Show us your sculpture or brew rig

[The Pol]

Converted my three tier to a single last week...

 

[sanders5x]

I made the mash paddle out of 2 sankey dip tubes.

Do you dough in with that paddle? How well does it mix?

 

[jbreiding]

What kind of motor is that for the mash tun? What do your paddles look like?

looks like a window regulator from car.

 

[bevoduz]

Here's mine, almost done, doing the natural gas plumbing on sunday. Tomorrow I'm going to chicago just to drink good beer all day, then I need to figure out what paint to use as the grill paint I bought to paint it with tonight seems to be problematic for others, ie rusting through after a year or so.

Started 3 tier, still is 3 tier but with a dump style mash tun.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

It's a work in progress. Here it is on the first day of the build. The burners mount on clips directly below the kegs. The project is nearly complete and is scheduled to brew on saturday.

 

[Lil' Sparky]

Here's mine, almost done, doing the natural gas plumbing on sunday. Tomorrow I'm going to chicago just to drink good beer all day, then I need to figure out what paint to use as the grill paint I bought to paint it with tonight seems to be problematic for others, ie rusting through after a year or so.

Started 3 tier, still is 3 tier but with a dump style mash tun.

I'm digging the tippy dumpy design. Doesn't look very 3-tier, though. Looks pretty much single tier unless my eyes deceive me.

Also, is your pump mounted in that 1st pic? It looks like it's just hanging there.

 

[bevoduz]

duh, I meant single tier sorry!

 

[keiths]

Do you dough in with that paddle? How well does it mix?

Yes i do, and it works good. And it is a Wiper motor from a car.

 

[sanders5x]

Thats interesting, might have to make a trip to the junk yard. How many rpm's does she spin at?

 

[WortMonger]

Ice cream machine stirrer motors work great too. Lots of torque, and a slow enough turn speed to not aerate your mash.

I love his stirrer setup though, very cool all stainless like that.

 

[joel.e]

a work in progress... copy of AGbrewer (hope you don't mind)

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[LS_Grimmy]

you guys got me beat! I'm with the guy and the brick wall with the 1/4 glass of beer

 

[Lil' Sparky]

a work in progress... copy of AGbrewer (hope you don't mind)

Nice work there, friend! Very similar to mine as well. I'm digging those gianormous burners! How long until you get to put it to work?

 

[joel.e]

Nice work there, friend! Very similar to mine as well. I'm digging those gianormous burners! How long until you get to put it to work?

If all goes well this coming weekend. I got my pump mounted/wired and all my hoses/QD's made up over this past weekend. I just need some fittings welded on a keggle and I'll be good to go. It will be nice to not lift a 10 gallon cooler full of hot water over my head and put it on top of my tool box anymore.

 

[Lil' Sparky]

It will be nice to not lift a 10 gallon cooler full of hot water over my head and put it on top of my tool box anymore.

Amen! You're preachin' to the choir brother!

 

[AGBrewer]

If all goes well this coming weekend. I got my pump mounted/wired and all my hoses/QD's made up over this past weekend. I just need some fittings welded on a keggle and I'll be good to go. It will be nice to not lift a 10 gallon cooler full of hot water over my head and put it on top of my tool box anymore.

About time you show up. Looks good.

 

[Dude]

It's a work in progress. Here it is on the first day of the build. The burners mount on clips directly below the kegs. The project is nearly complete and is scheduled to brew on saturday.

Interesting. Any more progress?

 

[ddroukas]

Dude-
Brew rigs are ALWAYS a work in progress...

https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/data/1/9863-IMGP3148.JPG

Sexiest thing I've seen so far.
Besides the risk of your rig turning to kindling...any unforseen problems building a brew stand from wood? This is the avenue I'm looking to take seeing as how we have stock piles of cherry and oak in our woodshop.

 

[FSR402]

Sexiest thing I've seen so far.
Besides the risk of your rig turning to kindling...any unforseen problems building a brew stand from wood? This is the avenue I'm looking to take seeing as how we have stock piles of cherry and oak in our woodshop.

Mine is made of wood (it's on one of the past pages) and I have had no problems in 6 months and almost 200 gallons brewed on it.

 

[Onescalerguy]

No problems here...over 100 gals and not even a smudge.

 

[CollinsBrew]

It would be great if Scuba Steve could post some plans and costs on how he built that brewstand. I love the look of it and I would definitely want to make it into a Brutus Ten type system. Classy...

 

[Flipper]

It would be great if Scuba Steve could post some plans and costs on how he built that brewstand. I love the look of it and I would definitely want to make it into a Brutus Ten type system. Classy...

+1 to that! That has got to be one of the Sexiest stands that I have seen! I too am dreaming of a stand that I want to build.

 

[Bobby_M]

I made a first pass at the wiki article on this.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Interesting. Any more progress?

Yeah. Brewed on it last saturday. Shot low on the recipe for efficiency (70%) and ended up really high in the brew. Beersmith calculates an actual mash efficiency of 112%. I know its skewed but it's nice to see numbers like that on the first go round.

If you want to see more, look here (too many photo's to include);

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gilaminumbeer/sets/72157603603715445/

 

[CollinsBrew]

I was still hoping to see if Scuba Steve would come up with his plans for his brewstand...as stated before, it's effin' sweet!

 

[Desert_Sky]

heres my buddies that we de-virginized last weekend. First time I got to use a pump and have never seen recirculated runnings so clear. It worked great, and he got 70% for his first run.

and heres mine. Not as far along as his, but of course it will be so much better

 

[justin8425]

You guys remember that feeling when you met a big baseball/football star? The mouth open, eyes wide look? That's how I feel looking at your rigs. That could be me one day with lots of practice and hard work...Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[foppa78]

Here is mine now that it has been painted. There are more pictures in my gallery.
Lots of very impressive systems on here. Nice work!

 

[Aaron1983]

Here is mine! Of course, i'm not as far along in my brewing as most of you all are. After my next two batches i'm going to try some partial mash.

I think it is pretty good for starter. Of course, I have already been researching my next DIY projects...maybe next month sometime i'll make the stuff for PM.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Hmm... I'll have to post min on here soon.

Didn't we use to have a thread like this?