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Here's my mess of a rig. Pieced it together when I was in college from junk yard scraps.
Swivel dump mash tun and setup for decoction if desired. You can kind of see my conical stuffed into the mini fridge. Has wheels on the back so the rig can be tilted and rolled inside.
hafmpty
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ancientmariner52
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I love it! Do you wear a steampunk get up while brewing? I bet I would.
FINALLY! It’s done!
220v 5500w 20 gal BIAB rig
Had to replace an old 30amp non gfci breaker and a 3 wire outlet with a shiny new one and wire in a 4 wire outlet in a new location. Easy peasy. Was going to build a diy control panel, but didn’t have the time/the Auber was too good of a deal. Watch for a FS thread with all the never used parts for a full up three vessel control panel!
Beyond stoked to get brewing on this thing!
220v 5500w 20 gal BIAB rig
Had to replace an old 30amp non gfci breaker and a 3 wire outlet with a shiny new one and wire in a 4 wire outlet in a new location. Easy peasy. Was going to build a diy control panel, but didn’t have the time/the Auber was too good of a deal. Watch for a FS thread with all the never used parts for a full up three vessel control panel!
Beyond stoked to get brewing on this thing!
FourSwitch
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Here is my current rig, full auto except for adding hops<p>
Carlscan26
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Four switch your link is broken
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Damn Veritas, that is a beautiful setup!
PeteSeattle
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Digging the black light!
FourSwitch
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Thanks Man! I thought it was a nice touch
Thanks! It was a lot of work and worth every drop of sweat.
Mash tun incorporates the Blickman auto sparge with a twist. I didn't like the way my buddies used the silicone hose and floating ball, so I used locline and a shower head with mine to mimick my old setup in my cooler tun. I bottom drained this one for more efficiency and less trouble getting the wort to flow. I put a "T" on the end with a ball valve pointing downward and a dial thermometer inside the tube to check wort as it is entering the pump to go through the HERMS. I got the false bottom and locline/sparge parts from Brew Hardware as well.
I have been trying to come with some just like this, how did you do this, does the loc lin fitting slide over the barb?I have the auto sparge but dont like the channeling from the hose.
I have been trying to come with some just like this, how did you do this, does the loc lin fitting slide over the barb?I have the auto sparge but dont like the channeling from the hose.
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I found using a return hose that was long enough to wrap completely around the mash tun stopped any channeling. If I tried to use a shorter hose the end of said hose would Channel into the grain bed.cheers
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propane boiler, electric RIMS
Propane boiler, electric RIMS for mash tun.
Propane boiler, electric RIMS for mash tun.
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Mine loooks rather puny compared to you guys.
This is my first still, 2” column, a Gatling condenser and a Leibig condenser, some people call it a shotgun condenser.
A sight glass and a botanical basket more or less complete the build.
I built this to run either as a pot still or a reflux for Gin & Vodka. I have a 3kw heater in the base of the keg and a thermocouple that is being monitored by a PID controller.
Need to do a vinegar run to clean all the crap out of the build and then hopefully off I go with my first ever attempt at distilling.
Good luck, and mind the methanol first runnings...
Nice first post attackdog! Welcome to the community!
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charliethebum
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After half a decade of using a single burner and manually lifting/ dumping/ fenagling pots around, my aluminum Turkey fryer sprung a leak. Just got my new spike kettle in and it fits perfectly on my goodwill special burner. Can't wait to try it out tomorrow!
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Brew Quaffer
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Made this economy-rig from spare wood in the garage plus a dash of left over exterior paint. Put together a RIMS control ala cheap- 240V. RIMS tube has a 3k watt ULWD element. Single pump and a mother of a chiller plate. I don't mind heating/boiling with my burner on the floor so did not incorporate it onto my rig. I have a spray ball in my mash tun for RIMS mashing plus use it also with my HLT sparging.
ancientmariner52
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Nice rig! I like the neutral-color paint on the wood. Pulls it all together, makes it look like a planned system instead of a gaggle of spare parts flying in formation.
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Got the garage floor done this fall.
^bitchin' setup^ 
Just doing 5 gal batches now with the cooler MLT and HLT. It’s expandable though for that incredible day I add more burners and more kettles. Building this stuff is almost as fun as brewing. Almost.
Lol, there probably should a public service warning of some kind upon entering the site! If anyone originally started brewing to “save money”, all bets were off the minute these pages were searched! Regardless, looks like a hell of a job. Love working with uni strut. Endless possibilities!
George Schuster
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That's suggestive...
Mash tun incorporates the Blickman auto sparge with a twist. I didn't like the way my buddies used the silicone hose and floating ball, so I used locline and a shower head with mine to mimick my old setup in my cooler tun. I bottom drained this one for more efficiency and less trouble getting the wort to flow. I put a "T" on the end with a ball valve pointing downward and a dial thermometer inside the tube to check wort as it is entering the pump to go through the HERMS. I got the false bottom and locline/sparge parts from Brew Hardware as well.
I have been trying to come with some just like this, how did you do this, does the loc lin fitting slide over the barb?I have the auto sparge but dont like the channeling from the hose.
Did you ever see bubbles coming through the clear hose and/or now when recirculating? I had the older model and I stopped using it from fear of hot side aeration. I contacted Blickmann and they said it wasn't hot side aeration. I've been brewing a long time and it was definitely HOT SIDE AERATION.
ltlwood
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Just completed about 2 months ago.
Beautiful setup! How do you control the humidity?
ltlwood
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This picture is actually about a month old. I added ceiling cabinets above the back bar, but before I did, I installed a super quiet high capacity bathroom fan that vents to the outside. I haven't had to use it though as the room is about 14' x 30'. A lot of room and it is pretty dry here in CO.
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Pictures, or it never really happened!
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ltlwood
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Oh it happened! Too much work and money to build the basement and bar and not vent it for moisture and more importantly carbon monoxide. Brewing a little beer isn't really worth killing my wife and kids, or myself. I'll gladly post a picture when I get back from my little vacation in Hawaii. I would do it now, but sitting in the firehouse, and I leave straight for the airport first thing when I get off Tues morning. Stay tuned... Doubters, ha...
Any problems with leaks? I'm building similar, but with some extra flavor and now waiting for few new parts as the originals just would not work ok and I was having leaks. Here if this video works, you can see my previous version
ltlwood
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No leaks since I put everything together and performed a leak test. I did have to tighten a few things here and there. The only think that I would like to mess with is my sight glass on my boil kettle tilts out a little. I drilled the hole just a little low and it catches the curve a tiny bit. I might try and bend it back just a bit with a bolt.
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Been brewing since Aug 2017!
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