Why stand when you can float?
With much inspiration and support from the HBT community I’ve been designing, fabricating, and tinkering on my electric, 3 keggle plus HEX (where the HERMs comes in) for the better part of a year and a half. CIP and ease of access being the main objective of my design eventually lead me to the floating brew rig concept.
Having finally completed my first test brew on my rig I thought I would share. Since so many of you in the HBT community have inspired and helped me hopefully this thread will inspire and help others as they venture into electric brewing.
I consider phase 1 of my 3 phase brewery plan to be 90% complete (we homebrewers are really never done tinkering, are we?), with phase 2 being upgraded fermentation control, and phase 3 being automation.
Brewery Overview:
3 kegs converted to Keggles (HLT, MLT, BK)
HEX (20’ SSt coil inside a 6” diameter by 3’ SSt tube)
Extending and tilting kettle and HEX Mounts (the floating part)
Brew Sink (allows the CIP part)
Custom keg bottom manifolds for HLT and MLT
Supply and Return Manifolds for each pump
50 AMP, 3 Element BCS 462 controller (Thanks Electric Brew Supply!)
4500w ripple element in HLT
2000w element in HEX (will be upgrading to 3000w)
5500w ripple element in BK
11 ball valves and 4 3-way valves (hence need for phase 3)
Brew Cart (4 drawer, roll away tool cabinet)
4 stage, 50 GPD RO
Following this will be individual posts on the various components listed above that I find are unique to my rig.
Special thanks to:
Ryan at Electric Brew Supply for incorporating my design into my panel and control
Brundog for help with BCS programming and other electric brewing nuances
Paul Wicksteed (RIP) for the original inspiration for my HEX
The entire HBT community for your support, knowledge, and inspiration
With much inspiration and support from the HBT community I’ve been designing, fabricating, and tinkering on my electric, 3 keggle plus HEX (where the HERMs comes in) for the better part of a year and a half. CIP and ease of access being the main objective of my design eventually lead me to the floating brew rig concept.
Having finally completed my first test brew on my rig I thought I would share. Since so many of you in the HBT community have inspired and helped me hopefully this thread will inspire and help others as they venture into electric brewing.
I consider phase 1 of my 3 phase brewery plan to be 90% complete (we homebrewers are really never done tinkering, are we?), with phase 2 being upgraded fermentation control, and phase 3 being automation.
Brewery Overview:
3 kegs converted to Keggles (HLT, MLT, BK)
HEX (20’ SSt coil inside a 6” diameter by 3’ SSt tube)
Extending and tilting kettle and HEX Mounts (the floating part)
Brew Sink (allows the CIP part)
Custom keg bottom manifolds for HLT and MLT
Supply and Return Manifolds for each pump
50 AMP, 3 Element BCS 462 controller (Thanks Electric Brew Supply!)
4500w ripple element in HLT
2000w element in HEX (will be upgrading to 3000w)
5500w ripple element in BK
11 ball valves and 4 3-way valves (hence need for phase 3)
Brew Cart (4 drawer, roll away tool cabinet)
4 stage, 50 GPD RO
Following this will be individual posts on the various components listed above that I find are unique to my rig.
Special thanks to:
Ryan at Electric Brew Supply for incorporating my design into my panel and control
Brundog for help with BCS programming and other electric brewing nuances
Paul Wicksteed (RIP) for the original inspiration for my HEX
The entire HBT community for your support, knowledge, and inspiration