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[HollisBrewCo]

I bet blichmann sends you a christmas card every year, if they don't they should.

They must be getting lost in the mail I will email Johnny boy.

 

[microbusbrewery]

I finally finished by brew stand a couple weeks ago so I thought I'd post a pic. I've never posted a pic before, so just in case I screw this up, I have more info on my blog for anyone that's interested: http://www.microbusbrewery.org/2011/10/finished-brew-stand.html

My system is a gas/electric hybrid. The mash process is all electric and is controlled by a BCS-460. For the boil I have a natural gas burner.

 

[squirrelly]

Here is my fully digital B3 1100



My wife loves this sculpture



The hot liquor tank, heat infuser, and float switch



The mash tun with float switch



The digital controllers



The digital control panel selector switch



The digital burner under the hot liquor tank

[email protected]. on tap: easy virtue blonde, fruity monk belgian wit. primary: American pale ale, American stout, blow your top steam, and heffewitzen

 

[thomashp]

Here's mine.

 

[mountainman13]

Here's my pile of leftover junk laying around the garage that I turned into a brewery. I keep meaning to make a an actual two tier stand with HLT on top, but this works for now and I'd rather be brewing than building.
HLT is my original BK that started the whole madness, now equipped with a 120V element. I have all the stuff to hook up the temp control for it, but for now, I just manually plug and un-plug it.
MT has a RIMS for dummies setup behind it.

 

[CanadianQuaffer]

Just doing a test run on it now. If all goes well I'll be making a batch of Ed Worts haus pale ale tomorrow morning.

Hey SaltyHog...those red burners you have in your set-up...did you get those at Home Hardware?

 

[bellecitybrewer]

Here's my "not yet complete, yet completely rusty" single tier...

 

[SaltyHog]

Hey SaltyHog...those red burners you have in your set-up...did you get those at Home Hardware?

I got 'em at a restaurant supply store. $80 each. They work well but they could be a bit closer to the pot bottom.

 

[lehr]

Rig I built for a buddy I dont have any finished pics but it has three pids and a RIMS tube set up,Second pic is the pump cover.
Pat

 

[Layne]

Dude!
Amazing work, as usual.

 

[lehr]

Thanks Layne now if I only had a place like yours to put it in !!!

Pat

 

[Layne]

Thanks for the compliment. We LOVE our 'cookroom', and use it all the time.
BEST thing I ever did.

 

[twanger1994]

WOW looks affordable... lol

Nice work!!! I like the circle work for the vents one the pump cover, the top too!! Never could understand the tool box design people use. The extra heat has to make it work harder then it has to.

Any chance you can get the finished pics, I "we" 'd love to see'um?

 

[lehr]

WOW looks affordable... lol

Nice work!!! I like the circle work for the vents one the pump cover, the top too!! Never could understand the tool box design people use. The extra heat has to make it work harder then it has to.

Any chance you can get the finished pics, I "we" 'd love to see'um?

I dont have any pictures of it finished, I handed it over to him to finish but I don't think it's done, but he has brewed on it.

Pat

 

[gtn80]

My version of Wallace the Weldless

 

[McCuckerson]

Well, here she is. The final bolt tightened and the last hose installed. Tomorrow we head off on our maiden voyage together. She's completely electric and 10gal capable. 11000 watts of pure grainy goodness. There are so many people to thank: Walker and P-J for all your electrical mental superiority, Yuri for keeping me honest in posts, Yooper and Revvy for process help.... and the list goes on and on.

 

[Flomaster]

Well, here she is. The final bolt tightened and the last hose installed. Tomorrow we head off on our maiden voyage together. She's completely electric and 10gal capable. 11000 watts of pure grainy goodness. There are so many people to thank: Walker and P-J for all your electrical mental superiority, Yuri for keeping me honest in posts, Yooper and Revvy for process help.... and the list goes on and on.

The screen in your mash tun, need more info please

-=Jason=-
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[FSR402]

The screen in your mash tun, need more info please

-=Jason=-
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Yeah me too...

Also the PVC plumbing on the hot side worries me.

 

[McCuckerson]

Its all electric so there is really no hot side vs cold side.

 

[Bruwsomtin]

Black crow brewery

 

[Bruwsomtin]

More pics

 

[Bruwsomtin]

Meet "THE WHO" Wort Hop Optimizer......for all your continually hopped beer.

 

[pickles]

How does The Who work? Some kind of auger I assume?

 

[Bruwsomtin]

How does The Who work? Some kind of auger I assume?

that is correct.... 1 inch auger bit with some brass bushings solder into some copper pipe connected to a 4rpm motor - fine tunned with a dimmer switch. Works really well and is simple as hell to make. I will take it apart and post it on its own thread if you would like.

 

[pickles]

that is correct.... 1 inch auger bit with some brass bushings solder into some copper pipe connected to a 4rpm motor - fine tunned with a dimmer switch. Works really well and is simple as hell to make. I will take it apart and post it on its own thread if you would like.

Yes please!

 

[WortMonger]

Damn nice setups! The Who is awesome. Great ingenuity!

 

[Bruwsomtin]

Yes please!

check out the WHO device thread in the diy forum

 

[FSR402]

Its all electric so there is really no hot side vs cold side.

Not the heat from the burners it's the heat of the water/wort. PVC and CPVC are not rated to boiling temps.

 

[McCuckerson]

Not the heat from the burners it's the heat of the water/wort. PVC and CPVC are not rated to boiling temps.

Ah, my bad. The photo is of the MLT. There is no plastic in the BK. CPVC is very capable of boiling temps, however its pressure rating drops slightly at temps above 180f. You're right though; its not worth it to use in the BK.

 

[FSR402]

Ah, my bad. The photo is of the MLT. There is no plastic in the BK. CPVC is very capable of boiling temps, however its pressure rating drops slightly at temps above 180f. You're right though; its not worth it to use in the BK.

Again, not talking about that.. lol Talking about all the hard piping on the out side to and from the pump. CPVC starts to soften at boil if it's softening it's basically melting and leaching crap into your beer.
I guess if you're fine with it who am I to say any different.