Show Me Your Wood Brew Sculpture/Rig

[fusa]

Finished a mini brew stand today. I'll use it do make soda, decoction mash, and bochet.

The first picture is with the top off, second with the top on.

 

[SkoobaSteve]

Just put the finishing touches on my rig tonight. Added some more heat shielding to my burner bays and hooked up my gas lines. Doing my first brew with it this weekend. Hope it doesn't turn into a Bon fire.....View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130297.486267.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130366.724360.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130393.609992.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130408.978499.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1438130421.595499.jpg

 

[long5001]

Just put the finishing touches on my rig tonight. Added some more heat shielding to my burner bays and hooked up my gas lines. Doing my first brew with it this weekend. Hope it doesn't turn into a Bon fire.....View attachment 292939View attachment 292940View attachment 292943View attachment 292944View attachment 292945

Where did you get the inserts the kettles sit on? I can't find them anywhere!

 

[barrooze]

Just put the finishing touches on my rig tonight. Added some more heat shielding to my burner bays and hooked up my gas lines. Doing my first brew with it this weekend. Hope it doesn't turn into a Bon fire.....

Looks great! Do you ever have issues priming your pump? Typically the out port should be at the highest point of the pumphead. It looks like yours is at the lowest, which will trap air, making priming difficult. If you have no issues, then nevermind, but if you do have some issues, you may want to reattach the pumphead 180deg from what's shown in the pictures.

Here's a post from March Pumps depicting the air pockets. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=11157.0

 

[SkoobaSteve]

Yeah it took me a while to find these guys but all they are are just bayou classics with their legs angle grinder off! here is a link on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009JXYQ4/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Hope this helps!

 

[SkoobaSteve]

Looks great! Do you ever have issues priming your pump? Typically the out port should be at the highest point of the pumphead. It looks like yours is at the lowest, which will trap air, making priming difficult. If you have no issues, then nevermind, but if you do have some issues, you may want to reattach the pumphead 180deg from what's shown in the pictures.

Here's a post from March Pumps depicting the air pockets. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=11157.0

Yeah man! i totally had issues! thanks so much for the link. i will be flipping my pump head tomorrow before i do my pumpkin ale! thanks! Cheers

 

[SkoobaSteve]

Where did you get the inserts the kettles sit on? I can't find them anywhere!

Yeah it took me a while to find these guys but all they are are just bayou classics with their legs angle grinder off! here is a link on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009JXYQ4/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Hope this helps!

 

[long5001]

Yeah it took me a while to find these guys but all they are are just bayou classics with their legs angle grinder off! here is a link on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009JXYQ4/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Hope this helps!

Thanks buddy!

 

[MrNurse]

A few more pictures.

Old post I know. But what were the dimensions of this?

 

[bsaul01]

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on here.. the forums have been a great help to me since I've entered the world of brewing back at the end of July, especially this thread. Here is my completed setup! I have a double batch planned for tomorrow that will be my 3rd & 4th brew on this system so far!

 

[Prezioso85]

Here's my brew stand I just finished, I still need to order a pump and new lines with cam lock quick disconnects
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[Ruxi]

Many thanks to all contributing here before me. Took me longer than I wanted but I read everyone of your threads and finally finished my own Brew Rig. First All-Grain batch on it today.

 

[sakeyfour]

After years of brewing I finally finished and used my brew tower for the first time today. All the parts are pieces I have been using and adding to since I started, the last was the HTL with sight glass, thermometer and valve. The Foot print is a little over 3 ft sq. It has about 4 coats of a stain/poly mix.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eezei8gbfeoco8c/AACl5IzCLoYSO0iMdEtNQAZga?dl=0

 

[spointon]

Hi All,

For those who missed it, I wrote an article about building my wooden brew stand and it made it into the September 2015 edition of BYO Magazine!

 

[smitty8202]

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on here.. the forums have been a great help to me since I've entered the world of brewing back at the end of July, especially this thread. Here is my completed setup! I have a double batch planned for tomorrow that will be my 3rd & 4th brew on this system so far!

Looking to build something very similar to this. What is the overall length and the the height of the tallest tier?

 

[Ruxi]

A few pictures of mine - gravity works great for now

 

[Ruxi]

Here she is in action. I am such a geek I even built a little website to document the process. If this helps encourage anyone I have succeeded

 

[jayway]

Got the frame done yesterday. I'll post progress pics as it goes.

 

[iijakii]

Sweet brew room!

 

[jayway]

Got some work done on it this weekend. Installed tubular steel for the burners to sit on. Ripped the steel off from my dads old dump truck. Added 2x4's for the bottom shelf. Mounted the switch for the pump and trimmed out the top.

 

[EODtony]

I got my brew stand completely assembled. I just need to paint it and get my panel and pumps mounted! View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1446622702.096622.jpg

 

[lhommedieu]

Finally got this put together the way that I want. Those who know me well know that I'm not at all handy, lol. This is for a cleaning cycle from the boil kettle through to a conical fermenter (not shown) and into the hot water tun. Re-direct a couple of hoses and you can cycle back the other way. The red hoses on the left are for pumping RO water from a container up to the hot water tun. There are two kettles for decoctions and step mashes, and a sparge tun to the left of the table (not shown). Mash is ladled to the sparge tun. Water is pumped from the hot lauter tun to the sparge tun, and wort is pumped from the sparge tun the boil kettle, etc.

 

[thehebs]

Im not sure if my setup counts for this thread... but there is some wood in it...

 

[Skipp107]

The "wood" was from an Ikea Coffee table & End Table. They're super cheap and work perfectly!

I've added a 2nd burner and a pump.

 

[Nates2k1]

Maiden brew on Saturday. Had a few hiccups, but nothing major. Lined the wood around the burners with Durock and it barely gets warm. Sorry about the messy garage in the background.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1458069254.907241.jpg

 

[abbysdad2006]

Here she is in action. I am such a geek I even built a little website to document the process. If this helps encourage anyone I have succeeded

Great looking rig, do have the website so i can look. I'm looking to make something like this. Thanks

 

[abbysdad2006]

Great looking rig, do have the website so i can look. I'm looking to make something like this. Thanks

Nevermind, found the website in the picture!! :smack:

 

[homebrewdude76]

Anyone with an electric system and wood brew stand?
Are you insulating the pot from the wood? Due to the heat?

 

[benbradford]

I actually wrapped my boil kettles with wooden staves. No problem with heat. Smells nice when brewing but a bitch to keep clean without a hose...

If you are looking for a good idea for cleanliness and some kind of barrier, frp (reataurant paneling) works great.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Anyone with an electric system and wood brew stand?

Are you insulating the pot from the wood? Due to the heat?

With electric, the kettle only gets to boiling temps. My stand is unfinished wood and is not affected by the heat of electric brewing. Some choose to put their e kettles on cork mats or something similar for cosmetic reasons, to not to mar a treated surface.