10G batch people. Describe your setup.

[MX1]

Three kegs, with a bottom draining HLT and MLT. Two pumps.



It's all electric, HERMS.



I used my 10 gallon igloo cooler up until about 2 years ago(?) but it maxed out at about 23 pounds of grain so I was limited to 1.065ish 10 gallon batches so went with the keg for an MLT, and the bottom draining at that time (and a tippy dump).

Yooper
Any issue with element rust

 

[Yooper]

Yooper
Any issue with element rust

No, but I do get some precipitate on the elements, as they turn white-ish.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Basic, simple, all manual basement electric using 2000w heatsticks. I either batch sparge using a 48 qt. cooler, or BIAB. Several kettles ranging from 11 - 24 gallons allow flexibility. Occasionally I do a 1/2B, 15.5 gallon batch BIAB, and my typical batch size is 1/4 keg, 7.75 gal. The gallon pitcher under the kettles is my poor man's pump



Most of my kettle collection

 

[WortDog]

This is my new 12 gallon batch system. I just built the brew stand and last Wednesday, brewing two back-to-back 12 gallon batches was time consuming but awesome at the same time!

4 - 10 gallon igloos (2 HLT+2 Mash tuns)
1 - 20 gallon brew kettle
4 - 6.5 glass carboys

With this setup I can brew two base recipes and end up with four different beers in four kegs. Check it out:

 

[Fatman_Brew]

my typical batch size is 1/4 keg, 7.75 gal.

If you don't mind me asking, do you ferment in 1/4 kegs or 1/2? I am looking to ferment in 1/4 kegs and I presume 6 to 6.5 gallons is about the volume I should ferment in those. That would mean if I went with two fermenters I should do 12-13 gallon batches?

 

[wilserbrewer]

If you don't mind me asking, do you ferment in 1/4 kegs or 1/2? I am looking to ferment in 1/4 kegs and I presume 6 to 6.5 gallons is about the volume I should ferment in those. That would mean if I went with two fermenters I should do 12-13 gallon batches?

I typically ferment in stainless kettles, then rack to a sanke keg for serving.

 

[eric19312]

70 qt cooler with bazooka screen mash tun
15.5 gal kettle
10 gal hlt/grant
Chugger pump
DIY counter flow chiller
SP10 burner

I batch sparge, heat sparge water in bk, drain Mash to the 10 gal, transfer sparge water to mash tun, pump first running so to bk, then collect second runnings.

No grain bill limitations.


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[Komocabo]

Basic, simple, all manual basement electric using 2000w heatsticks. I either batch sparge using a 48 qt. cooler, or BIAB. Several kettles ranging from 11 - 24 gallons allow flexibility. Occasionally I do a 1/2B, 15.5 gallon batch BIAB, and my typical batch size is 1/4 keg, 7.75 gal.

You ride the unicycle while brewing too? Busy guy!

 

[wilserbrewer]

You ride the unicycle while brewing too? Busy guy!

I haven't ridden a unicycle in many years...that belongs to WortDog.

 

[fiveohmike]

I am in the process of building something like this:

Brand new all the parts for the stand will be about $200 and will go together with no tools

I will have a burner on the high up shelf for the mash tun and gravity feed.

For a parts list its:

54" Poles
1x (2pack) http://www.homedepot.com/p/Honey-Ca...Poles-2-Pack-SHFPOL2-C54/203215863?quantity=2

36" Poles
1x (2pack) http://www.homedepot.com/p/Honey-Ca...Poles-2-Pack-SHFPOL2-C36/203215857?quantity=1

24" L x 14" Wide 350lb capacity shelves.
4x http://www.homedepot.com/p/Honey-Ca...-Steel-Shelf-SHF350C1424/203215757?quantity=4

the top shelf can be up to 54", but I may lower it down a bit depending on my gravity feed.


Other than that I will be using 3x 15G stainless heavy duty kettles from more beer and 2x blichman burners.

 

[squash1978]

1 keggle. Brew in a bag. Just can't make 1.060+ beers.

Why can't you go higher than 1.060 with BIAB in a keggle?


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[wilserbrewer]

Why can't you go higher than 1.060 with BIAB in a keggle?

With a sparge you probably could go higher, but with only a 15.5 gallon vessel and 10 gallon batches you will need a sparge or get "creative".
cheers
wilser

 

[DurtyChemist]

Why can't you go higher than 1.060 with BIAB in a keggle?


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As listed above. Plus I've never considered adding water to the final volume and diluting the wort to make up 10 gallons.

 

[Rivenin]

Here is mine, i swap the HLT and the BK around so i can do 10g batches, but mainly do 5g. The burner for the BK is wayyyy too close to work properly with the kettle on it's own, hence the keg top on that guy. i'll fix that some day, but it's more of a visual thing, and i don't really care
but!
15gallon keggle, 10gallon igloo and 10g concord pot, pump and a small banjo burner and the huge banjo burner... all tied together with bedframes

 

[Rivenin]

ah, and here is 10g mode

 

[outrunu]

I'd love to hear about your clean up after fermentation. I fermed one batch in a half barrel sanke and was afraid that I couldn't get it clean enough to do it a second time.

 

[outrunu]

I use two keggles, one for hlt and one for boil. I Jane two burners, and a big ass ss table. I heat my water on the table, and drain into my 56 qt. Cooler (Abbott to go 70 qt) with a copper manifold. Dump that into my ( I usually boil 13 gallons ) boil kettle and I have to be super vigilante to stave off from boil overs.