BIAB Brew Stand

Here's the start of my BIAB brew stand.......

It will be 20"W x 40"L x 20"H, have 2 10" burners, a bottom shelf, a midship mounted swinging mast with hoist, and will stand on its end to store vertically.

It will be a slow project but I'll update this thread as I go.

George

I'm curious to see this finished, I am about to start building my own stand for BIAB

What is the cost of your build (without burners)?

203PH said:

What is the cost of your build (without burners)?

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At this point there really isn't much cost for me....

• 40' of 2" Square Stock - FREE
• Wheels and Hardware - $15
• 2 BG14 Banjo Burners - $75
• Dual Propane Regulator - $35

What size pots are you looking at? Will the pots be used to mash, then sparge. Or are you thinking simultaneous dual batching?

wilserbrewer said:

What size pots are you looking at? Will the pots be used to mash, then sparge. Or are you thinking simultaneous dual batching?

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My original plan is to mash and sparge separately, but could theoretically do two batches at once.

I use a 15 gallon and 8 gallon kettle. I'm hoping to mount a midship "boom" that will rotate to both kettles.

George

wilserbrewer said:

What size pots are you looking at? Will the pots be used to mash, then sparge. Or are you thinking simultaneous dual batching?

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My original plan is to mash and sparge separately, but could theoretically do two batches at once.

I use a 15 gallon and 8 gallon kettle. I'm hoping to mount a midship "boom" that will rotate to both

It has been awhile since I've been able to put my hands on the stand and of all days Christmas Eve I was able to find some time. I quickly cut the burner/kettle supports and mocked it up. The stand is top down in the pictures and the burner will be suspended below supports, not flush.

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Some more progress.....

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This looks great, I think this is actually what I wanna do but just have it bolted together so I can take it down when I'm not using it

Looks good! I'm thinking of making something similar, but just a single stand with a natural gas burner so I can brew indoors with the door closed...

Question - I assume you were just test-fitting the burner diameter in the pic? I know that there is an optimal distance from burner to kettle (depending on the hardware) - how far below the kettle do you plan to mount the burner?

PGEduardo said:

Looks good! I'm thinking of making something similar, but just a single stand with a natural gas burner so I can brew indoors with the door closed...

Question - I assume you were just test-fitting the burner diameter in the pic? I know that there is an optimal distance from burner to kettle (depending on the hardware) - how far below the kettle do you plan to mount the burner?

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My plan is to make it adjustable between 2"-4". I have a couple bracket ideas but haven't decided on one yet.

I am running those same burners. They are the king ****. However I offer a few pieces of advice. Do as you wish.

1) give yourself about 4-6" of clearance from top of burner to bottom of your keg
2) do not run these at the 30 psi they say.... I melted a keg. Full of water. No joke.
3) drink a homebrew. Happy brewing!

Ibrew2little said:

I am running those same burners. They are the king ****. However I offer a few pieces of advice. Do as you wish.

1) give yourself about 4-6" of clearance from top of burner to bottom of your keg
2) do not run these at the 30 psi they say.... I melted a keg. Full of water. No joke.
3) drink a homebrew. Happy brewing!

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I'll take all the advice anyone is willing to give! The brackets will allow for 2-4" of adjustment below the 2" tubing depth for a total of up to 6". I have purchased a a dual feed 10PSI regulator and have been assured that they will supply both burners sufficiently.

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Nice rig!.... You can obviously weld!.... LOL... I am a complete novice.....

I like the idea of the 90 degree burner nozzles..... Where can I pick them up?

George

Culln5 said:

Nice rig!.... You can obviously weld!.... LOL... I am a complete novice.....



I like the idea of the 90 degree burner nozzles..... Where can I pick them up?



George

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Picked them up at my local hardware store. Lowes or Menards both have them

This is the burner brackets that I decided on. They are adjustable from 2"-6" so I should be able to dial it in. Again, the stand is upside down in the pictures for the mockup.

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So..... I've been thinking about my design and how it would work for me..... I wasn't completely satisfied, so I've decided to make a change.....

In it's current state I would mash my BIAB in kettle A on the left, then batch sparge in kettle B on the right. But then I would have to transfer A or B to the other...... Since I have no pumps, this would require me to dump 5+ gallons of hot wort to the other kettle..... This is where I wasn't satisfied.

I will be increasing the height of the left burner proportionately to the height of the right burner. This will allow me to mash in kettle A on the left, gravity drain it to kettle B on the right, batch sparge in kettle A on the left while slowly bringing kettle B on the right up to a boil. When the batch sparge in kettle A is finished I can again gravity drain it to kettle B and finish bringing it to a boil..... I can't believe I didn't see this earlier!

I hope to have some time this weekend to work on it, so pictures of the progress should be on the way!

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Update?

I'm thinking of building a similar setup only with electric elements instead of gas burners, but still using gravity to transfer from BIAB kettle to chiller then to the fermenter.

TimAikin1 said:

Update?

I'm thinking of building a similar setup only with electric elements instead of gas burners, but still using gravity to transfer from BIAB kettle to chiller then to the fermenter.

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Not yet. It's been too cold in the garage to work on it. Hopefully soon!

I welded the top tier and burner brackets today and then mocked it up. Things should start to go faster now that the weather has broken.

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I like your plan its awesome.

Thanks! It's been brutally hot and I haven't been working on it..... Hopefully soon!