Show Me Your Wood Brew Sculpture/Rig

[kh54s10]

Here is mine. I am going to add a filter and water directly to the HLT. I presently fill the HLT a gallon at a time. Everything is at a height that I don't have to move anything heavy except the spent grains.

Any plans or dimensions for this? Nice job....Only thing I would add are some wheels in case you need to move it away from a wall.

No dimensions, I started from the floor and decided how high I needed to have the boil kettle to drain into the fermenter. I then figured the height for the mash tun and finally the HLT. I have since reversed everything so that the boil kettle is toward the sink. No need for wheels since I will not be moving it. It is about a foot away from the wall and I don't need to move it for space. The only thing I use the porch for is brewing.

Just 2x4's and plywood painted with hi gloss paint.

 

[goofiefoot]

Pleased to be able to finally post mine here. See the build up and fun HERE

 

[castermmt]

Here's my Electric Brewery Kal clone with modifications.

 

[castermmt]

A few more pictures.

 

[LandoLincoln]

Here's my Electric Brewery Kal clone with modifications.

That's really nice. I especially like your grain mill. Good work!

 

[brewslut]

Very cool!

Does that double as a lifeguard chair???? AWESOME!!!

 

[jammin]

Here is my brew kit. I need to modify the wind shroud a bit before it goes up in flames, but so far so good. I enjoy the RIMs system a lot. I feed the kit with a MM3 2.0

Pulled down 3 ribbons at the state fair this year brew'n on it

 

[toboR]

Here's my brew tower that I just finished the other night.

 

[Kmcogar]

Here's my brew tower that I just finished the other night.

I like this a lot! Good work man. I might have to steal that design

 

[Jeebas]

Here is my brew kit. I need to modify the wind shroud a bit before it goes up in flames, but so far so good. I enjoy the RIMs system a lot. I feed the kit with a MM3 2.0

Pulled down 3 ribbons at the state fair this year brew'n on it

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Are my eyes deceiving me or are those burner stands resting on only the narrow end (the "2") of a 2x4?

 

[bake3310]

I built this wooden brew stand a few weeks ago.

I made it out of 2x4's for the base and uprights and 2x6's for the top. I have the HLT and MT on 1/2 particle board and the burner on cement board. I don't need to heat water in the HLT because I have an on-demand water heater that puts out 175F water from a faucet in the garage.


The burner is a 32jet natural gas wok burner. I've capped half of them to reduce the amount of flame coming out from under the keggle during WOT.


I used aluminum flashing to protect the wood from burning. I've done a few test runs and so far no fires. I also cleaned up the look and tried to avoid cuts by putting metal duct tape on the flashing's sharp edges.

Since these pictures I've switched out the barb fittings for camlocks and installed two of the lightobject pumps.

Sadly I have not yet brewed with it. Right after I finished this I installed underground sprinkling and then had to travel out of town for work. Maybe in early September I'll get a chance.

 

[jammin]

Are my eyes deceiving me or are those burner stands resting on only the narrow end (the "2") of a 2x4?

I have conduit clips(?) which fasten them to the frame.

 

[toboR]

I like this a lot! Good work man. I might have to steal that design

Thanks, the bolts come out at the joints for easy breakdown and stow away. Limited garage space made this a must. But I pretty pulled the inspiration directly from the TopTier. Now I plan to mount my water filter and away I go!

 

[MillCreekBrewing]

Ours is about 90% complete, just need to do some more bracing and add the casters to the bottom! Will post finished product tomorrow.

 

[Rcole]

Ours is about 90% complete, just need to do some more bracing and add the casters to the bottom! Will post finished product tomorrow.

Looks nice and solid. Will it have wheels?

 

[MillCreekBrewing]

Looks nice and solid. Will it have wheels?

Yeah, put the wheels on yesterday and fastened down the 2nd level, might cut down the 2nd level a little kinda close to my sofit. Anyway stores my equipment well when not being used.

 

[wilserbrewer]

... might cut down the 2nd level a little kinda close to my sofit. Anyway stores my equipment well when not being used.

Very nice work, looks as though you have about 18" extra height...6" b/w the HLT and MLT, and 12" b/w the MLT and BK. Storage space is plus, but extra height while brewing can be a hassle...trade-offs I guess.

Looks good either way.

 

[Codfish]

Thank you to everyone who has posted pics of their "woodie" given me some really good ideas to build one of my own

 

[toboR]

Here's my brew tower that I just finished the other night.

Finished brewing an Oatmeal stout using my tower. Worked like a charm

 

[joshstokes122]

Just built mine today. Most of my inspiration came from harten74's rig in this thread. I still need to add casters.

I don't use a separate burner for a lauter tun, so I didn't feel the need to make the third tier permanently fixed. Plus, I was able to make it a little smaller for storage.

The angled braces for the third tier simply pull out from some dowels allowing the whole tier to collapse.

 

[Poobah58]

Might as well as show off mine:

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

Might as well as show off mine:

The diamond plate looks like overkill.

I LIKE overkill!

What kind of insulation are you using on your MLT? Are you losing any heat leaving the top part exposed like that?

Though, with a RIMS, I guess that doesn't matter as much...

 

[beermypower]

Here's my electric Herms sculpture

 

[Poobah58]

The diamond plate looks like overkill.

I LIKE overkill!

What kind of insulation are you using on your MLT? Are you losing any heat leaving the top part exposed like that?

Though, with a RIMS, I guess that doesn't matter as much...

The diamond plate is aluminum. I grounded it, thus my kettles are grounded. The top of the MT has a lid and I'm sure it loses heat but the dual RIMS takes care of that. I got the insulation from McMaster Carr. I think it's closed cell type.

 

[bd2xu]

Feel like this is a dumb question, but in all of these 3 tier systems I see that rely on gravity and no pump, how do you get the water into the HLT on top? Garden hose seems obvious but the water out of my garden hose tastes funny (tap water itself is fine). Or do you use buckets and climb the ladder?

 

[edmanster]

Feel like this is a dumb question, but in all of these 3 tier systems I see that rely on gravity and no pump, how do you get the water into the HLT on top? Garden hose seems obvious but the water out of my garden hose tastes funny (tap water itself is fine). Or do you use buckets and climb the ladder?

Potable water hose and then allot use carbon filters too!

 

[Max232]

I use a water hose for an RV (white hose) plus it runs through a filter.

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

I use a blue hose, approved for drinking water.

Do not drink (or get brew water) from regular garden hoses. Some of them are made with lead, so better safe than sorry. Plus, the water tastes bad.

 

[bd2xu]

Here's my 3 tier setup. $40 for casters, shelving and sealer. The rest was scrap wood.

how's this rig working? i like the idea of a tower but the metal ones are so $$$ and i don't have welding capability so was thinking of building a tower solution with wood

 

[CastleHollow]

After thinking on this for a little while, I finally put together an L-shaped design using scrap wood

and about $30 worth of plywood & casters. Getting the frame square was the hardest part

But after about 6 hours last weekend I finally got this together:

Still needs paint, gas line plumbing and a pump, but it's functional.