Pics of your all grain setup

[AnOldUR]

It's been 7 1/2 years of constant change.

Started inside with a Mr Beer.

Moved outside using a turkey fryer set-up.

Tweaked the kitchen stove so that I could do 10 gallon boils and moved back inside.

Went low-tech electric and moved to the other side of the kitchen.

Most recent upgrade is a port in the boil kettle for whirlpooling.

 

[AnOldUR]

Love this picture. Classic homebrewing!

 

[wobdee]

My simple brew in a basket setup. 8 gal kettle, 400 micron stainless basket and 3500w induction burner.

 

[YeastMode]

My simple (and cheap) set-up.

 

[November]

Here is mine. 20g Stout bottom drain tanks, Kal DIY panel, stainlessbrewing HERMS coil, knotty alder stand.

 

[themachinist]

I mash in the kitchen to save some propane, plus I haven't built a stand yet. Drain into a pot and dump in my keggle on the banjo burner outside. The keggle pic is from my old duplex. Plan on using the small shed in the last pic to brew in as soon as I get some money together to build a stand.

 

[soupfist]

So, couple of questions then. You must be heating sparge water separate, do you lose much temperature when you dump it into the cooler? How big is your brew pot? Also, I thought aluminum was a no no?


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Yes, I heat my sparge water while the mash is going on and dump it in the cooler. One of these days I'll remember to measure it. I heat to about 175 and I figure whatever it ends up on will be good enough.

Aluminum is fine as long as you treat it right - but you'll find plenty of discussion on both sides. Based on the scraps of science I could pull out of those discussions, aluminum is IMO a better choice than not brewing at all.

 

[wilserbrewer]

1/4 keg batch of hefeweizen boiling that I cooler batch sparged this morning.

Overall view of the basement E-brewery / kettle collection. 2 2000 w heat sticks on 20 amp gfi circuits allow heating or boiling in assorted vessels. Window fan behind kettle to vent steam.

I keep it pretty simple, either batch sparging with a cooler MT, or BIAB.
Cheers!


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[wilserbrewer]

Cold side of the basement brewery for fermentation and serving.
Again, very simple. I use picnic taps for serving.


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Http://biabbags.webs.com/

 

[dkevinb]

Since I've only done one all grain batch, BIAB, I suppose this qualifies as my all grain setup.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Since I've only done one all grain batch, BIAB, I suppose this qualifies as my all grain setup.

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That's really all you need! I might suggest a digital stick thermometer, you can pick one up for 10 - 20 bucks. Not sure I would trust the thermo that comes with a turkey fryer?

My apologies if that's not what I'm looking at.

 

[dkevinb]

That's really all you need! I might suggest a digital stick thermometer, you can pick one up for 10 - 20 bucks. Not sure I would trust the thermo that comes with a turkey fryer?

My apologies if that's not what I'm looking at.

I have one. That's just one I picked up at the LHBS to let me know what ballpark I'm in. But they track right on.

 

[Malticulous]

This pic is old but my stuff has not changed much.

 

[beerme70]

Two fifteens and a ten gallon kettles for five and ten gallon batches. Apartment brewing baby!

I think you might have crossed that thin line between hobby and habit.

 

[zach976]

I see a lot of guys using kegs, those are aluminum right? Then what's the fuss over stainless? Are there off flavors from aluminum? Or is it a Ford v. Chevy argument?



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Kegs are stainless.


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[Disintegr8or]

I do 5-6 gallon eBIAB.

 

[Fenduh]

Here's my ghetto setup. Bottom right is the natural gas wok burner that I built for short money that was one of the best things I have done for this hobby. Never worry about running out of gas.

 

[hoppybrewster]

Kegs are stainless.



Lots of people use aluminum kettles, and I used to until I got the keg which is bigger.

What's the problem with aluminum kettles?


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[Malticulous]

What's the problem with aluminum kettles?


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Nothing.

 

[hoppybrewster]

^^^then why do people spend 3 times as much for stainless?


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[Malticulous]

^^^then why do people spend 3 times as much for stainless?


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There are advantages. Most of all its CIP cleaner safe (not important for a boil kettle.) Do a search.

 

[hoppybrewster]

^^^^are there oxidation issues during the boil?


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[kwgriz]

Here's my gravity fed system. I use the pump at the end to send the hot wort through the Therminator.

 

[dkevinb]

^^^^are there oxidation issues during the boil?


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You should passivate an aluminum kettle before using it the first time. Fill it full of water and boil for 30-60 minutes. This will form a dark layer of oxide on the inside of the kettle which is very non-reactive. You only have to do it once unless you scrub the oxide layer off, which is not easy.

 

[jamsomito]

Here's my gravity fed system. I use the pump at the end to send the hot wort through the Therminator.

That's a super nice, practical way of setting it up - on your garage wall like that. When we move into a house next year, I'll have to do something similar. Thanks for the idea!

 

[paulegli]

Cooler mash tun with RIMS tube in the foreground; background is a twin burner Campmor stove, boil kettle, and HLT. Not shown is my RIMS controller box. I plan on building a stand out of strut material once I figure out the best layout for the RIMS tube, pump, chiller, and controller. Except for the sparge water, all of the liquids are moved using the pump.

And yes, that's really the color of our house!

 

[Onescalerguy]

Here is our his and hers 15 gallon sculptures.We brew roughly one day a month and make about 250 gallons a year.We're in our ninth year.


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[Aaron1983]

My setup, I use aluminum and ,with proper care, havent had any issues.

 

[smccarter]

Some of you guys are very technical... I'm an old school home brewer I guess.

 

[user 125772]

Old School works well.

I built this when I decided to go to 10 gal batches.

All Electric RIMs , the HLT and RIMS tube are PID controlled, the boil kettle is manually controlled.
I use 3 Pumps (all are 12VDC) and are small enough the mount to the cam lock fitting on the 3 vessel's ball valves.