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These pics are a few months old. I got the rig primed and should have the painting done within a few weeks I hope. I will post the finished product as soon as she's done. I have put about 2 years of thought into this rig and left plenty of room for expansion for after the first time I brew with it. lol. Thanks for looking!!!!

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Bazowie, could you please give us some details about your flame/heat proof mash blanket? I'd be interested in something similar for my keggle, direct fire RIMS mash tun. Thanks!

Been done for awhile but added a flame/heat proof mash blanket.

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These pics are a few months old. I got the rig primed and should have the painting done within a few weeks I hope. I will post the finished product as soon as she's done. I have put about 2 years of thought into this rig and left plenty of room for expansion for after the first time I brew with it. lol. Thanks for looking!!!!

What did you use to hold the kegs to the dumpers?
 
Bazowie, could you please give us some details about your flame/heat proof mash blanket? I'd be interested in something similar for my keggle, direct fire RIMS mash tun. Thanks!

I would like to but it was done by a friend, he works in the industry, he came to my house took my pot to a college had it measured and brought the pot back and then 1 month later he dropped the heat blanket off in my back yard.
What I do know is that it is approximately 5/8" thick and is flame and heat resistant up to 1200 degrees, very high end stuff. If I was to guess I would put the dollar amount in the $300-$500 range, not cheap!! Which makes me happy to have friends like that.
When I talk to him next (if I remember) I will ask him some particulars.

Cheers
 
Here's my trusty old rig:
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It's been awesome for 5 gal. batches, but it's now time to upgrade! I'm in the process of designing/building a single tier strut stand at the moment. Can't wait til it's finished!
 
These pics are a few months old. I got the rig primed and should have the painting done within a few weeks I hope. I will post the finished product as soon as she's done. I have put about 2 years of thought into this rig and left plenty of room for expansion for after the first time I brew with it. lol. Thanks for looking!!!!

Love the dumpers! I have dumpers on my rig as well. Do you just flip them down into a wheelbarrow or something?
 
Love the dumpers! I have dumpers on my rig as well. Do you just flip them down into a wheelbarrow or something?

Not sure how I plan on doing it yet. Still building it, but thanks for the wheelbarrow idea. I hadn't thought that far ahead yet. I hope to have it finished in a few weeks.

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I have dumpers for my MT and BK. I've found the best approach for my setup is to let the MT drain as much as possible and then slip a lawn rubbish bag over the MT. Then when I dump it over, most often with a few bangs, the majority of the grains fall into the bag that I then tie off and put in the trash can. My usual grain bill is about 30#, so the bag is heavy, but not too bad.
 
I have dumpers for my MT and BK. I've found the best approach for my setup is to let the MT drain as much as possible and then slip a lawn rubbish bag over the MT. Then when I dump it over, most often with a few bangs, the majority of the grains fall into the bag that I then tie off and put in the trash can. My usual grain bill is about 30#, so the bag is heavy, but not too bad.

I put one on my kettle as well but rarely use it. In fact, I use it so little that I haven't bolted the keg down to the frame yet. Now the MLT, that one is use every time.
 
A few of my current setup, it's a hybrid HERMS system. Finally converted everything to stainless no copper anywhere. 3 tap kegerator and a dual temp controlled fermentation chamber. Everything located in it's own 12x20 brew haus. Life is good.

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everything stainless? i still see plastic disconnects! :p haha juuuuuuust kidding! looking good!
 
True, and I still use glass carboys, but no more copper, which was my goal. I actually do have some SS quick disconnects, but I like the poly ones better. Just seem easier to operate one handed and much cooler to the touch ;-)
 
What a nice looking rig! The polish you've got on those kegs is impressive!


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Here is my work in progress. I still need another pump eventually if I plan on fly sparging without gravity and I am getting ready to plumb the gas lines and igniters.ImageUploadedByHome Brew1403328258.604634.jpgImageUploadedByHome Brew1403328282.349562.jpg don't let the square fool you.ImageUploadedByHome Brew1403328459.888624.jpg

I will put up some better pics on brew day in a week.
 
Here's mine. SS slotted angle, double keggle, double burner, single pump. Works great for me as essentially a RIMS no sparge system.

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Here's my 3-tier strut channel build, using 2 burners in a compact design. I gravity feed my HLT to my mashtun, gravity feed MT to BK, and then use my 1 pump to transfer thru a plate chiller.
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Here's my 3-tier strut channel build, using 2 burners in a compact design. I gravity feed my HLT to my mashtun, gravity feed MT to BK, and then use my 1 pump to transfer thru a plate chiller.
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How do you think this type of design would be with the SS slotted angle like reversemonk above? I assume it would work fine, but I don't think I've really seen any three-tier builds using it - they all seem to be single tier or two-tier.
 
Built this recently but unfortunately I'll be moving back to the states soon and won't be able to use it more than a few times. Eliminated the HLT, and was looking for a compact/automated design.

Shout out to Black Heart Brewery for inspiration and their downloadable control panel files.

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Built this recently but unfortunately I'll be moving back to the states soon and won't be able to use it more than a few times. Eliminated the HLT, and was looking for a compact/automated design.



Shout out to Black Heart Brewery for inspiration and their downloadable control panel files.


Omg this thing is a work of art do you have a build thread on this or even a vid if it brewing
 
Built this recently but unfortunately I'll be moving back to the states soon and won't be able to use it more than a few times. Eliminated the HLT, and was looking for a compact/automated design.

Shout out to Black Heart Brewery for inspiration and their downloadable control panel files.

Wow, I second the video request. That is an impressive rig! :mug:
 
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