I am interested in moving to 10 gallon brew batches; can you tell me what your setup is? Thanks. I just use glass carboys and stainless steel mash tuns/boil kettles
Everyone has their own system preferences so I can only comment on my own. For ten gallon batches I use a converted 120 quart cooler as a mashtun; it has a slotted manifold with outside valve on the bottom and a spray head in the lid for sparging. I use a converted 20-gallon water heater for mash water. The boil kettle is a 25 gallon stainless steel pot. My fermenter is the Spike CF10. For wort chilling I use a plate chiller. With my system I use pumps and hose for all transfers. All of my beer is kegged.
Thank you. I was considering one of the all in one systems; it does seem that those have come a long way. I will look at those systems.
I have the Grainfather G40, an electric hoist above it and Anvil stainless bucket fermenters. Since I brew in the garage and ferment in the basement, the fermenters need to be something I can lift and carry. For the G40, it is a nice piece of hardware and software, but the basket has a bit of a design flaw when doing 10 gallon batches so I switched to a bag. Easier to clean and less mess. Maybe the G70 would have been better option.
it's hard to compete with bling
I'll be 71 in a couple of months. I've started thinking about the things I won't be able to do when I'm 80: carry bags of softener salt up the steps into the house then down the steps to the basement, shoveling snow, carrying a 10-gal stockpot with 6 gal of wort from the deck where it was boiled and cooled into the kitchen and up onto the counter for siphoning into the fermenter, carrying the full fermenter down to the basement, ....
Thank you l; I looked those components up. Nice system and thanks for sharing. It looks like you get what you pay for using that system. I will explore that; and add in the cost for getting a 220/240 volt line.
I do 10 gallon batches with the Blickmann 2 kettle Brew Easy Classic k rims system. I have a cf10 fermenter. One of the best reasons for the conical, for me, is the CIP ball. I tried other fermenters over the years and this is, hands down for me the best option available today.
It also looks like the CF10 can hold more volume than the anvil stainless bucker fermenters. I actually like the idea of the bucket fermenters as they are lower priced and of course you can have more than one to keep the brewing going! But the CF10 is more expensive. Worth it I am sure. Choices choices!
Convert to Electric and brew inside!
also discovered that if you want some flexibility in the brew size and more efficient cooling you should get a jacketed fermentor. In my experience these are approx 20-25% more expensive than the ones with cooling spiral. 
my milk cans were $100 a pop...
If you mean a water bucket in a fridge or something like that then I agree. The "DIY" solution that absolutely works is hacking up a window AC and dropping the evap coil into a reservoir.
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