Paddle ≈ $5 (We can cut this thing outta some nice wood ourselves.)
STAGE 1 TOTAL ≈ $350
I priced out similar setups for over $700 so I am pretty happy with this one. I know it's not the absolute cheapest way to go but I think it gives up lots of room for upgrading to a HERMS system in the future (Which happens to be my stage 2 plan hehe!!)
Stage 1: Gravity Fed System
The Parts:
HLT (Hot Liquor Tank)
I used the excellent tutorial here for using 10 gallon coolers for my HLT and MLT.
10 gallon Rubbermaid/Gott cooler ≈ $45
Full port ball valve parts ≈ $30
1500 Watt water heating element ≈ $10
I am planning on wiring the heating element to a 120v outlet plug with a switch to turn it on and off. I can manually monitor the temperature of the HLT and turn it on as needed. I got the idea for using a water heater element from the powers brewery system.
TOTAL ≈ $85
MLT (Mash Lauder Tun)
10 gal Rubbermaid/Gott cooler - $45
Full port ball valve parts - $30
(I already bought all these parts from Home Depot today! I will be updating with pics at some point.)
TOTAL ≈ $75
Boiling Kettle
50 quart (12.5 gal) Aluminum Stock Pot - $70 (including taxes, shipping and handling)
Full port ball valve parts - Not sure but probably around $30
Wort Chiller ≈ $50? (Building this out of copper tubing and fittings.)
TOTAL ≈ $150
Misc. Items
These are some items we will probably need to put all the pieces together. I haven't done all the research yet but so far it seems like these will all be necessary.
Hoses or copper tubing - ? (We will need food grade, high temp hoses or copper tubing to transfer water from the HLT to the MLT and wort from the MLT to the Boiling Kettle)
Sparge arm - ?
Framing Assembly - ? This is our "staircase-like" stand where HLT, MLT and Boiling Kettle will be sitting. See the image below for a possible setup.
Propane Burner - ? We can probably get away with some kinda burner meant for camping. I found a King Kooker model at Walmart for like $40. My parents actually have one that we could use. It's a double burner but it'll work just fine.
Mash Paddle ≈ $5 (We can cut this thing outta some nice wood ourselves.)
STAGE 1 TOTAL ≈ $350
I priced out similar setups for over $700 so I am pretty happy with this one. I know it's not the absolute cheapest way to go but I think it gives up lots of room for upgrading to a HERMS system in the future (Which happens to be my stage 2 plan hehe!!)