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It is truly wicked awesome...lol

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The black objects are solenoids for pilot gas and main. I am using honeywell S8610U ignition boards. Natural gas / propane conversion should be a simple oriface change at the burner and spring change in the 1 regulating valve I am using on the mash for better control

Yes... splash shields for the pumps and shields around the burners to help with wind and / or roll-out

Tested electric controls + ignition today... pid control not reading temp properly. I will update with pics tomorrow after testing gas side and hooking up hoses. Hoping for a water trial .

One of my first batches years ago was fermenting in a 5 gallon bucket in the laundry room sink. The airlock must have become plugged up and the pressure built up. The lid blew off and the fermenting mess went everywhere including the ceiling, walls and clean clothes in the laundry room. This...

I am a industrial hvac mechanic. The space is properly ventilated and gas, temp control is kinda my day to day. Who knows, I may opt for electric one day

Very nice. I look forward to seeing your upgrade

Made sense for my purposes - I wanted to keep it portable - Pulling 220v to my garage would a pain - I have been using gas up until now and just got comfortable with it ... I wont bore you with my rant on electricity prices in Ontario

Yes... I am trying not to think about the money..lol

It is propane. I will have a pid loop control for the mash and HLT (to be installed this week). Pumps will be on switches. Burners are electronic ignition.

I should have the electrics completed by the end of the week. I cant wait to take her for a spin. I just had to share my excitement:ban::ban::ban:

You will likely get different answers from different people. I do not aerate. I make sure that I am pitching a good amount of healthy active yeast from a starter. For some reason, my beer drastically improved when I stopped aerating. I have a couple of medals from competitions last year which I...

Got an IPA into the fermenter yesterday.... Mashing a stout right now... busy weekend !

Thanks for everyones help.... I entered it as a Witbeer and scored a 35 and 32 from the judges... Also grabbed a 10th place in peoples choice. :ban: Also got some great feedback for improving . Now I am more addicted than ever :mug:

Wow... nice score. Thanks for the input.

+1 You are only getting water vapour from the boil... its probably causing old cigarette smoke or such stuff to run... my .02

Perhaps a better picture would help... but I don't see anything too ugly there. RDWHAHB ! lol

Your first all grain is going to put you on the learning curve regardless ... just enjoy the process, keep track of the details of your procedures and look forward to your results (mmmm beeeerrr). Good luck !