Show us your sculpture or brew rig

[br1dge]

Posting might be a little premature as we still have a little ways to go to finish our new baby but she is getting close. 3rd big barrel on the way.

You can follow along as we complete it at the thread below.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/1bbl-stainless-single-tier-336098/

 

[starsailor]

SA-WEET shining bling!!!

 

[blaster_54738]

My rig I just finished. About $40 in lumber and hardware. The support arms come off and the tiers fold down, then the bottom comes off for easy storage.

 

[bckyrdkid420]

Built mine a year ago or so, decided I needed some wind/heat shields and a fresh coat of paint! Just bought a BBQ cover for her too!

 

[BulldogBrewer]

switches control the heating elements (4) and pumps (2)

here is a shot of it configured for mashing

I got tired of it looking like a collection of frankenkegs and was inspired by The Pol's badass design.

That is one amazingly nice system.

 

[jyda]

Upgraded to some Blichmann pots

 

[jcaudill]

You can build quite a rig for a grand.

Maybe the rig but certainly not with all the surrounding components.

 

[jcaudill]

I don't believe I ever posted mine up here - so just a quick action shot during mashing:


photo by brewerJP

The thread is here - although I haven't done a particularly great job at keeping things up to date.

 

[OneHoppyGuy]

Very nice build. I really like the dual burner shields. Thank you for sharing.

 

[jcaudill]

Thanks! That was absolutely a hindsight thing - I live in an area where there's always some wind to contend with. So it was either cap off the ends of the stand or shield the burners. I'm glad I did it the way I did it! It works. Only sucky part is it makes it difficult to see what's going on and my burners don't make a ton of noise.

 

[shulz73]

My rig I just finished. About $40 in lumber and hardware. The support arms come off and the tiers fold down, then the bottom comes off for easy storage.

Do you have any plans or more pictures of you rig. I have limited space and this setup would work great.

 

[blaster_54738]

Do you have any plans or more pictures of you rig. I have limited space and this setup would work great.

Kind of hard to see the plans but I'll explain the best I can...

The base is 2x4's and is 4' x 2'6".

The uprights are 2x4's as well and I think I ended up making it 5'6" tall.

The platforms are made with 1x4's and measure 2'x2'.

The side supports are 1x4's I just cut to fit. These have to be removed for it to fold.

I used 1/2"x4" bolts for all of it. Base separates and stores really nice.

One other thing is I was a couple bolts short on the plans, you need 12 of them and then 12 nuts and 24 washers. I couldn't find 1/2" wing nuts so I just used regular bolts

 

[jyda]

I don't believe I ever posted mine up here - so just a quick action shot during mashing:

Beautiful. Id like to see more pics, I'm thinking of moving to a full 3 vessel system.

Edit: your linked thread is what I was looking for! I'm using BrewTroller as well which is a large part my wanting to upgrade to 3 full vessels. Thanks for posting some inspirational material

 

[jcaudill]

Beautiful. Id like to see more pics, I'm thinking of moving to a full 3 vessel system.

Edit: your linked thread is what I was looking for! I'm using BrewTroller as well which is a large part my wanting to upgrade to 3 full vessels. Thanks for posting some inspirational material

Welcome! Let me know if I can be of any help on the Brewtroller setup. That took me a while to nail down!

 

[Malichaidog]

Having a local welder build mine. Just need to pipe the gas lines

 

[McCuckerson]

Upgraded to some Blichmann pots

I like it! simple but elegant, nice job

 

[HartBlood]

Here is what I have so far. Going to keep using my cooler for mash tun for awhile. It will be on top rack until I get a kettle. Then the top rack will be going away. Next thing is to order some burners this week.

 

[otek963]

Its still a virgin untill this weekend............
I still need to finish my control box and install the water filter system.

 

[wottaguy]

Well...for what it's worth I think it's about time that I posted my rig for all to see. I've been brewing on it steadily for a year now and have no regrets. It's set up in the basement and I enjoy it the most during those long cold winter days. It uses 3 120/20 amp circuits with 3 1500W elements. I only use the 3rd element when performing step mashes or if I need to speed up the time it takes to get to mash out temps. No problems boiling with 2 elements on 5 gallon batches. The system is capable of brewing 10 gallon batches as well, but I usually enjoy doing 5 gallon batches for the variety! I use homemade heat sticks as it simplifies the setup and there's less holes to make and worry about...and they get out of the way for whirlpooling. Well...here it is: enjoy!

 

[tre9er]

Here is what I have so far. Going to keep using my cooler for mash tun for awhile. It will be on top rack until I get a kettle. Then the top rack will be going away. Next thing is to order some burners this week.

warehouse racking, nice! We have some narrow racks here at work that I'd love to get my hands on!

 

[Oscar56]

My rig I just finished. About $40 in lumber and hardware. The support arms come off and the tiers fold down, then the bottom comes off for easy storage.

Do you have a side photo you could post?

 

[HDIr0n]

Here is my entry


IMG_0002 by HDIr0n, on Flickr

-G

 

[celticcolorado]

here is my wood, electric, herms sculpture

This is a work of art

 

[abarker8541]

Here is my entry


IMG_0002 by HDIr0n, on Flickr

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Lol, i work at the place that ammo can was filled!!

 

[HDIr0n]

Lol, i work at the place that ammo can was filled!!

Nice, all ordinance or just the 5.56?

 

[abarker8541]

I will pm you you

 

[ljacobs]

My three tier

 

[stlbeer]

My two tier.

 

[polsen3p]

Set a post in the ground and welded burner mounts evenly around so I can gravity fluid down around the center post.

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[blaster_54738]

Do you have a side photo you could post?

There is one when it wasn't totally complete and the previous page. The top tier was put on.