ghetto brew setups?...

[Beezy]

You outdo my set up with the chiller. I still have an ice bath lol. Man though that burner looks pretty flimsy. I have heard those things can melt and fall over?

 

[Paymygasbill77]

Let me add my grain mill here. Free.

I dig the Get Go cup.

 

[unionrdr]

Bbq & beer,what a combo! And that kegerator looks more like a "2nrator"...cool. Good price on the MLT. Simple & effective.

 

[Panphage]

Here's my ghetto fermentation chamber. It's a big Styrofoam cooler I found by the dumpsters behind the Planned Parenthood by my house. True story.

 

[Beezy]

Here's my ghetto fermentation chamber. It's a big Styrofoam cooler I found by the dumpsters behind the Planned Parenthood by my house. True story.
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How many degree will it drop being in there?

 

[Panphage]

It stays between 60-65° F with two half-gallon jugs of ice. I rotate one out every 12-24 hours, basically when the older of the two is fully melted. I should note that my apartment is pretty hot year round, usually around 80° unless it's hotter than that outside, so I'd say it does a pretty good job, especially considering the price (free).

 

[olllllo]

That first one strikes me as some kind of certain-ethnic crock pot. Now that's different! certainly ghetto. The 2nd one is so much like me-run watcha brung,& hope ya brung enough. Or,as "Roady" said,"evathang works if ya let it"!

Man, I remember Ethnic Crock Pot. Saw them back in 67 open up for the Dead in Telluride. :rockin:

 

[bob1852]

Find me a hose, and I can has brew anywhere

 

[unionrdr]

Have brew,will travel...

 

[BrewForMe]

Find me a hose, and I can has brew anywhere

Perhaps a disclaimer stating "No Brewing while vehicle is in motion" would be required by your insurance company.

 

[MmmmBeer]

Now if there ever was a reason to need a truck, that is it right there!

 

[unionrdr]

"But honey,with 2 brew rigs,I really need the 6.2L dually"...

 

[WestCoastHopper]

In the ghetto... In the ghetto (singing like Cartman).

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

What happens when it rains on brew day in Bloomfield...

my all grain setup... yes that is a water bowl heater... no it does not heat my mash tun sorry, but it is the right height and strong enough, and the home tanned deer hide is my insulation blanket for my hot liquer tank

my first pint off my homemade kegerator... an old mini fridge that had its guts removed and put into this box.

** edit**
Apparently i have not got the hang of posting pictures

 

[Revvy]

My ghetto brew-rig, featuring the 15 dollar harbor freight folding workbench and milk crate.

Took a dowel that fit in one of the holes and nailed some metal flashing on it. The magnets on the thermometer hold it in perfect position. Not only is it Ghetto, but it's ugly-junk as well!

 

[Malticulous]

The turkey pot is HLT but I often have to use the 60qt for strike on 10 gallon batches. The quart pan is for pumping hot liquor until it's easy enough to lift the whole pot, vorloufing, pulling decoctions, boiling priming sugar and even gelatin. I use another 20 qt pot for decotions and cereal mashing (I like to do that on a electric stove top.) Since it's on the porch I can whirlpool and siphon to the fermenter down on the sidewalk.

 

[bucfanmike]

My ghetto set up, friend and I doing 2 x 10 gallon batches

 

[Beezy]

You really aren't that ghetto when you are adding keggles and pumps imo. I put my turkey fryer on my stove and did a batch right in my kitchen. That's ghetto.

 

[two_hearted]

Ghetto stove top

Then did full 7 gal boils after that (no pic).
now I'm outdoors with a ghetto turkey fryer and my two tier sculpture (Grill and ground)

 

[CGVT]

This is the cooler that I got for free at a garage sale. I fiberglassed and sealed the crack and made my MLT out of it.

Tunzilla:

I borrowed this coffee pot from work. It heats 4.5 gallons of water to 177 degrees in about 15 minutes.

This is Tunzilla feeding my $54 10 gallon alluminum pot.

I did buy a decent propane jet burner for about 50 bucks to boil my wort

I don't have a picture of it, but I cool my wort in an ice bath in an old wash tub.

Overall my setup is about as ghetto as you can get.

 

[Beezy]

I have a fryer but wanted to brew in the middle of the night and not be bothered plus I wanted to see if it could be done for an option to those super cold days forthcoming.

 

[Beezy]

This is the cooler that I got for free at a garage sale. I fiberglassed and sealed the crack and made my MLT out of it.

