Just bought a brewhouse!!!

[Brewtopia]

We just bought a brewhouse for the pub. It's a 3 bbl DME system and will fit perfectly in the little space we have in the back of the pub. It should arrive Seattle in the next couple of weeks!!!!!

Here's a picture of the jacketed fermenters. I'll try and get more pics up soon.

 

[Arneba28]

very cool man. I wish I lived out that area. It seems so much more beer friendly out there.

 

[Yooper]

Wow- it's so beautiful! And it'll fit perfectly in the brewery. That's so awesome. Congrats, 'topia!

 

[Slappy White]

Congrats...that is very cool :rockin:

 

[druids_keep]

SWEET!!! love it

 

[Jester369]

Drooooooooool...

 

[Liquidicem]

Most excellent. The look of those made me drool a little bit.

 

[EinGutesBier]

DME makes some great brew equipment. Good stuff. I think you'll really enjoy using their products. So did you buy everything for your brew setup? I mean, fermenters, bright tanks, MLT, brew kettle, etc? If so, how man bbls is your setup? Judging from the pics, those look like 10-15 bbl fermenters.

 

[the_bird]

DME? What are you brewing with extract for?

 

[olllllo]

drool.

 

[c.n.budz]

<------ = Jealous:cross:

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Looking good 'topia! Mouth is watering for the brewers that will be fermenting in them already!

 

[Dude]

SUH-WEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love DME, they are so pretty!

You are living my dream, bro!

 

[nathan]

what's that feeling?

Oh, oh dear, it's ENVY! (I'm green with it).

BEAUTIFUL!

 

[Brewtopia]

Originally posted by EinGutesBier
DME makes some great brew equipment. Good stuff. I think you'll really enjoy using their products. So did you buy everything for your brew setup? I mean, fermenters, bright tanks, MLT, brew kettle, etc? If so, how man bbls is your setup? Judging from the pics, those look like 10-15 bbl fermenters.

DME is great, I was excited to get this. I worked with a 15 bbl DME system at Lazy Boy Brewing. This is only a 3 bbl and those are 3 bbl fermenters (4.2 bbl gross capacity). We don't have a lot of room in the space so this system will be perfect for now. Plus it will allow us to brew some really fun stuff without fear of having to dump 15 bbls if it doesn't turn out as planned.

Here's a complete list of equipment.

1. Water Filter/cartridge

2. Hot liquor pump

3. Wort pump

4. DME Stainless Steel Combination wort production vessel

Kettle
Mash Tun
Hot Liquor Tank
Whirlpool
Electric Heating Element

5. DME Brewhouse control panel and cabinet

6. Heat exchanger

7. Wort Aeration System

8. Brewhouse Transfer system

9. Brewhouse stainless steel piping and valving

8. Chilling Unit - cabinet and controls

9. Keg filler/cleaner

10. Cellar temperature control panel

11. Sheet filter

12. Sanitary Cellar Transfer Hose

13. Copper Banding

14. (5) 3 BBL Grundy Tanks

15. (4) DME 3 BBL Unitanks

16. All attachments and accessories to the above items.

 

[EinGutesBier]

That's a nice array! Looks like you're good to go. I don't suppose I can ask how much it set you back?

 

[Brewtopia]

We paid 45K, less than half of what we were quoted for a new system of this size from a few other manufacturers.

 

[EinGutesBier]

I believe it. In my experience, it's almost always better to buy used. Most of that equipment is well cared for and has plenty of batches left in it. Probably one of the greatest things about the brewing community is the "hand me down" mentality of equipment. Makes it a lot easier for start-ups to, well, start up.

Now the big question: what've you got slated on the 'ol brew schedule? :fro:

 

[MrFebtober]

oooo, purdy!!

congrats! I'm sure you'll have tons of fun with that setup!

 

[user 574]

Awesome Brewtopia!

 

[RegionalChaos]

Wonderful! Looks great! Will you bottle, or just keg?

 

[david_42]

So, what's first on the brew list? Going for a fast wheat or starting with brews that need a bit more time, so you can intro a bunch at the same time?

I know one brewer with has a 7 bbl DME system, who added a couple 15 bbl fermenters for his popular brews.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

that friggin rocks, Brewtopia. :rockin:

 

[Dr_Deathweed]

wow, the sheer beauty brings a tear to my eye

 

[Gordie]

Wow is that cool. Congrats and that's a hell of a buy for $45k!

Rock on!

 

[jdoiv]

That's way cool! Congrats!

I'm not that familiar with how a combination wort production vessel works. Are the HLT, MLT and Kettle all separate vessels or do you double one of them up?

 

[Rhoobarb]

Wow, that looks so damn cool! You must be jacked!

So, what's first on the brew list? ...

Yeah, yeah, I wanna know, too. What are you planning?

 

[EinGutesBier]

That's way cool! Congrats!

I'm not that familiar with how a combination wort production vessel works. Are the HLT, MLT and Kettle all separate vessels or do you double one of them up?

The kettle is stand-alone and so is the MLT (those false bottoms are biiiiig!). Unless you have an HLT, you just heat up the sparge water in the kettle and transfer it to an empty fermenter if you have one and do your thing. For all intents and purposes, an HLT is a jacketed unitank as far as I know, and doesn't have its own heating element.

 

[jca]

VERY cool. I'd definitely be there opening day if it wasn't a 3,000 mile drive.

 

[blacklab]

Hey - where's your joint going to be? I'm up there every so often and will stop by after you open.