Show us your sculpture or brew rig

[Zippox]

I believe I would like to pick up one of the metal racks with the adjustable shelves from HD to act as my three tier stand. My question is which one is strong enough to do a 10 gal batch? Is there a certain metal that people recommend?

Ideally I'd like one like this that allows me to adjust shelves on both sides (like the first picture), but I would be okay with the larger second one.

 

[bd2xu]

Man, I totally forgot I could finally post this! Direct fire on all three vessels with 10" banjo burners, LP hose manifold with needle valve orifices. Used velvet shield carbonized fiber welder's blanket for insulation on the MLT, and haven't mounted the chugger pump because I'm not sure yet where I would want it - so far I like having it portable. Whirlpool port on the boil kettle with an immersion chiller, get great cold break that stays in the kettle. Lots of props to BobbyM for the hardware!

Where did you get the velvet shield?

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Where did you get the velvet shield?

I got the velvet shield here, but the price has gone up by more than 20 bucks since I got it on September 2. I've also added some aluminum tape arount the top to keep crap from getting behind the insulation and the keg, and I made an insulated mash tun cover out of multiple layers of reflectix.

 

[Gumbys_Brew]

Here's my manual herms system

 

[Lost_Arkitekt]

Here's my manual herms system

View attachment 154722[/QUOTE

Gumby...you are a brave man having that burner so close to wood surfaces! very clean rig, though!

 

[Gumbys_Brew]

Here's my manual herms system

View attachment 154722[/QUOTE

Gumby...you are a brave man having that burner so close to wood surfaces! very clean rig, though!

Thank you, but no not that brave...or dumb haha. On actual brew days i pull the rig out from the walls.

 

[downtobrew]

Here's mine. Just finished building last weekend, going for the maiden voyage tomorrow. (Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic)

 

[reddskinnfan]

Here is my new one, complete. May need to adjust burners, but looking good so far.

Moved BG-14 burners down to 4-1/4" below top edge of stand, so about 4-1/2" from bottom of bottom of keg.

 

[reddskinnfan]

Moved BG-14 burners down to 4-1/4" below top edge of stand, so about 4-1/2" from bottom of bottom of keg.

And just for SnG, here is my new keezer!!

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

My Halloween tap handles.

 

[c3hutson]

posted a pic earlier but now its just about done! just have to wire temperature probes, heating element power, and get a new false bottom and the eHERMS will be complete

what's the vent hood made from?

 

[ChuckCollins]

Here is mine ...

 

[instinct2]

Here is what we've built. It's evolved into three movable shelves that hold the blichmann burners. Eventually we'll add another burner on the middle shelf. Currently we use the bottom burner when we mash in, then lift up the mash tun to middle shelf. Hopefully Santa brings us another burner to save the back!

 

[oldstyle69]

Here is what we've built. It's evolved into three movable shelves that hold the blichmann burners. Eventually we'll add another burner on the middle shelf. Currently we use the bottom burner when we mash in, then lift up the mash tun to middle shelf. Hopefully Santa brings us another burner to save the back!

Nice Felt! I've got 2 Felt track bikes. Love em. Dig your set up as well.

 

[FredTheNuke]

Here is what we've built. It's evolved into three movable shelves that hold the blichmann burners. Eventually we'll add another burner on the middle shelf. Currently we use the bottom burner when we mash in, then lift up the mash tun to middle shelf. Hopefully Santa brings us another burner to save the back!

Sorry, but you have entirely too clean of a garage... you need MORE CLUTTER!!!

 

[IronsGateBrewery]

what's the vent hood made from?

I cut a 55 gallon drum in half vertically and welded it back together

 

[joesmink]

 

[stewey]

Here is my new 2 tier brew stand just got all the parts and going to give it a try next weekend

 

[Sounds]

Nothin' pretty, but works well and was easy to build. We've got 2 identical 62qt Bayou's for HLT and BK, 1 84qt Bayou for MLT. "Erector set" brewstand; unfortunately I live in a town house and no longer have a welder. 2 chugger pumps. I've done a few upgrades since this pic, see: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/photo/albums/equipment-7987.html

 

[galttfwo]

My club's set up for our recent group brew/teach a friend to Homebrew day.

 

[hafmpty]

My club's set up for our recent group brew/teach a friend to Homebrew day.

That's a sweet club setup! Double dual counter flow chillers, Blichmann pots & burners. Excellent! We're you brewing lagers? Is that the reason for two counter flow chillers in parallel? Or is there another reason?

 

[day_trippr]

My club's set up for our recent group brew/teach a friend to Homebrew day.

That's a nice collection of bling right there! Must be one of those "up scale" brew clubs.

Pinkies out!

Cheers!

 

[501irishred]

My club's set up for our recent group brew/teach a friend to Homebrew day.

Sounds like a good time (pinky's raised or not ), it would be nice to see more of that!

Do you have any up close pictures of the stacked coils (I'm assuming counter flow chillers)? Looks like an interesting approach.

 

[Tuckerl]

Here is my new BIAB setup. All the wood is reclaimed and the tiles were donated by a friend of mine. Still have a few finishing touches but I really like how it came out and works for me.

 

[galttfwo]

Sounds like a good time (pinky's raised or not ), it would be nice to see more of that!

Do you have any up close pictures of the stacked coils (I'm assuming counter flow chillers)? Looks like an interesting approach.

Very not upscale, we are very much a group of degenerates (anyone who saw us at NHC would agree). We got all our best gear together to do 35 gallons of a Double Sunshine clone.

The stacked coils are doubled up Chillzillas. Me and another guy in the club have it set up like that (mine is the one in the picture below). He has 2 and the bottom one is using ice water recirculating and the top is hose water. He brews a lot of lagers and can get to 50 very fast that way.
Mine is set up in series with tap water. I can get to 65 from a boil with the pump on full blast. Easy to chill 15 gallons down in 5 minutes.

mine has an inline stone for O2 also.

 

[galttfwo]

That's a sweet club setup! Double dual counter flow chillers, Blichmann pots & burners. Excellent! We're you brewing lagers? Is that the reason for two counter flow chillers in parallel? Or is there another reason?

The 5 kettles are two 20 gallon Boil Kettles, two 20 gallon Mash tuns, and one 30 gallon HLT. The dual chillers were to chill both boil kettles at the same time. We were fighting a little daylight, brew in the northeast in November, outside.

 

[501irishred]

Very not upscale, we are very much a group of degenerates (anyone who saw us at NHC would agree). We got all our best gear together to do 35 gallons of a Double Sunshine clone.

The stacked coils are doubled up Chillzillas. Me and another guy in the club have it set up like that (mine is the one in the picture below). He has 2 and the bottom one is using ice water recirculating and the top is hose water. He brews a lot of lagers and can get to 50 very fast that way.
Mine is set up in series with tap water. I can get to 65 from a boil with the pump on full blast. Easy to chill 15 gallons down in 5 minutes.

mine has an inline stone for O2 also.

Sounds good other than I would have to have a map and color codes to hook that puppy up each time!

 

[Codfish]

Here is my 3 tier rig based on wire shelving.

 

[jammin]

Double Sunshine clone.

Recipe?

 

[galttfwo]

Recipe?

It is in the latest BYO magazine. I will PM you with it.