New System: BCS HERMS

[pilzner]

Great looking system.....and I thought mine was shiny!

 

[mariojr]

One word. Wow.

 

[newtonjason]

These.

In respect to the motorized ball valves, I also use the ones above.

I however didn't purchase them from oscsys, I emailed the manufacturer in china and got them direct.

From memory I only bought 6 of them and they were worth about $20 each. The kicker is shipping so if you buy a bunch of them then the price goes way down. But even with buying only 6, I ended up paying about $30 each

If anyone is interested, my contact was Amy at: [email protected]

On a side note: sweet system

 

[Frymn1969]

Although this is an old thread I hope to get some valuable information on this build from you. I have been kicking around the idea of using 80/20 t-slotted aluminum to build a brew stand and like this design.

Would you happen to have a sketch with dimensions and materials used for the stand?

How difficult was it to get the tower mounts for the burners? I already have floor burners.

How difficult was it to mount the burner to the 90mm extrusion? Was it the dimension or the bolts?

Thanks

Todd

 

[Mike Glatzel]

I am looking to automate my system with motorized ball valves. I have not been able to find valves like yours that have the tri clamp fitting. Where did you get them?

Here's my new system: The O.K. Combrewter (Over Kill). It's a BCS, three pump system that was inspired largely by Jon W.'s BCS system.

The stand is a little different than your normal brew stand. The structural component of the stand has a L profile rather than a square/rectangular profile.

I mounted some aluminum extrusion to the stand and then the Blichmann modular burners to to the extrusion. It's pretty damn sturdy.

I then fabricated some square stainless tubing to mount to the extrusion and hang out in front of the burners. I piped all the natural gas and electrical through the tubing.

The kettles are from Stout Tanks and Kettles and incorporate Stout's HERMs option.

The brew kettle has a tangential inlet and concave bottom for whirlpooling. Since I'm already whirlpooling, I installed a dedicated immersion chiller.

I brewed on it this weekend and it went about as good as I could have reasonably expected. Here's a picture of me and my buddy with two outrageously overfilled carboys:

 

[newtonjason]

Looks like they are standard NPT female ball valves, and they have threaded in male NPT to triclamp end fittings

 

[BrunDog]

Beautiful!