Tunzilla:

I borrowed this coffee pot from work. It heats 4.5 gallons of water to 177 degrees in about 15 minutes.

This is Tunzilla feeding my $54 10 gallon alluminum pot.

I did buy a decent propane jet burner for about 50 bucks to boil my wort

I don't have a picture of it, but I cool my wort in an ice bath in an old wash tub.

Overall my setup is about as ghetto as you can get.

Yep and working well I am sure. Ghetto brewing ftw.

 

[two_hearted]

This is Tunzilla feeding my $54 10 gallon alluminum pot.

that's too expensive to be ghetto.

 

[Beezy]

that's too expensive to be ghetto.

Unless he got the money from trading in food stamps for cash.

 

[CGVT]

that's too expensive to be ghetto.

Ha! That may be, but I have about 100 bucks in my entire set-up, including the propane burner.

I'm quite proud of my thrift. SWMBO thinks I'm nuts

 

[two_hearted]

Ha! That may be, but I have about 100 bucks in my entire set-up, including the propane burner.

I'm quite proud of my thrift. SWMBO thinks I'm nuts

Ok, ok, you're back in the ghetto.

 

[CGVT]

Ok, ok, you're back in the ghetto.

Thanks (I think)...:rockin:

 

[unionrdr]

Some pretty good set ups so far. But some say they're ghetto,& use electronic thermometers,etc. I use a glass one tied to the SS stock pot handle with 3-4 twist ties. Ice bath in the sink. Homer cheapo bucket or stock pot for hauling top off water to the fermenter. Bummin rides to the LHBS to get stuff when I can afford it. Old printer stand for a fermenter stand/storage unit,& it has pieces missin. But some of you def got it!...
So,I'm startin to wonder if we're ghetto,or just slummin?...

 

[DarkBrood]

Some pretty good set ups so far. But some say they're ghetto,& use electronic thermometers,etc. I use a glass one tied to the SS stock pot handle with 3-4 twist ties. Ice bath in the sink. Homer cheapo bucket or stock pot for hauling top off water to the fermenter. Bummin rides to the LHBS to get stuff when I can afford it. Old printer stand for a fermenter stand/storage unit,& it has pieces missin. But some of you def got it!...
So,I'm startin to wonder if we're ghetto,or just slummin?...

Some of these posters are definitely slummin.....full-size SS pots, digital ANYthing, and modified kegs are certainly NOT ghetto....

No pics, but here's a good ghetto example: my wort chiller. Used to work demolition back in the day. The small wires used to run from a detonator to the charges are clean copper-core and the insulation jackets are specifically inert and resistant to heat, cold, acid, base, and oils. I simply coiled a significant length (30' or so) and used lengths of the demo-wire with a loop-around-twisttie2x-loop-around-next, repeat pattern to tie them together. One end has a brass barbed garden hose fitting to connect to my faucet - other end is open. Drop the kettle in the sink, fill the chiller with cold tap water, drop it in the wort and direct the runoff into the sink basin with the kettle. I drop a juice cap into the sink drain to -almost- seal it, allowing warmer runoff to drain out while the chiller refills. Towards the end (when temps are getting close to equal), the length of hose coming off of the tap gets curled into the insert bucket for my bread machine and filled with ice/water to get the last drop in temp. l've been using it for over a year without issues of melting or contamination. Did a batch two nights ago that I chilled without it (just icewater bath) and was shocked at how long things take without it....chilling overnight was still warmer than 45-60 minutes with the ghetto chilla!!! (I'm sure copper is great and all, but those $80 chillers cost 2-3 batches of beer ingredients! I'm getting to yeast temps in under 90 minutes, REGARDLESS of the style, gravity, etc.)

 

[Revvy]

Some pretty good set ups so far. But some say they're ghetto,& use electronic thermometers,etc. I use a glass one tied to the SS stock pot handle with 3-4 twist ties. Ice bath in the sink. Homer cheapo bucket or stock pot for hauling top off water to the fermenter. Bummin rides to the LHBS to get stuff when I can afford it. Old printer stand for a fermenter stand/storage unit,& it has pieces missin. But some of you def got it!...
So,I'm startin to wonder if we're ghetto,or just slummin?...

I used to just hang my glass thermometer from a piece of bent coat hanger.

My digital thermometer is just a 10 dollar true temp kitchen one from meijers, It's nothing special. I also use it when roasting turducken.