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I want to say 7 months from when I bought the kegs until I used it. I just tinkered with it as time and money allowed.

Yes HERMS. I just get my HLT up to temp and manually maintain using the regulator valve on the burner. I found that keeping a low flame on the burner under the HLT would hold it right at temp. When it looked to be going hot I took the lid off and stirred and when it started to cool I raised...

I've been lurking on many of these threads for a while, picking and choosing the aspects of all the brew setups I liked and trying to come up with a mesh off all the things I wanted. I am finally at a point that my stand is usable in a manual configuration until future funds allow me to automate...

Plate chiller mount

I wasn't quite sure on how this was going to play out and bought a stick of it one day on a whim. Works good. You didn't happen to make a BG-14 wind shield did you? That is my next chore. Was looking at making it out of heavy flashing.

Thanks, gifty74. Actually it is flat stock from Lowe's that I bent to fit. I cut and bent all 4 the same so the holes would match up and the burner be adjustable for height.

My single tier strut stand on the inaugural brew. Previously did a hot water test to also burn off some of the galvanized. System works pretty good. Need to build heat shields as my PVC switch boxes are starting to melt from the burner heat.

Single tier strut stand with HERMS on left, MLT center, and BK on right. 2 Chuggers running underneath.

Since homebrewing, I have become a beer snob I feel. I use to be wowed by a lot of the local and not so local craft beer samples. Now I turn my nose up at a lot of them and don't offer a chance for a second taste as I am not as easily impressed anymore. I have brewed many beers that I would pay...

fit for 10gal spike kettle as well

Auto sparge in attached position in MLT

Auto sparge with camlock fitting attached.

Cam stud inside MLT for autosparge

Blickman auto sparge with locline added.

Inside of boil kettle showing pickup tube, thermometer, and whirlpool arm.

Testing my spacing for the stand between keggles

Two BG14 burners mounted and casters installed.

Testing my spacing for the stand

Invaluable cutting tool

Layout of my top frame section