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[texashomer]

I've been trying to figure out the best setup for my enviroment. I'd really like to keep everything together so I can just wheel out to the driveway and start brewing. I plan on using one or two pumps to move liquid around and have only added the higher tier for storage. The length is 6'. The upper tier is 5', the lower being 3'. The width is 2'. The HLT will be up top, the boil kettle on the other side, and the MLT in the middle. I setup an outdoor kitchen when I brew so the Bus Tubs and Hose shown will be in use when the HTL is under flame.

I'd love any feedback or comments.

 

[brewman !]

If it were me, I'd put the storage into another cabinet on rollers I'd make it a single tier set up. You are going to have the pumps anyway.

If you go natural gas instead of propane you won't need to store a propane tank (or two).

 

[slakwhere]

don't forget to account for the height of the casters if you're really wheeling it out in the driveway.

 

[SouthernBrew]

Here is my work in progress. You can follow my blog to see more.

Should that "Boil Temp" label be "Mash Temp"? I monitor HLT and mash temps but not the boil kettle.

 

[CoalCracker]

No, I will be controlling the boil and the HLT. The temp of the HLT will be the Mash temp since it is HERMS.

 

[SS_Brewing_Co]

If it were me, I'd put the storage into another cabinet on rollers I'd make it a single tier set up. You are going to have the pumps anyway.

+1 to that.

 

[BraxtonBrewery]

Here is my work in progress. I've just recently finished it. I'm working on the control panel currently. Also the grain mill station.

Here is the build link:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/brewtius-maximus-braxton-10-complete-single-tier-build-352087/

 

[revco]

I can finally join this club! I'm on the path to building a semi-automated single tier Brutus style system, but had to get the big $$$ out of the way with my kettles, pumps, accessories, fittings and such. For now, I'm just on 2x6's...but the stand will come once I recover financially from everything in this phase, probably in a couple months.

I brewed on it last Sunday and all I can say is...it was awesome.

 

[SkullStacheBrew]

First time posting and I have to give a lot of credit to this thread. A lot of my ideas and plans came from all the different sculptures on here.

I will eventually get a rolling, single tiered system like a lot of you have, but I simply do not have the room yet. I was lucky enough to have room for a storage shed to put everything in. I used to pull everything out and set it up on chairs but decided just to mount everything inside the shed instead.

Check it out!


Open the doors and....


System contains two March pumps, a RIMS tube, keggle and burner, Rubbermaid mash tun and a separate Rubbermaid cooler for storing sparge water. Everything is controlled by a simple panel mounted on the inside with two PID controllers, one for the RIMS and one to display keggle temp.



Pull out the burner and you're ready to go!



Pumps are more or less permanently attached but the RIMS tube can be removed to drain.



Also features a ~30' counterflow wort chiller and a rack to hang up all my tubing on the door. Cheers!

http://skullstachebrew.blogspot.com/

 

[-TH-]

^^^ Pretty dang clever. VERY well done!

 

[revco]

^^^ Pretty dang clever. VERY well done!

Also agreed, brilliant! Great space saver idea. I still need to figure out a proper storage mechanism for my setup. It's sprawling, for sure!

 

[rekoob]

I really like it. I have the same type of shed but a 5x8 that I use for all my brew stuff, along with my Brutus 10 I built last summer. Added a 8x8 deck off the front of it, wheel out the stand and start it up.

Is that pipe looking thing your counterflow chiller? Can you give more detail on that? I think I see the temp probe wire going to the top but can't see anything else about it.
Thanks,

 

[SkullStacheBrew]

No, that is my RIMS heat exchanger. Temperature probe on top and electric heat element in the bottom.


Here is my counterflow chiller. Pretty basic copper tube inside a hose. I think I got about 30' in it before I couldn't slide it in anymore.

http://skullstachebrew.blogspot.com/

 

[rekoob]

nice set up Bro! Great job.

 

[dbrewski]

First time posting and I have to give a lot of credit to this thread. A lot of my ideas and plans came from all the different sculptures on here.

I will eventually get a rolling, single tiered system like a lot of you have, but I simply do not have the room yet. I was lucky enough to have room for a storage shed to put everything in. I used to pull everything out and set it up on chairs but decided just to mount everything inside the shed instead.

