20 gal 3 Vessel Stout Kettles eHERMs Basement Build

[thomasjr16]

Great write up about the struggles of going eHERMS. You find a better way to clean the tanks yet? Also, did your Stout tanks come pre-assembled for the tubes and heating elements or did you have to assemble it?

The solution to my cleaning frustrations was sitting next to me the whole time. My shop vac was champ, removing grain, water in the HERMS coil, and cleaning the domed bottom perfectly (just don't forget to remove the filter). I had so much fun cleaning that I filled the 10 gal reservoir and couldn't lift it. Much easier problem to solve [emoji16]

As for the tanks, they came with welded 2" Triclamp ferrules and I put the elements together using element housings from Bobby_M that clamp on. By tubes, are u ref the sight glasses? If so, they were included. Just needed to be clamped on

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

Love using my little shop vac for my mash tun... I scoop out what i can and any remaining amount I suck up with the vac. The only thing is that you have to be somewhat diligent with cleaning out the vac or else you could end up with some rancid stuff in there...