Potential alternative brewing stands?

drubes14 · Nov 25, 2017

Hi all,

I have a three keggle, propane-fired AG set-up. My past brewdays have been successful, but I have to rely on hoisting the mash tun and boil kettle up some stairs to get a sufficient gravity feed.

I have decided to make the plunge and go for a one tier system with some chugger pumps. I'm looking at potential alternative brewstands, and wanted to poll the brain trust on best practices. Has anyone had experience or luck using a three burner portable propane stove like this?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AYU8BUC/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20.

Width looks just big enough for three kegs side by side, and I could mount an after market shelf to hold the pumps. Only thing that worries me is the weight limit (200 lb). I was hoping to use this instead of mucking around with welding angle irons together.

Thanks folks!

AkTom · Nov 25, 2017

I'm wondering if the burners at 30000 btu will give you enough heat.

flars · Nov 25, 2017

The legs look like bent tubes. With no cross bracing the unit may collapse if there is lateral pressure under full weight. I would go with something more substantial. There was a thread a few days ago showing a Harbor Freight cart holding their brew system. The cart also had casters for mobility.

ancientmariner52 · Nov 25, 2017

I've seen these, at a local imported crap distributor. Pretty shaky. I'd use it for a breakfast fry-up, but never trust it with a big pot of stew. Brew on it? Alert the burn unit first.

Transamguy77 · Nov 25, 2017

I would not trust it at all, your kegs empty are almost at the weight capacity limit.

DurtyChemist · Nov 28, 2017

I’ve seen photos of it done before. Depending on how big of. Abatch you’re using you could be fine. 25 lbs of grain soaps up around 30 lbs of water. Add another 12 gallons of water and you have 121 lbs. 79 pounds is an additional 10 gallons of water. Depending on what kettles you’re using you could be just fine with a full boil kettle, full mash tun and full hot liquor tank all at once.

If you’re worried about it falling use a pump and take the removable legs off. They still have legs that keep it off the ground. Camp Chef makes some good stuff.