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Just checked my records. I used 3/8" cord stock. It's about $5 for 10 feet (before shipping). http://www.zorotools.com/g/Rubber%20Cord%20Stock/00116997/

The few commercial breweries I have looked at up close, including St. Arnold's and one of my close friend's pro brewery, there is a single thermowell with a Ranco controller controlling whether the glycol is pumping into the jacket. These were both on 30 bbl fermenters. The jackets cooled...

Not at the moment. I bought a bit more than I need and just cut it to fit. Lay it around the edge and dough in. I was worried it might move around with stirring the mash, but it doesn't.

I got some cord stock and laid it around the top outer edge of my false bottom. I didn't even bother securing it. It stays in place and I don't have any grain getting through any longer. Easy to remove and clean, too. Good cheap fix. The silicone hose would have made the FB too hard to get...

144 is outside of the typical protein rest range of 120--130 degrees. On my hefeweizens, I typically start low for an acid rest and raise quickly through the protein rest to the sachrification rest at 152, where I hold it until mash out. The acid rest will get you a little more clove character...

I'll throw in my experience. I'm running about 15' of 3/4" air hose from Grainger rated for up to 200 PSI as a brew day jumper from the hard pipe. It was around $53 for 25' cut to size later. You can stand on it and it will not compress. I have heavy duty brass gas fittings from...

You may already be sold on going electric, and that's fine, but since you mentioned the Tower of Power, I'll throw this out there. You could control your mash temps for $575, not $1,200. It's still not cheap, but you have the burner, kettle mash tun and pump. All you need is the controller...

Posted this before, but here is my old 3 tier folding rig.

I use a 15 gallon corny. This would require that you add casters and a 12" collar to your 5' chest freezer. Put it in there empty, and pump beer into it. CO2 to transfer to serving kegs.

This is my old setup. I have since upgraded the whirlpool arm to stainless. The arm goes about half way down. The wort gets pulled into the dip tube and pushed out of the whirlpool arm in the same direction, i.e., the outlets are facing in opposite directions. I can get a pretty good spin...

I just put one together with parts from stainlessbrewing.com. But brewhardware.com should have everything as well. I had a threaded fitting bulkhead at the top of my kettle already. LT9004 Long 90 Degree Tube Bend Size: 1/2" $4.99 1 $4.99 TF04 Type F Camlock Size: 1/2" -...

This stand was done with 3/4" (if I recall correctly) angle iron. The original build was with the single shelf as shown in a couple of the pictures. Cost for materials and labor was around $650. This did not include the burners including windscreens (those are Bayou Classic Banjo Burner...

My guess is 100% German Pilsner malt and about 17 IBU of noble hops added at 60 minutes. WLP830 at 50 degrees. If there's any Munich malt in that beer, I'd be stunned.

I had it built by a local welder. Just like my current system, I drew it up in MS Paint (crudely) with dimensions and took it to the professionals.

I have moved on to a single tier rig, but I used this for several years and it worked well. Pump was required since the boil kettle sat low, but I had one for whirlpooling already. The shelves folded up when the rig is stowed and total storage space was 24" x 24". The pins that held the legs...

Until I started direct firing, I used a closed cell foam gym mat wrapped with foil tape. Worked surprisingly well.

I crash it, but don't fine it. Transferring it without crashing it makes it way too soupy for too long in my experience.

Kegglebrewing.com There are a couple of other places that have them as well. They are seconds. But it has been rock solid for me for several years now. They are very tall. Like I mentioned, my chest freezer has a 12" tall collar on it just to accommodate the 15G Corney.

15 gallon corny. My main fermenter. Requires a 12" collar on the chest freezer on wheels. Once that thing has 11 gallons of beer in it, there's no lifting it over the side of the chest freezer. Put it in empty and pump the wort into it. Transfer out with CO2. I have a 10 gallon corny as...

This is good advice. I am on my third all grain setup. You learn a lot about what you want if you spend some time brewing before buying. My progression: to to, finally,