bigljd
Well-Known Member
OK folks, here's the grand finale of this build. I got the vinyl panel decals from Bobby yesterday, so this morning I stuck them on and took some pics!
The completed control panel - there's some funky reflections going on in this picture, but the panel looks really good up close.
The guts of the panel:
The finished brewery:
eKeggle HLT:
The kettle stand I built from some spare MDF and 2x3s I had lying around:
The receptacle wired into a 30amp 2 pole breaker in the home's main panel:
Utility room where the main breaker panel lives, with my brew shed in the background:
The spa panel mounted in the shed which provides GFCI protection to the system. I also mounted a 120v outlet that I wired to the panel with an inline 10 amp fuse. I use it to plug in a light for night brewing and to power the drill I use with my barley crusher:
Another view of the brewery:
I brewed my first German style lager yesterday and used the e-brewery to heat water and boil with, but used my propane burner to do a decoction with. It turned out well even though I botched the decoction volume and had to do another decoction to get the mash to the correct sacch temp.
I want to add the HERMs coil in the future to be able to do step mashes, hold temps more evenly during the mash, and possibly upgrade the MLT to a 15 gal size to do larger 10 gal IPAs. But for now I love my new setup! Electric brewing is so easy to use - just flip a couple switches and push a button and your water is heated for you and your boil holds steady for as long as you like!
Happy brewing
The completed control panel - there's some funky reflections going on in this picture, but the panel looks really good up close.
The guts of the panel:
The finished brewery:
eKeggle HLT:
The kettle stand I built from some spare MDF and 2x3s I had lying around:
The receptacle wired into a 30amp 2 pole breaker in the home's main panel:
Utility room where the main breaker panel lives, with my brew shed in the background:
The spa panel mounted in the shed which provides GFCI protection to the system. I also mounted a 120v outlet that I wired to the panel with an inline 10 amp fuse. I use it to plug in a light for night brewing and to power the drill I use with my barley crusher:
Another view of the brewery:
I brewed my first German style lager yesterday and used the e-brewery to heat water and boil with, but used my propane burner to do a decoction with. It turned out well even though I botched the decoction volume and had to do another decoction to get the mash to the correct sacch temp.
I want to add the HERMs coil in the future to be able to do step mashes, hold temps more evenly during the mash, and possibly upgrade the MLT to a 15 gal size to do larger 10 gal IPAs. But for now I love my new setup! Electric brewing is so easy to use - just flip a couple switches and push a button and your water is heated for you and your boil holds steady for as long as you like!
Happy brewing