Show Me Your Wood Brew Sculpture/Rig

[wilserbrewer]

Very nice stand! I like the idea of expanding if and when you desire. I like the idea of modular carts as well.

Also like the high tech ventilation system in place...same as mine...cheers!

 

[brewmcq]

Very nice stand! I like the idea of expanding if and when you desire. I like the idea of modular carts as well.

Also like the high tech ventilation system in place...same as mine...cheers!

Cheers!

Modular carts is the future. I'm going to do the same thing in my workshop too.. Should make life a little easier.

The high-tech ventilation system is just there to keep the basement de-mildewed... At some point I'm going to put an attic fan or something with a vent so I can completely remove the flip-up window.. My pulley needs to go there.. LOL

 

[Thefirebuilds]

Very cool. How does the plate chiller work doing gravity fed? Are you going to add a pump at any point?

It works fine if you filter the hops out somehow. For now I am just using a hop bag so I can remove them after flame out. Later I'll put in a screen or something.

But yes, gravity is fine. I may add a pump but really, life is complicated enough.

 

[beerandbourbon]

I've been brewing for a few years now. I used to use my buddy's old wooden three tier stand, but it didn't have wheels and was super heavy. I used this for the first time for a Labor day pumpkin ale brew (for a buddy's wedding next month). It went great! I designed the stand to be very compact to more easily brew on my own.

HLT on the left, MT in the middle, BK on the right. The white unit is a water filter. The hooks in the back are for drying the tubing. The MT needs to be propped up for 10+ gallon batches until I get a new pump. Both propane tanks fit under the MT for storage. The attachments on the pump are for priming and sampling.

Next upgrade will be to add HERMS to the HLT and then a second pump - these should be done in the next few months. Right now I circulate through the HLT for mash step temperature raises (while heating strike water in the BK).

 

[beerandbourbon]

Nothing to see here

 

[BrewDawg79]

Built stands from mostly scrap wood laying around the garage, and I place them on my work bench on brew day. Breaks down for storage pretty well so SWMBO can park in garage when done brewing.

 

[benbradford]

Updated mine... Still have to finish second mash tun so that brew day is more efficient use of my time.

 

[fergusyarrow]

Here is the result of my summers work

 

[emribecky]

Electricity and Wood is a great combination!

 

[beerandbourbon]

Electricity and Wood is a great combination!

Do you mind sharing a flow diagram so we know how it works? Also, how are you using your valves? It looks like there are only valves on your pumps and one of your hoses - were you just trying to save money on the valves or is there some other advantage here? Looks great btw.

I'm super jealous of the electric route. I just set up a 220 volt circuit in my basement, which was easier than I had anticipated. Since I could easily vent to my chimney from our basement, I'm going to look more into going electric. Do you use a spa/hot tub GFCI cord for yours?

Cheers,
Roger

 

[benbradford]

I finally finished mine.. At least for now.

 

[eric19312]

I finally finished mine.. At least for now.

Wow! Not what I expected to see in this thread at all.

 

[Yaason]

Finally got a house this summer so what was one of the first things I built? Works fine... so far...

 

[TBLbrewer]

Here is my hybrid gas/electric BCS controlled 2 Tier.

 

[Gumbys_Brew]

My woody

 

[BeerGrylls]

My woody

Wow.. do you fire that burner right there, around all that wood?!

 

[Setesh]

Here's mine. Built it out of scrap lumber from pallets. Total cost <$6.50. Still puting together an EHERMS setup.

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[Gumbys_Brew]

Wow.. do you fire that burner right there, around all that wood?!

Oh no i pull the table out away from the walls when doing a brew

 

[emribecky]

Here is my thread with more details... there are a lot more components to the rig than that little picture shows!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/budget-friendly-control-panel-2-pid-2-element-317787/

Also, here is a general flow diagram I put together... its all very straightforward HERMS.
View attachment Visio-Flow-v.2.pdf

Do you mind sharing a flow diagram so we know how it works? Also, how are you using your valves? It looks like there are only valves on your pumps and one of your hoses - were you just trying to save money on the valves or is there some other advantage here? Looks great btw.

I'm super jealous of the electric route. I just set up a 220 volt circuit in my basement, which was easier than I had anticipated. Since I could easily vent to my chimney from our basement, I'm going to look more into going electric. Do you use a spa/hot tub GFCI cord for yours?

Cheers,
Roger

 

[reynolds5520]

Also, here is a general flow diagram I put together... its all very straightforward HERMS.
View attachment 155853

That's one of the best organized system flow diagrams I've seen on here, great job!

 

[beerandbourbon]

Here is my thread with more details... there are a lot more components to the rig than that little picture shows!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/budget-friendly-control-panel-2-pid-2-element-317787/

Also, here is a general flow diagram I put together... its all very straightforward HERMS.
View attachment 155853

Nice flow diagram and thread! I've been spending all of my money lately fixing up our house, but hopefully I'll be converting to electric before long. I'll definitely be using your build as inspiration for a cheaper control panel. Thanks!

 

[LandoLincoln]

Hey, I finally found a guy that had a really bad idea for a wooden brew rig. Check it out.

Bad idea for a wooden brew stand

 

[AngryMonk]

Hey, I finally found a guy that had a really bad idea for a wooden brew rig. Check it out.

Bad idea for a wooden brew stand

Wood burns ? How surprising! Next thing is a ducktape brew stand...

 

[cpl-america]

Holy pinewood Barman, lumber burns? Since when ?

 

[anthropod]

Little bit of ginger.

 

[anthropod]

Didn't post the whole thing... Duh

 

[cpl-america]

Wow, that is super tall.
It looks fantastic.

 

[ApertureBrewing]

My new system just took it's maiden voyage on Friday!!

11kW electric 1bbl blichmann system w/ 3 55 gallon kettles
2x 35 gallon conicals + 2" tri clamp butterfly dumps + racking ports + thermowells + tc blowoffs
50a brew controller from theelectricbrewery.com (totally worth the $)
2x chuggers
stained/polyurethane stand
insulated ferm chamber -> base made from plywood/2x4/casters; johnson a419 + lasko myheat 200w heater

 

[ApertureBrewing]

sorry about the upside down photos.. not sure why that happens??

 

[jammin]

Btw - how is your temp control performance with your fermentation setup?