Hybrid Brutus with SS Brewtech Gear - My Build

[tkline]

Hi all - wanted to share my hybrid brutus 10 setup with you guys. Haven't brewed on it yet, but really excited to soon. My father is incredibly handy with metal fabrication, and did the whole thing from scratch. Wanted to post some pics since he did such an awesome job on it.

The setup consists of two SS Brewtech 10 Gallon BME kettles (one for the hot liquor tank, one for boil kettle), a SS brewtech 10 gallon infusion mash tun with MTSS controller, two blichmann riptide pumps, two pilot lights for each of the kettles, and a control box for the power.

Control box -

Hot Liquor -

Mash Tun (and boil kettle on right). Pumps are underneath and protected with a heat shield. The MTSS controller is also on a mini stand that's protected from liquid as well.
Controlling the flame is easily done with adjustment valves that are on the front burners (didn't really see a need to automate turning the flames on or off, adjusting is easy enough).

Whole system -

Will definitely post some pics when I get this puppy ready for it's first brew day!

 

[day_trippr]

Looks pretty darned good already

Two questions:
- propane or natural gas?
- gas controller make/model?

Cheers!

 

[tkline]

Looks pretty darned good already

Two questions:
- propane or natural gas?
- gas controller make/model?

Cheers!

Cheers man! It's setup for propane. Here are all of the details

• Honeywell VR8200A2132 dual valve standing pilot gas control
• Honeywell AT140A1042 transformer
• Honeywell Q314 pilot burner
• Honeywell Q390A1046 thermocouple

The burners are rated for 200,000 btu but will be about 168,000 btu with a two stage regulator.

 

[jcav]

Excellent job, that is a slick rig! Lots of luck on the maiden voyage!

John

 

[Mike_kever_kombi]

Beautiful. Looks well built. Post with1st brew update

 

[tkline]

Beautiful. Looks well built. Post with1st brew update

Definitely will do!

 

[Carlscan26]

What model and where are the burners from?

 

[day_trippr]

They're definitely BG14 or Hurricanes (same cast iron beast, different names).
When running low pressure gas it's either those or a multi-tip jet, there isn't much else that works well enough...

Cheers!

 

[Carlscan26]

He’s running propane though

 

[day_trippr]

Yup - through a gas controller that has a max inlet pressure of 0.5 psi/14" WC for propane.
I run the same burners on a 0-10 psi regulator, for comparison (high pressure orifices)...

Cheers!

 

[tkline]

Sorry for the delay, was busy over the past few days. It has 10 inch hurricane burners

 

[beernutz]

Cheers man! It's setup for propane. Here are all of the details

• Honeywell VR8200A2132 dual valve standing pilot gas control
• Honeywell AT140A1042 transformer
• Honeywell Q314 pilot burner
• Honeywell Q390A1046 thermocouple

The burners are rated for 200,000 btu but will be about 168,000 btu with a two stage regulator.

That's a beautiful setup.
I used those same components in my natural gas system and they've all held up well over the last 3 years with one exception: when the pilot stops lighting easily, replace the thermocouple.

 

[Desert_Sky]

You wouldnt happen to have any photos of those burner brackets do you?

 

[tkline]

Sure thing - apologies for the delayed response:

Haven't been on the forums in awhile but I had my first brew day a few weeks ago. System worked great!

 

[jcav]

I really like the way you fabricated those burner brackets, with built in stand offs for good oxygen/combustion and for the gasses to escape.

John

 

[Morrey]

Beautiful. You father saved you a small fortune by fabricating this rig for you. Plus, if there are any design tweaks that need to be made, he will be there to help. Congrats on a super setup.

 

[Genuine]

That looks great! Have you had a chance to brew on it yet?

 

[Desert_Sky]

Stellar work, Very impressed

 

[gicts]

It came up in another thread that you should drill a release hole for steam in the frame that's in contact with the flame on the off chance it would pressurize.

Just curious if that's something your dad did or would do given his obvious talents and knowledge.

Edit: and just after I submitted, I found the hole

 

[tkline]

It came up in another thread that you should drill a release hole for steam in the frame that's in contact with the flame on the off chance it would pressurize.

Just curious if that's something your dad did or would do given his obvious talents and knowledge.

Edit: and just after I submitted, I found the hole

Pretty funny - I got off the phone with him yesterday night and he replied, "Of course I did."

 

[tkline]

That looks great! Have you had a chance to brew on it yet?

Sure have! Setup works awesome and heats up super fast. For my next brew day I'll take some videos for you guys.