Check it out!

I love creative thinking. Haven't seen anything quite like this, and it makes sense in a shared area like outside an apartment, etc. Heck, it makes sense just about anywhere! Great way to keep a deck or patio cleaned up when not in use. Good work!

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

No, that is my RIMS heat exchanger. Temperature probe on top and electric heat element in the bottom.

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Here is my counterflow chiller. Pretty basic copper tube inside a hose. I think I got about 30' in it before I couldn't slide it in anymore.

I wonder if you could lube up the hose inside just pouring baby oil or something else in there? 30' is probably sufficient though.

*Edit* I just realized how sexual this post sounds.

 

[slakwhere]

Soapy water and mine went together easy as pie.
The toughest part was pushing the hose on the end of the T

 

[SteveWPG]

Here is my setup. Nothing fancy but it works and makes a lot of beer.

 

[jammin]

Damn that's cool!

Do you have pics of the inside if the dumpster, errr, mash tun? How well does it hold temp with the rims - does it get "cold pockets"?

What elements are you boiling with in the kettle? Boil time?

 

[SteveWPG]

Heh. I don't have any pics right now but its just a simple stainless braid in the bottom of the MT. The only problem I have had with the RIMS tube (it's the one from Stout Tanks) is that the way its configured new with a probe on one end, the probe was not giving accurate temps. I reconfigured it so that the probe is inside of a 1/2 tube and it is much better. I give the mash a stir now and then but the temp stays very steady.

The kettle has 2 4500w elements. I start heating as soon as the elements are covered and I've never timed it but I would say at worst it gets to a boil about 10 mins after I'm finished sparging. Sometimes it gets to a boil before I'm done sparging.

My biggest bottleneck right now is heating strike water which takes about an hour. However, I have a dryer plug that's close

 

[brewman !]

Here is my work in progress. I've just recently finished it. I'm working on the control panel currently. Also the grain mill station.

I'd like to hear about/see pictures of/plans for your grain mill station.

I love the tool box under your brewstand. I'd do the same, but mine is going to be stored outside.

 

[dbrewski]

Here is my setup. Nothing fancy but it works and makes a lot of beer.

Holy smokes! Go big or go home, right? That is awesome. What size are your typical batches?

 

[slakwhere]

i think the control panel for this should be 6 foot x 4 foot to be more to scale with the size of the vessels!

 

[frod1963]

Here is my work in progress. You can follow my blog to see more.

I really like the stainless "vessel" or kettle/ stainless drum or whatever that is on the right at mid height, what is that?

 

[Demon]

Looks like a 42gal kettle from bubbasbarrels.com

 

[rockinmarty]

Here is my setup. Nothing fancy but it works and makes a lot of beer.

Holly crap dude. Only 1 question: What do you do once it get cold in Winterpeg? 'cause that will steam up a garage:rockin:

 

[SteveMillerTime]

This is my BIAB setup that I mash in a cooler. I was aiming for something compact and easy to clean. I pump strike water from the pot to the cooler then gravity feed my runnings to the kettle (with the bag still in the cooler - no lifting involved). I don't bother with a mashout or sparge as I can hit 78% mash efficiency without either. The stand collapses and sets up in about 20 seconds.

Please tell me you have a link to that giant bag you use for mashing...that'd save me so much time cleaning up! Not to mention reduce tannins from the grain!

 

[rockinmarty]

Please tell me you have a link to that giant bag you use for mashing...that'd save me so much time cleaning up! Not to mention reduce tannins from the grain!

I would also love to know where to get one!

 

[SteveWPG]

I started with 20 gallon batches but am mostly doing 30 now.

Holly crap dude. Only 1 question: What do you do once it get cold in Winterpeg? 'cause that will steam up a garage:rockin:

I am planning to move it all inside pretty soon. Was hoping to get in one more outdoors brew but then this happened this evening. Up until earlier today there was no snow. Such is life in Winnipeg

 

[rockinmarty]

Still nothing in the Montreal area. hoping for another winter like last year. We did not get to much snow.