Show off your brew setup!

[disaffected]

Nice. Kinda hard to tell how tall it is from the angle. Looks really tall, but the garage appears to be a normal 8 foot height. You have any problems getting water in to the top barrel?

 

[Dude]

Should be a sticky.. hey mods?

Here's Mine. Just finished it today. Brewing with it now. Need some heat shielding on it but other than that it's rock n roll.

Brewing a strong belgian ale. Hoorah.

That looks kick ass. Need more pics.

 

[Biermann]

nice plumbing work.

Been meaning to post some pics of my new fermenter as well. . . my wife has hidden the camera.

Nice setup.

 

[Dude]

I don't believe my system is in this thread yet. All gravity for now, minus a home made wort wizard.

And then the final results:

 

[olllllo]

Dude:
Nice touch with the Fisher-Price table and all.
What's the tap marker on your stout setup?

 

[Dude]

Dude:
Nice touch with the Fisher-Price table and all.

With that and my crayons, I can come up with some killer recipes and labels.

What's the tap marker on your stout setup?

Generic Sam Adam's cream stout label that came on the tap handle (got it on ebay). When I need to impress someone, a real (crayon created) label replaces it.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Nice. Kinda hard to tell how tall it is from the angle. Looks really tall, but the garage appears to be a normal 8 foot height. You have any problems getting water in to the top barrel?

Top of the keg comes to 8 feet. Garage is 8' 8".

Used a drill pump to push water from a measured bucket to the HLT. Will be adding a sight tube to that keg so I can just use the hose. (I have a food grade coiled garden hose.)

The height was supposed to be shorter. My retired neighbor was a plumber/AC/Heating guy and he came over and helped with the build. He convinced me to go 24" between shelves and 24 etc. Back of my mind I knew there was a reason I meant to go shorter....

I'll submit more pics later in the day. Man that beatch is heavy! The shelved and legs come off though, so if I move I wonlt need a seperate truck. haha.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Should be a sticky.. hey mods?

Here's Mine. Just finished it today. Brewing with it now. Need some heat shielding on it but other than that it's rock n roll.

Brewing a strong belgian ale. Hoorah.

Here's more:

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

The Beer:

 

[Dude]

Here's more:

Nice. Now you need to paint that thing blue.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Was thinking painting it camouflage. Maybe mounting a m-60 on the top.

All kidding aside, when put on it's side, it does double as a tank trap.

 

[disaffected]

Cool. I like the heavy-duty stark utilitarian character of it. When I get around to building mine, that'll be the sort of look it will have. Emphasis on function and durability.

 

[Biermann]

I've been promising to show off my new fermentor when it came in. I finally found the camera (wife finally told me where she keeps it)

I know its not a "brew set up," but what the hey anyway. . .

 

[alemonkey]

I think I need to go change my chonies now....

 

[Biermann]

Sorry about that. . .

 

[Spyk'd]

I hate you...


...besides, where's the fun in not being able to watch your kraeusen?








Nice job actually. Been looking at them myself...

 

[Biermann]

I've talked about buying one for a long time. My wife kept telling me to get one so I'd shut up and stop whining.

You can watch (or check on) your Krauesen---You have to open the small corny lid on the top, but you can watch it (if you really want).

The nice thing is you can primary and secondary in the same vessel, rack, transfer under pressure, harvest yeast. . . and you don't ever have to open it until you need to clean it. And its light proof, and has its own carrying handles, and is not breakable. Of course, price is a downside.

When I die, I want them to bury me with my fermentor.

 

[disaffected]

Wow. I would really love to have three of those, Biermann. Yes, three, and that's the problem. I figure it would be excruciatingly painful to be limited to one brew fermenting at a time. One I could scrape the money together for, but three? I dunno.

I guess you can keep on using your carboys and buckets and stuff, too, but I know I'd want three of them, eventually.

Yep, three of the 7.5 gallon ones would do me fine. No, wait, make that three of the 14 gallon ones. :fro:


What size is that one of yours, btw?

 

[Spyk'd]

Don't forget that the more volume you have, the more cooling issues you have.



How are you going to cool three for proper fermentation temperatures?

 

[Biermann]

Yep, three of the 7.5 gallon ones would do me fine. No, wait, make that three of the 14 gallon ones. :fro:


What size is that one of yours, btw?

Mine's the 14 gallon--I make 5 and 10 gallon batches, so I needed something to accomodate a 10 plus gallon batch.

I still use my glass. . . especially for lagers. My fermenter will barely fit (I think--haven't really tried it yet, just eyeballed it) in the lagering fridge. I can get two different lagers in carboys in the fridge (5 gallon batches). I make mostly ales, so I'll be utilizing the conical for most everything except a lager.

Now that you mention it, I think I should get a whole shelf full of fermenters. . . . (don't tell my wife---she'll probably make me sleep in the brew room).

 

[disaffected]

Don't forget that the more volume you have, the more cooling issues you have.



How are you going to cool three for proper fermentation temperatures?

Hmmm. A row of old refrigerators set at varying temps for fermenting, lagering, conditioning, tapping... Now where to put it? Heck, who needs a garage anyway?

 

[Biermann]

My brew room has the outlets and space for at least 5 more fridges. The power bill would suck though.

I'm already feeding 4 fridges throughout the house.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

When I die, I want them to bury me with my fermentor.

Buy one big enough and you can be buried in your fermentor.
Probably still cheaper than a quality coffin...

 

[Biermann]

Buy one big enough and you can be buried in your fermentor.
Probably still cheaper than a quality coffin...

Or, I could be cremated, gristed, thrown in the mash, and be fermented as beer in my fermenter.

Its a circle of life. . . I'm in touch with my Karma. . . .

 

[disaffected]

My brew room has the outlets and space for at least 5 more fridges. The power bill would suck though.

I'm already feeding 4 fridges throughout the house.

When you get that many, it's worth looking for alternatives. Like a small walk-in cool room for ale fermentation and keg conditioning. and a regulated freezer for lagering. Then you just need the keg fridge, plus your normal refridgerators and freezers.

Yeah, it adds up to a whopping electric bill, I'm sure.

 

[disaffected]

Or, I could be cremated, gristed, thrown in the mash, and be fermented as beer in my fermenter.

Its a circle of life. . . I'm in touch with my Karma. . . .

Sort of a Valentine Michael Smith "Grok" thing, ala Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.

 

[Spyk'd]

When you get that many, it's worth looking for alternatives. Like a small walk-in cool room for ale fermentation and keg conditioning. and a regulated freezer for lagering. Then you just need the keg fridge, plus your normal refridgerators and freezers.

Yeah, it adds up to a whopping electric bill, I'm sure.

This is also a project I'm looking into...



My alternative to a walk in cooler at the very least would be a "lagering/serving bar" where the entire underneath of the bar will be a refrigerator and will hold up to a dozen cornie kegs. Still in the planning stage (planning to slip it past the wife that is).

She knows it's coming tho...

 

[Biermann]

This is also a project I'm looking into...



My alternative to a walk in cooler at the very least would be a "lagering/serving bar" where the entire underneath of the bar will be a refrigerator and will hold up to a dozen cornie kegs. Still in the planning stage (planning to slip it past the wife that is).

She knows it's coming tho...

there is a picture of such said creature in the last BYO (I think....don't have it handy).

BTW, my last post, in retrospect, kinda weirds me out. :cross:

 

[Spyk'd]

The true circle of life (Karma as well) would be you drinking the beer made from your fermented ashes...

:cross:



No need to be weirded.

 

[Spyk'd]

there is a picture of such said creature in the last BYO (I think....don't have it handy).

I believe I may need to check this out. Any help out there?