Show us your sculpture or brew rig

[boothbrew]

I've brewed ~4/5 batches on this. Lov'n it!

 

[FSR402]

I've brewed ~4/5 batches on this. Lov'n it!

****stupid work firewall, I'll upload them when I get home****

the address is from your hard drive. It wont work that way.

 

[Nate]

 

[boothbrew]

First I tried from my hd, then I figured that didn't work and tried to upload my pictures to flickr but our firewall doesn't allow us to upload files.

 

[boothbrew]

Not as fancy as Nate's but it does the job.
Nice sculpture Nate, you've got the real deal!

I've brewed ~4/5 batches on this. Lov'n it!

 

[98EXL]

I've brewed ~4/5 batches on this. Lov'n it!

I really like that! is your cooler high enough to drain into your boil kettle?

 

[boothbrew]

I drain into a one gallon pitcher, then transfer each gallon to the boil kettle. That way I can keep track of how much I collect.

I really like that! is your cooler high enough to drain into your boil kettle?

 

[Bobby_M]

Sounds like you need a sight glass on your BK so you can take advantage of your gravity system without all that manual intervention.

 

[Lil' Sparky]

I've brewed ~4/5 batches on this. Lov'n it!

I really like how people can see something completely unrelated to brewing and say "Hey that would make a perfect brew stand, and I wouldn't have to do hardly anything to it." Nice thinking boothbrew!

 

[boothbrew]

Thanks Lil' Sparky!

I got the material from the container store for a pretty decent price.

I really like how people can see something completely unrelated to brewing and say "Hey that would make a perfect brew stand, and I wouldn't have to do hardly anything to it." Nice thinking boothbrew!

 

[FSR402]

Thanks Lil' Sparky!

I got the material from the container store for a pretty decent price.

I never would have thought those shelving units were strong enough to hold all that weight.

 

[boothbrew]

I bought commercial grade stuff from the container store.

I never would have thought those shelving units were strong enough to hold all that weight.

 

[98EXL]

I never would have thought those shelving units were strong enough to hold all that weight.

You could always weld it in place

 

[Nate]

Not as fancy as Nate's but it does the job.
Nice sculpture Nate, you've got the real deal!

Thanks man... your rig is very nice too.

 

[el gato]

Here is mine. Only one burner at the moment so the boil kettle acts as a holding unit until I have added the water for the last batch sparge.


Side View/Storage Mode

Ready for use (sorry for the fuzzy pic)

 

[The Pol]

10 gallon Rubbermaid HERMS... Inaugural brew was today!

 

[The Pol]

The most expensive part...

 

[Gabe]

This is now a Herms system along with a second MLT and HLT. This is so I can mash 2 beers in 1 brew day.enjoy!

 

[BadKarma]

Thanks Lil' Sparky!

I got the material from the container store for a pretty decent price.

Inspiration has been born!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks booth. Gonna barrow from your setup and add my own little twist. Stopped by Lowes to night to do some recon and it's gonna work like a charm.

 

[blaze379]

The most expensive part...

What is that stir motor from?

 

[SuperiorBrew]

What is that stir motor from?

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/new-10-gallon-herms-pics-76773/

 

[The Pol]

What is that stir motor from?

It is an AC Gearmotor from McMaster Carr. It isn't really "from" anything. It is 100RPM at the shaft with an integral fan to cool the motor... these motors will not survive without cooling. I tried different motors from different things, and they all burnt up with continuous use and no way to cool them.

 

[waterkc]

Well this is how far I have gotten in my brew rig build. I should have this weekend and it will be done. I am scheduled to brew the following weekend so I need to get it done. I have only spent about 2 weeks actually doing work on it, so its been a blast.

Picasa Web Albums - Kevin - Brew Station

 

[TerapinChef]

It's not a brewstand yet but it will be...two tier, for sure, with big wheels.
My real question is that I notice in two tier stands their tends to be three different setups. One looks like this __-, one looks like this _--, and one looks like this _-_. Can anyone discuss the advantages or reasons for these different setups?

 

[Lil' Sparky]

You'll use gravity to either move from HLT->MLT or from the MLT->BK. The pump will be used for the one you don't use gravity. I don't think there's really any difference in the difference. Personally I'd want as much of it as low as possible, so option 1 and 3 appeal to me the most. FYI - if you batch sparge, there's no reason you can't do a single tier and keep it all low.

 

[Bobby_M]

I'm torn on that one. I really like the idea of gravity draining out of the MLT because you can sometimes pump too fast and lose siphon. However, I don't like the idea of having the MLT up on the higher tier because it makes stirring a pain in the butt.

 

[John Beere]

OK, I'm finally ready to start showing mine off... This is from a test run of it this evening - it is not yet 100% complete. Here is the thread I've started to discuss it: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/deep-six-brewing-system-v2-0-a-79435/

 

[TerapinChef]

Sculpture building aborted due to a deal from Craigslist too good to pass up for now....so here it is, my brand new, just brought home this evening, three tier extra heavy duty brew stand...

And for scaling purposes in this next picture, I'm 6'2" 280#.

It's dimensions are...
22" wide and 60" long and each tier is 20" long, then each one is...
Top tier 53"
Middle tier 30.5"
Bottom tier 10"

The whole thing is built from 2" heavy gauge tube steel and the platforms are "expanded steel" I didn't know what this was but now I see it's the really heavy duty steel mesh...the guy that I bought it from said he was just firing his burners right through the grate.

 

[justinmcdevitt]

Sculpture building aborted due to a deal from Craigslist too good to pass up for now....so here it is, my brand new, just brought home this evening, three tier extra heavy duty brew stand...

I almost emailed the guy on this today, darn being busy at work and I couldn't snag that one, oh well, looks like I get to build my own

 

[Coastarine]

I'm in the early stages of planning the good old erector set style 3 tier 10 gallon. I'm hoping to make it partially collapsible. Updates and pictures to follow.