Help With Brew Setup

[Nosnum08]

Hi all,

I am in need of some suggestions on what would he the most economical way to create a brew setup that can handle 10 gallons brew sessions of decent gravity (6.5 abv or so).

Below is what I have collected so far:

10 gallon cooler with a as braid. This is my current mash tun

1 keggle mash tun with false bottom and stainless steel chigger pump (haven't used either yet)
2 keggles that can be used as HLT and/or brew kettle
1 bayou classic burner
50' stainless wort chiller

I've thought about setting up a HERMS system and while I am mashing in my keggle mashtun I could heat the sparge water on my burner and then transfer that to the cooler which would be my HLT.

Any other suggestions?


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[catdaddy66]

Now you just need a sculpture to put it on... wooden or metal? And you may or may not need to mount the burner, but I think the economical way is to not mount it.


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[acidrain]

I would get a pump and add the SS chiller coil to one of the keggles.
Use the other keggle as a BK.
Then re-circ the wort from the cooler based MT.
Once you are done with the mash and sparge, you could swap some hoses around (or use a three-way valve) and cool through the LT/HERMS coil.I suggest a three-place single tier sculpture.
You would benefit from a second burner and possibly a second pump (especially if you plan on fly-sparging).

 

[cooper58d2002]

If you want gravity above 6.5% or above for 10 gallon batches I would recommend at least have a Bigger mash tun than 10 gallon. I do 5 gallon batches and have a 15 gallon mash tun. 10 gallons will hold roughly around 24 lbs of grain or so, a 15 gallon would be better, if your running a HERMS system you don't really need a cooler and can just use a pot with a false bottom instead. The HERMS will keep the temp constant and you would be able to handle those higher gravity beers.


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[MindenMan]

I came across a new turkey fryer setup for $20.00, and it has a 50k BTU burner. I now wish I would have purchased a 15 gallon pot instead of the 10 gallon that I currently have. My first 1.080 beer was a pain to boil off due to the heavy foaming at hot break. YMMV

 

[tootal]

Just save your money and bite the bullet!!

https://brewmagic.com/brewing-systems/pro-brewer-rims-system/

 

[cooper58d2002]

I started brewing a couple years ago. It takes a bit of time you add here add there, sell something to upgrade something.... It's a healthy process, and the beer wins in the end...


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