HERMS equipment building plan

[Eeftinghe]

I have been brewing beer for a couple of years with Brewing kits, making Belgian style Trappist.
And am now up for stepping up the brewing proces, searching for an inexpensive HERMS set-up to build myself.
Where can I find a good building plan?
Thanks for the help

 

[day_trippr]

"Inexpensive" is a nebulous term that varies by the user. What is your budget for a brew rig?
A fully functional herms rig requires 3 valved vessels and at least one pump, along with a structure of some kind.
I have come across some illustrative presentations on youtube using the most basic of search strings...

Cheers!

 

[Bobby_M]

In my opinion, a proper (worthwhile) HERMS design requires automated temperature control of the HLT at minimum, and more realistically electrically heated. If that sort of thing pushes the budget up too high (realistically over $2000), you would be better off with a high end eBIAB rig. Wait, nevermind. I actually think you should target the eBIAB as the primary directive but then again that's not what you asked and I know people can get really testy when you don't embrace the question.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

my question to you is what's inexpensive, my herms set up was more than $4000, I wouldn't have it any other way but there are less expensive setups, try auberins.com for your control panel and BrewHardware.com for hardware parts then Amazon for cheap Concord Stock Pot and your set

 

[T Murph]

There are several HERMS build threads right here. However as Bobby_m related it gets costly. Take your time and review several options before jumping in this rabbit hole. You have so many options today it becomes mind boggling. If you haven't done so already, seek out other homebrewers and check out their equipment and practices. That way you can make good choices that will enable you to advance in the hobby and maintain cost along the way. Good luck and happy brewing.