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Jan-2012 - Oct-2012

Jan-2012 - Oct-2012

Pictures of the brew stand build.

Everything fired up and worked great! I did a test batch on Tuesday and it went very smooth. All that's left is to add a counterflow chiller to the far left side and a little more kettle work. We're installing a tangential inlet on the BK for whirlpooling, HERMS coil in the HLT, and...

Assembling burners, electrical and gas manifolds.

Getting ready for paint! Gas manifold got painted along with the naked stand. Then assembly!

Gas manifold in its entirety pulled off the panel. Standing pilot lights for the HLT and MLT on it's own valve for control. Looking back, we would have just T'd up from in between the two solenoid legs. Main reason we went with standing lights over an electric type, was just simplicity of...

Big thanks to mmurray for the schematic on his panel. I'm electrically challenged, so I reached to the forums for help. Decided to implement a timer and digital thermometer for the wort chiller on the panel as well. I went through probably 15 panel designs, and finally decided to clean it...

With the casters it stands about 36". Just enough to be able to look into the kettles.

There are TONS of great ideas on this forum. Thank you to everyone for posting your ideas. We looked at a number of panel arm ideas, and I wanted something that would swing/fold for easy storage. So we settled for a swing type. Teflon bushings were cut out from an old cutting board, then...

Got the wind shields all in place, pump mounts, and casters on. We then decided to change our burner design after playing with the cast iron jet burners for a while. In my opinion (there is a lot of opinion on this forum) the 10" banjo burners have a much higher level of control, so we changed...

This has been an ongoing 10 month build. A really good friend of mine is a welder/fabricator and has no interest in the beer making process, but loves to make things, so it worked out to be a good partnership for this project. We started in January of 2012, and I knew this would be a long...

I can get some pictures of mine tonight if I remember. Unless you've fixed it already.

I have the same exact burner and I use keggles. I had three little wings (2" long x 1" wide, 1/8" thick sheet metal) that are even with the top, welded onto the three legs. They stick out about 2" from the main burner. In reality you only need about an inch, but I went with 2" to be safe...

I thought it was a stab at Coors for the vented wide mouth for a smooth pour.

My brew friends and I like to split the cost of our bigger recipes to cut down on cost - those days are very hectic and I wish I only brewed alone. If it's just one other person it's usually fine, but when I'm trying something new, I like to be alone for the sake of being able to focus and not...

These were the ones from our wedding last year. Just cut up some alder and pine about 3/8" on the chop saw. If your blade is sharp enough, you won't need to sand them. Then a couple coats of clear and you're good! They were a hit. We made about 200 of them and let people take them as gifts...

Any Vancouver people, or did they all run to the Oregon thread for Portland?

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