My Set Up - Branded Brewing Co.

Now that I am in deep in this hobby, I thought I might finally share my entire set up.
My new website, which I plan to keep record of each brew with recipes, etc. (work in progress)
www.brandedbrewingco.com
My Logo

My alternate Logo



PDF Packet of all the info
http://www.brandedbrewingco.com/pdf/Branded Brewring Co - Setup.pdf

Parts List

My brew cart – I designed the cart with panels on, for aesthetic purposes only. On group brew days, I think this will look quite professional (much more than I am). I also have a table cover that has my logo imprinted on the skirt coming to complete it. I am sure many of you may wonder about the heat being trapped. The panels do get a little warm, but not warm enough to really burn yourself on. The cart is still new, and I am getting everything dialed in yet. Once I do that, I plan to make some new panels with some vents at the top and go with a little thicker material.

The designs (better drawing in packet) Working at inserting the dimensions on the drawing.

The March Pumps – With bleeder valves to help priming

Looking inside the Boil Kettle

Looking into the MLT. Sparge is built into the lid.

Shot of the BK

Shot of the MLT

Shot of the HLT

Feeding Wort into the BK

Fired up

In use – You may notice I have some extra “risers” under the kettles. Still dialing in the system, and will do away with these, this was just so I could see the flame more easily.

Pumping into plate chiller


Thank you for everyone that posts on here.

She sure is sexy!

If you turned your pump heads 180 degrees so the outlet faces up, it may alleviate any priming issues. Air bubbles can rise easier this way.

Very Cool

Maltose said:

If you turned your pump heads 180 degrees so the outlet faces up, it may alleviate any priming issues. Air bubbles can rise easier this way.

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I actually didn't even use the valves on the first brew on the system. I didn't have any issues, but I put the valves into my design at last minute. Due to how close I have the mounts, I can't spin the heads. That would be one thing I would change if I revised the build.

I didn't even notice the pump orientation. But he is right, you're supposed to have the outlets on the top, or to the right. I guess if you start noticing priming issues, or cavitation, you may want to turn the heads around.

wow, congrats on the beautiful setup and all that hard work...

cheers...

dan

Nicely done!

I really like your brewstand, great job (from your welder! )
Material?

Good luck with your 1st class brewing time!

gm

Very nice rig!! The real problem with your pump orientation is that when you open the purge valves, you are going to spew wort, and not air. The output should be on top so that when you open the valves, and the pump is off, it can flood the chamber from the bottom, and push the bubbles out the top. I'm sure you'll get it dialed in. Very pro photos!

how did you connect your hose to the cam fittings?

The silicone is just forced over the male threads on the type B's based on what I see.

Bobby is pretty much right, except I used Type C's. The male barb on the pump valve, I do not connect anything to. It is just there to bleed the air. I haven't had any problems with the pumps so far, but maybe I just don't know any better. So I reconfigured the valves to point upwards. Now it looks like I have a set of horns on the cart, goes with the theme, win win.

I will try to get a shot of it, but I forgot to mention that the cart was designed to fit in the bed of my truck. I have a carpeted 5.5' bed. With it on its side, I can stand the 3 keggles right next to it along with a propane tank. Behind the scenes shot when I took it down to the studio.

Very handsome system! One thing I was always too lazy to do is the keg polishing they look great.

You misunderstood about flipping the outputs... but it shouldn't be difficult or interrupt your setup to correct it. its not the valves that will work better pointed up, its the output side of the pump. In other words unscrew the pump head, flip it upside down, and reconnect the fittings with purge valve and output on top, input on bottom. The liquid should enter the pump from below to function optimally. Air will want to escape upwards, from inside the pump and hoses and up out through the purge valve. Actually you may find you don't even need the valves with it flipped.

I did understand what everyone had said about the pumps. But just incase I screwed up any threads on the pump heads (when installing the parts shown), I didn't want to be scrambling for a new one or trying to close up any leaks to be able and brew this weekend. So I just changed the parts on the stainless side of things. I will be changing the pump positions after I get everything else dialed in, at that point, I will go back to the stock configuration. Will be mounting the pump on the left on the underside of the mounting place, which will allow me to turn both heads back horizontally.

On the polishing look, that took about 6-10 min. per keg. Not sure what they are really called, but they are blue plastic grinding pads for your angle grinder. I got mine at home depot. I like the swirl mark look over the full polish, but that is me.

Softboxes on the brewstand. Brilliant!

Branded, you put all this effort into this beautiful brewstand and now you're giving up brewing and trying to sell it on Craigslist?

http://lancaster.craigslist.org/hsh/2980343160.html

Sad... You'll probably regret it on the day you get a bug up your butt to brew. I say keep it and brew when you have time

I have made some changes to the brewing set up. Obviously changed the color scheme to more fit my "theme". As you will notice, I added an electric panel and hard plumbed all my my water in/out. I changed the system to a HERMS set up and added a few stainless parts. I am brewing on the set up this weekend and will get some action shots with all the lines hooked up.

Also here are a couple shots of my draft tower. The bar top has black and white photos that I shot from out in Wyoming and Montana, all under a 1/2 inch of epoxy.

Hey Branded,
that system looks awesome! Well done. Is that a keezer set up? I really like the layout and design.

Cool.

I appreciate the compliment nhwrecker. It is a keezer set up. It was built around a CL 20 Cu Ft Chest Freezer.

I know this is an old thread, but amazing work! And, gives the new guy a lot of ideas.