Homebrewery setup

[bboyeruga]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did all of the 80/20 materials cost? I know that can be quite expensive.

 

[LandoLincoln]

Man, that's a lot of expensive hardware for a 5 gallon setup.

 

[aclockworkblue]

Hey thanks for saying. I really love building up my home brewery. It's a hobby in its own.

I do not brew indoors, I brew either in my garage or off the side of the house. The rig is on wheels so pretty much where ever. Those Blichmann burners throw out so much gas it's crazy. I do all my cleaning and pretty much everything else but the brewing in there.
I do love brewing outdoors. My wife always jokes how I pick either the coldest or windiest days to brew, but those are always the most fun!

Yeah the sink helps out so much. That power nozzle will blast about anything off, and its nice to fill up one with sanitizer and the other with clean water and do the soak then dunk method.

 

[aclockworkblue]

Man, that's a lot of expensive hardware for a 5 gallon setup.

5 Gallons?

 

[LandoLincoln]

5 Gallons?

Those look like 10 gallon pots.

 

[jbaysurfer]

Man, that's a lot of expensive hardware for a 5 gallon setup.

Why does that matter? We're home brewers here, not commercial brewers.

Some of us just love brewing and spend the money for quality reasons rather then quantity.

Nonetheless, looks like 3 different kettle sizes to me along with room on the stand to go bigger.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Those look like 10 gallon pots.

10GAL are not that wide. I would say atleast 20gal pots with the option to do very tedious 15gal batches

but like someone else said, why would it matter? Even if they were 10gal pots the only upgrade needed to move to 10-15gal would be....bigger pots, he already has the insane rig.

To the OP, that sculpture is a beast! Looks sick, would love to have something like that.

 

[aclockworkblue]

Hlt 15g, mt 15g, bk 20g

 

[TheLionKing]

That looks awesome! Love (and envy) your setup!

 

[aclockworkblue]

"Three refrigerators?"

Thought I'd answer the question in the post. Next to the kegerator, the small frig is for my yeast lab and the larger is my commercial brew brewery frig

 

[limulus]

Love the yeast fridge. I used to have one of those back around 1996. There used to be a company that specialized in yeast culturing. They sold slants, media, all the misc tools and supplies. I can't remember the name, but I wish they were still around.

 

[waldzinator]

F I'm envious! My brewery/storage facility is an unfinished cold space in the basement. My sink consists of old hot/cold taps for a washer that was subsequently moved.

Love it. Very nice.

 

[unclevername]

F I'm envious!

Love it. Very nice.

Me to. Well done brother. Well done

 

[xrumer]

Very nice!

 

[nvrstck]

I agree. The brew rig is beautiful, but that sink, that's the dream. I make my BIGGEST messes just trying to clean everything.

I picked up a 9' 3-bin sink for $300 on craigslist and a 7' 3-bin for a friend for $250. There are a lot of great deals out there! No more dragging keggles into the driveway in the dark when it is 30F and washing with cold water! CRUCIAL!

 

[shawnstr71]

That rocks brutha! nice job

 

[half_whit]

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This is...::sniffle::..the most...::sniffle::...the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

 

[tsl346]

I love the brew set up but I think I am most jealous of the sink. I'm still cleaning my equipment in a bathtub.

 

[DerrangedPOJO]

OMG that gives me a chubby for sure!!! Great job! Hopefully i can have something 1/4 of that nice!

 

[Krovitz]

Absolutely outstanding! How'd you get 4 kegs in that minifridge?

 

[JFK]

nice setup makes me look at my storage room for my equipment and wish I had the money to spend on a sink and shelves and extra fridges oh well someday. I think I am more jelous of the conical than anything else there tbh

 

[neosapien]

man, this thread almost belongs in the boneyard.

i'm so incredibly jealous.

 

[oasisbliss]

Unbelievable !

 

[BeerGrylls]

man, this thread almost belongs in the boneyard.

Agreeeeed

 

[ercousin]

Yea, it does CIP.
I also hook up my conical to it and run cleaner in the closed system loop.

Sorry, new terms for me. What is 80/20? What is CIP? What is the larger part of the vertical tubing, hopback? Awesome system!

 

[BeerGrylls]

Sorry, new terms for me. What is 80/20? What is CIP? What is the larger part of the vertical tubing, hopback? Awesome system!

80/20 is like an erector set for adults, haha. Basically a rapid assembly, no weld way of building small structures. http://www.8020.net/T-Slot-1.asp CIP is clean in place. Basically running pbw or caustic through your system without disassembling. I'm sure you can look it up..

BG

 

[OleBrewing]

Nice set up. Did you set up an exhaust system?

 

[aclockworkblue]

The larger vertical tube is a filter. How I have it arranged is that you can go through the filter when mashing out to get the run offs nice and clean...and with a flip of a switch after the boil the filter then takes care of all the hops and hot/cold breaks. brewershardware.com has it. Great little piece!

A lot have been asking so I am posting my schematics on the thread. PM any questions.

Thanks for all the great comments, really appreciate the support.

I have been brewing for about ten years, however my adventure all started on a little 3gal pot. Countless brews and upgrades later I'm still feeding the monkey! Oh and having an amazing wife helps too!

 

[Behemoth]

I picked up a 9' 3-bin sink for $300 on craigslist and a 7' 3-bin for a friend for $250. There are a lot of great deals out there! No more dragging keggles into the driveway in the dark when it is 30F and washing with cold water! CRUCIAL!

You say! I wish i had that luxury!

 

[KGB09]

Did you design the stand on the 80/20 web site? Do you still have the design info you used for the stand? Awesome build!