ghetto brew setups?...

[cowgo]

I love this thread. I get so jealous looking at all the stainless high dollar DIY set up threads that always seem to end "I'm a master welder/electrician/carpenter/ mechanical-electrical engineer. "

Yay for us average joes who still brew great beer.

 

[Rivenin]

do you use that wheelbarrow as a ice bath?! amazing!

 

[gunner65]

I htink XX wins with the wheelbarrow in the kitchen

 

[unionrdr]

Maybe he'll graduate to runnin his cooler lines into the seement pond out back?...

 

[tennesseean_87]

I'll have to take a pick of my floating styrofoam/al.-foil lid for BIAB in my 4 gallon stock pot. It has paperclip handles.

 

[gunner65]

I'll have to take a pick of my floating styrofoam/al.-foil lid for BIAB in my 4 gallon stock pot. It has paperclip handles.

Sorry that is not ghetto that is Australian for Beer.

 

[Reuben1012]

Is that wheel beryl for cooling??? awesome! ghetto functional

 

[MmmmBeer]

I dig the wheel barrow, looks like it has gotten all kinds of use!

 

[fckwalm]

Not super ghetto but I still need to use the aluminum foil for a wind shield..... also made an apfelwein (EdWort's) while I was waiting for the boil....

 

[Trophy_Brew21]

Im too cheap to use an ice bath, I stick mine out in the snow. Its free, what can I say?

 

[unionrdr]

Wish I had a patio that nice.

 

[richwerth]

 

[Zaphod]

Old pic, but basically the same. Only difference is a newerish burner which I still balance on the water container.

 

[BarlimanButterbur]

If you're not fermenting in a room temperature closet, cranking your mill by hand, and split-boiling on the stovetop because it starts raining, you're not ghetto.

This is my 'garage' for keeping the weather off.

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

If you're not fermenting in a room temperature closet, cranking your mill by hand, and split-boiling on the stovetop because it starts raining, you're not ghetto.

This is my 'garage' for keeping the weather off.

This is mine... was...

 

[KellyL]

Went from this:

To this:

I'm looking into a harbor freight welder and some 1 1/4" angle iron for either a gravity stand or a single tier with pumps. I dont want pumps because I'm not into "fancy" stuff.

I just want to make good beer and be able to drink good beer while doing it.

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

I dont want pumps because I'm not into "fancy" stuff.

I just want to make good beer and be able to drink good beer while doing it.

I got a pump because it makes it easier on brew day... easier means I can drink more homebrew while brewing without screwing everything up

 

[thepartsmancometh]

Here's my ghetto cooler setup. Copper IC in the kettle hooked to a recirc pond pump in a bucket. Refill bucket till 100 degrees, then run outlet back into same bucket with ice and ice packs. All eater goes in my washer.

 

[Wicked Daddy]

6 years of brewing and your cinderblocks still look brand new.... how do you do that?

looks like a nice setup to me!

Thanks. I'm a clean freak. But to be fair, those blocks were new that day. I had a bunch more at the time because I was building a wall next to the house. Funny you noticed that. I had just stained the concrete patio too. It needs a fresh coat now as most of the brown is gone.

 

[MonkeyMashBrewing]

Here is my Man Cave and Getto Brew Rig I'll be working on the Keezer colar next the 3rd pic is from last summer when I was using my Jockey Box, I use it for parties now

GADZOOKS!!! This looks like an east coast ghetto brew. Preston & Steve calendars are always a welcomed addition to any man cave!

 

[timmy7649]

In the making! Cost so far $.00

 

[unionrdr]

Yup! Free is the hallmark of the ghetto setup. Like roady said,everything works ya let it!...Case in point; http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/brwcrnr1.jpg
Old large printer stand now fermenter stand & storage unit. Craft beer 12 pack boxes for recycled bottle storage & conditioning beer on right. Homer cheapo bucket for cleaning bottles,hauling water to clean FV's,etc. Half gallon plastic vodka jugs for blow off jugs. Sunny-D jugs for gallons of starsan & PBW,A third one now with graduations for measuring water. Brew kettle storage as well. Everything in one place. It ain't purtty,but it works.

 

[weirdboy]

I just did a BIAB in my rice cooker...

Making the next stage of a step-up starter for my brew Sunday.

 

[unionrdr]

Good old fashioned American imagineering! Everything works if ya let it,just gotta use your head...

 

[H-ost]

Yup! Free is the hallmark of the ghetto setup. Like roady said,everything works ya let it!...Case in point; http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/brwcrnr1.jpg

I had some of Linekugnelfkfdlkfj's Fire Nut Brown a little bit ago, thats a pretty tasty beer. Judging by your picture I might need to try the amber as well.

 

[unionrdr]

The amber's pretty good too. But the fireside nut brown went real well with my wife's pecan pie. I like the Lienenkugel's 12 pack boxes because they have seperators in them. And closing tabs to hold the flaps down as well. Great for storing bottles or conditioning full ones. We got another batch going now to fill some more of them.
I just like having all my brewing stuff in one place. Real handy for recycled furniture.

 

[Rivenin]

best picture i have now... it was all brand new wood though.. function over form, right?

 

[onlineswine]

Here's my set up from my last brew. Works well.

 

[two_hearted]

Here's my set up from my last brew. Works well.

Ok, I just have to say that anyone with any Blichmann product does not qualify for a "Ghetto brew setup." You sir, have a sweet boilermaker kettle.

I'd go as far to say that anyone with a SS kettle is disqualified from this thread.

 

[brettwasbtd]

Just took some pics of my entire brewery for my blog. Here is my setup on brewday