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[charliethebum]

After half a decade of using a single burner and manually lifting/ dumping/ fenagling pots around, my aluminum Turkey fryer sprung a leak. Just got my new spike kettle in and it fits perfectly on my goodwill special burner. Can't wait to try it out tomorrow!

 

[Shawn C.]

Here’s my mobile boil station. 10 inch burner with 30psi regulator.

 

[Brew Quaffer]

Made this economy-rig from spare wood in the garage plus a dash of left over exterior paint. Put together a RIMS control ala cheap- 240V. RIMS tube has a 3k watt ULWD element. Single pump and a mother of a chiller plate. I don't mind heating/boiling with my burner on the floor so did not incorporate it onto my rig. I have a spray ball in my mash tun for RIMS mashing plus use it also with my HLT sparging.

 

[ancientmariner52]

Made this economy-rig from spare wood in the garage plus a dash of left over exterior paint. Put together a RIMS control ala cheap- 240V. RIMS tube has a 3k watt ULWD element. Single pump and a mother of a chiller plate. I don't mind heating/boiling with my burner on the floor so did not incorporate it onto my rig. I have a spray ball in my mash tun for RIMS mashing plus use it also with my HLT sparging.View attachment 598552

Nice rig! I like the neutral-color paint on the wood. Pulls it all together, makes it look like a planned system instead of a gaggle of spare parts flying in formation.

 

[SEndorf]

Got the garage floor done this fall.

 

[day_trippr]

^bitchin' setup^

 

[mjs5280]

Used SuperStrut after reading a post on this website. Thanks a lot bastards. Putting these horrible ideas in my brain. HA! Not pictured is the fermentation chamber I built. Also built after perusing this website...

Just doing 5 gal batches now with the cooler MLT and HLT. It’s expandable though for that incredible day I add more burners and more kettles. Building this stuff is almost as fun as brewing. Almost.

 

[501irishred]

Used SuperStrut after reading a post on this website. Thanks a lot bastards. Putting these horrible ideas in my brain. HA! Not pictured is the fermentation chamber I built. Also built after perusing this website...

Lol, there probably should a public service warning of some kind upon entering the site! If anyone originally started brewing to “save money”, all bets were off the minute these pages were searched! Regardless, looks like a hell of a job. Love working with uni strut. Endless possibilities!

 

[George Schuster]

My LagerWerks Brewery

• George Schuster
• Nov 23, 2018

Three vessel system with gas burner and RIMS. Frame is 1" SS tubing. Twin pumps, one for water...

Three vessel system with gas burner and RIMS. Frame is 1" SS tubing. Twin pumps, one for water and the other for wort. Central control panel with PID controllers for burner and RIMS. Connectivity for BrewPI as well. 7 and 14 gallon SS fermenters with SS glycol chiller. Double tap kegerator.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

That's suggestive...

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Mash tun incorporates the Blickman auto sparge with a twist. I didn't like the way my buddies used the silicone hose and floating ball, so I used locline and a shower head with mine to mimick my old setup in my cooler tun. I bottom drained this one for more efficiency and less trouble getting the wort to flow. I put a "T" on the end with a ball valve pointing downward and a dial thermometer inside the tube to check wort as it is entering the pump to go through the HERMS. I got the false bottom and locline/sparge parts from Brew Hardware as well.

I have been trying to come with some just like this, how did you do this, does the loc lin fitting slide over the barb?I have the auto sparge but dont like the channeling from the hose.

Did you ever see bubbles coming through the clear hose and/or now when recirculating? I had the older model and I stopped using it from fear of hot side aeration. I contacted Blickmann and they said it wasn't hot side aeration. I've been brewing a long time and it was definitely HOT SIDE AERATION.

 

[ltlwood]

Just completed about 2 months ago.

 

[SmokeyRydr]

Just completed about 2 months ago. View attachment 599452View attachment 599454

Beautiful setup! How do you control the humidity?

 

[ltlwood]

Beautiful setup! How do you control the humidity?

This picture is actually about a month old. I added ceiling cabinets above the back bar, but before I did, I installed a super quiet high capacity bathroom fan that vents to the outside. I haven't had to use it though as the room is about 14' x 30'. A lot of room and it is pretty dry here in CO.

 

[6Tap]

This picture is actually about a month old. I added ceiling cabinets above the back bar, but before I did, I installed a super quiet high capacity bathroom fan that vents to the outside. I haven't had to use it though as the room is about 14' x 30'. A lot of room and it is pretty dry here in CO.

Looks awsome!
Good job [emoji106]

 

[SmokeyRydr]

This picture is actually about a month old. I added ceiling cabinets above the back bar, but before I did, I installed a super quiet high capacity bathroom fan that vents to the outside. I haven't had to use it though as the room is about 14' x 30'. A lot of room and it is pretty dry here in CO.

Pictures, or it never really happened!
[emoji6]

 

[ltlwood]

Pictures, or it never really happened!
[emoji6]

Oh it happened! Too much work and money to build the basement and bar and not vent it for moisture and more importantly carbon monoxide. Brewing a little beer isn't really worth killing my wife and kids, or myself. I'll gladly post a picture when I get back from my little vacation in Hawaii. I would do it now, but sitting in the firehouse, and I leave straight for the airport first thing when I get off Tues morning. Stay tuned... Doubters, ha...

 

[Skippari]

Here is what I just finished...View attachment 576078

Any problems with leaks? I'm building similar, but with some extra flavor and now waiting for few new parts as the originals just would not work ok and I was having leaks. Here if this video works, you can see my previous version

 

[ltlwood]

No leaks since I put everything together and performed a leak test. I did have to tighten a few things here and there. The only think that I would like to mess with is my sight glass on my boil kettle tilts out a little. I drilled the hole just a little low and it catches the curve a tiny bit. I might try and bend it back just a bit with a bolt.

 

[jturman35]

Been brewing since Aug 2017!

 

[Scarabrew]

My single vessel built with BrewManiacEx controller. Still have some adjustments but for now it delivers what I need.

 

[SmokeyRydr]

Here's my wire rack shelving, 3-vessle, AG setup with one pump.

Note: I plan to add metal shielding around the burner and hose-clamp to support the joints near the burner as a safety measure.

Here's the full post...

 

[Re:find]

And it's all stored in a shed out back.

-TC

 

[BareKnuckleBrew]

Always upgrading!!!

 

[gr8abe]

Here's 'Qbert' pump and gravity fed. Electric mash and propane boil/ hlt.

 

[BeardedBrews]

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Always upgrading!!!

That's a monster CFC. Who makes that one?


Also, that device in the front looks like it might convert gases to liquids to be used for vehicle fuel (or something like that) [emoji16]

 

[drchris83]

Here's 'Qbert' pump and gravity fed. Electric mash and propane boil/ hlt.View attachment 603156View attachment 603157

Love the Bauhaus look.

 

[RacerX]

My brew-boss setup - so compact and easy to move around

Brew Boss

• RacerX
• Dec 20, 2018

 

[Trainman28]

Custom e biabasket. 21.5 gal stout tank w 240V connection & tangical whirlpool. Arbor fab basket, riptide pump, ss recirculation manifold, and auber cube controller. I finally got to do my first brew on it last week and I'm impressed. Can't wait to dial it in. 75% BH efficiency on first try

 

[brewman !]

My single vessel built with BrewManiacEx controller. Still have some adjustments but for now it delivers what I need.

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Very neat. Please tell me more about your rig !

It is a bigger version of the Grainfather ? BIAB or do you insert a 2nd vessel inside for the mash tun ? Did you roll the steel for the base ? Is the pump contained in the base or mounted on the outside ?