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[chapa]

$80 brewstand.

What did you use? Did you weld it?

 

[Thefloyd1970]

Found a guy on CL that welds up firewood stands. I sent him some plans I found online and he fabricated it for me. Now mind you, the stand itself was $80. The burners and plumbing were extra. All said, minus the kettles, the stand was under $300. Already brewed 2 batches this month on it. An amber ale and a honey wheat.

 

[Paulasaurus]

Please forgive the novice:

Why are the burners at different depths?

Burners were at different depths because the ends were bumping into each other on the middle and right burner(in the pic) and we were rushing to get the burners in for a test fire after a day of building them.

I do have mine staggered however and keep the HLT burner as high as it can go, the MLT burner lowest so it doesn't scorch the wort at the bottom of the MLT keggle, and the Boil keggle burner a little lower than the HLT so I don't get scorching in the boil kettle.

 

[Option]

Wow...I finally got through all 123 pages of this thread and have taken too much inspiration from it, lol. It has caused my to re-design my rig about 100 times which has severely slowed my construction haha.
Thanks everyone for contributing to the community!

 

[chapa]

Wow...I finally got through all 123 pages of this thread and have taken too much inspiration from it, lol. It has caused my to re-design my rig about 100 times which has severely slowed my construction haha.
Thanks everyone for contributing to the community!

I hear you there. This thread is definitely responsible for me splurging on my brew rig! However, since putting it all together, I've recently been venturing BIAB, just so I dont have to lug out the whole thing! Nothing like a rocking brew rig tho!

 

[big_al_in_k-zoo]

Just used this for the first time last week. I'm stoked

 

[slakwhere]

you really shouldn't have a valve on the input of your pump, only on the output.

Here's my rig, just need to brew on it now!

 

[Layne]

Just realized I never posted mine here.

Brew day.

 

[Cookiedds]

This is my first post on this forum and would like to thank all who post here and share their time and knowledge. This post is awesome! I dont think you can find a bigger compilation of rig pics in one place. I've been working on this for some time now. Its finnaly come to its 2.0 version and has an integrated Arduino Microcontroller recording 11 temps into an access database. Arduinos are fun!

I have more Pics if anyone wants to see them.

That is the whackiest Tech/Ghetto set-up I've seen to date. Does it make ice cream as well? I applaud your creativity, sweet system.

 

[chapa]

Just realized I never posted mine here.

Brew day.

I love how compact and clean that is! Awesome rig. Really considering some nice stainless pots myself. The kegs are just so bulky and heavy!

 

[rich32501]

Here's my three tier about to be put to use last weekend. I made it from extra shelf unit uprights and a couple pieces of square tube. You can see where I toasted my cooler tun the first time I brewed with it. I installed a piece of sheet metal between the tun and the top burner and fixed that little problem. My back is as happy as my taste buds now.

 

[shawnguinn]

This is mine

And LOVE it

 

[keg2881]

Here is my brew rig, just got her all put together Saturday and brewed my 1st AG batch on Sunday. I've got a few quirks and kinks to work out of it. Not to mention all the things I'll do different next time. It only took me all day Saturday to find the fittings for the wort in and out for my chiller so that I couls use QD on it.

 

[Dawas]

Here is my home made rig!

 

[rambler]

Here she is

 

[wncbrewer]

Hi guys, just built a new two tier system and converted the kegs myself. I am a bit concerned because I filled them with water and opened the valves only to find that they don't drain all the way to the bottom of the pickup tubes. They drain below the bulkhad but still leave almost 2 gal of water. I checked everything to make sure it was tight and don't perceive any air getting into the line/ joint/ bulkeads.

Any other perceived problems??? Open to suggestions, I would imagine pump will provide suction enough to drain more, but haven't hooked up yet.

My keggles are the same, I actually decided not to install a diptube on the boil kettle because it gives space for the hop trub to settle out after the whirlpool. I know some on here thinks whirlpooling is bs, but it works well for me. I just plan for the dead space when formulating my recipe, it only equates to a couple extra dollars in grain

 

[Salmonhouse]

My keggles are the same, I actually decided not to install a diptube on the boil kettle because it gives space for the hop trub to settle out after the whirlpool. I know some on here thinks whirlpooling is bs, but it works well for me. I just plan for the dead space when formulating my recipe, it only equates to a couple extra dollars in grain

Maybe make your dip tube come to a 90 degree elbow and suck off the side of your keggle?

 

[EricT]

Maybe make your dip tube come to a 90 degree elbow and suck off the side of your keggle?

This is what I did. my trub loss depends on how much hops I use but when I optested it with just water I only have maybe 1/4 cup left in my BK. I'll post pics when I get home.

 

[aranka]

heres my system.

 

[dulavjo]

This is what I did. my trub loss depends on how much hops I use but when I optested it with just water I only have maybe 1/4 cup left in my BK. I'll post pics when I get home.

Have you posted the pictures yet?

 

[EricT]

Sorry for the late post. Here ya go. As a note I whirlpool.

 

[SAMPLER]

Sorry for the late post. Here ya go. As a note I whirlpool.

Nice looking piece! Do you notice an flow restriction with the several 90 degree elbows? Also do you notice and trub getting into your primary vessels?

 

[EricT]

Nice looking piece! Do you notice an flow restriction with the several 90 degree elbows? Also do you notice and trub getting into your primary vessels?

I hardly get any trub at all, I usually get a nice hop cone. My system is gravity fed, with the CFC below the BK and the Carboy below that, gravity sucks the wort right out. My CFC is 3/8 copper and my fittings in the BK are 1/2 inch so it can only flow so fast.

 

[Rondacker]

WOW!!
Two days to get through this thread!
I gotta get crackin'
So many great rigs, I'm inspired!

 

[shipwreckbrewer]

Ship Wreck Brewing

This is a hand built 2-tier RIMS setup...like everyone else it is a work in progress! Still trying to figure out where to permanently attach the 10 plate chiller I got (and the main mast

Also working on getting some kind of arduino setup that will yell at me when i hit target temps and such.

There are a few more pics on the website if your interested!

 

[jdd12364]

Here is my work in progress

 

[J-Malone]

Here is my work in progress

What do you use the 1/4 barrel underneath for? I like the 2 tier

 

[dallasdb]

What do you use the 1/4 barrel underneath for? I like the 2 tier

Boil kettle for 5 gallon batches? That is my guess.

 

[wildwest450]

I thought i'd whored my rig out in every thread possible, don't know how I missed this one.

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[Qeelin]

Ok here's my mostly homemade rig. It's simple but it makes good beer.

The hot liquor tank is my old boil kettle. A 7.5 gal Turkey Fryer that came with the burner. The new boil kettle is a 9 gal SS Steamer Pot made by the same company (Bayou Classic).
I have all SS 3 piece valves and fittings. I made the two tables from 100% scrap wood that was laying around the house. The table top used to be a leaf out of a table.

My homemade kettle screen. I made it by putting a SS coil of wire inside a aircraft quality SS overall shield braid and clamping it to the SS "T".

Here's my homemade sparge setup. Just an old pie plate that I drilled holes in.

This is the false bottom inside my mash tun.

It's not fancy but it'll get the job done. :rockin: