Leaving a brew rig outside

[kevin0]

I've been thinking about building a brew bench for a while now, but one of the main problems is that I don't have a garage to easily roll her in/out. I'm thinking of doing the standard 3 burner, 2 pump, manually controlled setup, with pilots/ignition. So I'm wondering if I just left the brew rig outside (covered of course), if that would be bad for the burners, gas lines, pumps, or electrical. I'd bring in the other stuff like plumbing and pots when not brewing. Winter temps here get as low as maybe 15F, summer upper 90s.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Gas grills of similiar construction stay outside for years. Me, I'm lazy, that would be too much stuff to cart in and out every brew session, I would build a big ass / kick ass BIAB rig... haha, JMO

 

[P-J]

If you leave it outside, make absolutely sure that your pumps (and anything else) are completely drained. ANY water left in it can and will rupture the pump head when it freezes.

 

[kevin0]

@wilserbrewer - You know I never really considered BIAB before, might need to look into that. I do like the simplicity of it.

@p-j - Good point, if it came down to it I could rig up some sort of quick release plate, which would add to the 'overhead' of a brew day but not the end of the world.

 

[bumstigedy]

I'm interested to hear what people have to say as I have the same problem.

 

[outside92129]

stainless frame with the gas going through the frame? Not the cheapest route of course. Detachable pumps?

 

[kevin0]

I'd figure painting it would be good enough. Maybe do the ol' pumps-in-a-toolbox trick.