This is actually a process in the works, but here is what I have so far. This is all coming from craigslist or friends to build it on the cheap cheaps.
Parts:
1 x 7.5gal SS boil kettle ($30 crraigslist)
1 x 30qt Aluminum kettle for Sparge water (free)
1 x 48qt Igloo Cooler for Mash Tun ($20 craigslist)
Copper Tubing, Fittings and Ball Valves (Less than $25 at Home Depot)
Copper Tubing to make IC (Less than $15 at Home Depot)
1 x coil of silver solder (less than $10)
1 x 45,000 BTU Propane Burner ($38 online)
1 x metal bed frame
My goal is to take an arc welder and hack up the bedframe into the parts I need to weld together a structure to hold my gravity fed design. (I saw this on youtube) I will attach ball valves to each of the brew kettles and stack them in a way that gravity will do most of the hard work.
tier1 is the HLT which will drain into a manifold designed to evenly and gently apply sparge water ontop of my grain bed in the MT. The MT will be on tier2 and will drain from its ball valve into the boil kettle which will actually be sharing the burner I used to heat the HLT via some sort of slot to house the burner which I will remove from the legs welded onto it. (if this makes sense) Worst case scenario I add another burner to the setup if it is too much of a hassle to try and just use one.
Ideally I want to add a pump to the system to recirculate the mash, but I don't think I want to wait any longer than I am already waiting to brew some all grain beer.
When I get a more complete parts list and pictures I will repost here
YAY!
Parts:
1 x 7.5gal SS boil kettle ($30 crraigslist)
1 x 30qt Aluminum kettle for Sparge water (free)
1 x 48qt Igloo Cooler for Mash Tun ($20 craigslist)
Copper Tubing, Fittings and Ball Valves (Less than $25 at Home Depot)
Copper Tubing to make IC (Less than $15 at Home Depot)
1 x coil of silver solder (less than $10)
1 x 45,000 BTU Propane Burner ($38 online)
1 x metal bed frame
My goal is to take an arc welder and hack up the bedframe into the parts I need to weld together a structure to hold my gravity fed design. (I saw this on youtube) I will attach ball valves to each of the brew kettles and stack them in a way that gravity will do most of the hard work.
tier1 is the HLT which will drain into a manifold designed to evenly and gently apply sparge water ontop of my grain bed in the MT. The MT will be on tier2 and will drain from its ball valve into the boil kettle which will actually be sharing the burner I used to heat the HLT via some sort of slot to house the burner which I will remove from the legs welded onto it. (if this makes sense) Worst case scenario I add another burner to the setup if it is too much of a hassle to try and just use one.
Ideally I want to add a pump to the system to recirculate the mash, but I don't think I want to wait any longer than I am already waiting to brew some all grain beer.
When I get a more complete parts list and pictures I will repost here
YAY!
