I'm going to give that a shot. You guys use ss or brass fittings?
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I always use SS if I can get it. If not lead free brass.
I buy most of my stuff from here now.
http://brewhardware.com/
I'm going to give that a shot. You guys use ss or brass fittings?
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take a look at a metal braid(eg bazooka screen or water hose) instead of a false bottom. i've found i get better efficiency with the braid. it is also much cheaper.
So basically I should grab all of it. Would having three burners be a benefit? All of this will be costing me about $275 which i think is a great deal and all i will need is to get a couple false bottom and valve set ups(why are they so damn expensive!!!)
I took a small copper tube, drilled it and put it inside a steel-braided hose. Works great. I crush fine at .030 and I haven't had a stuck sparge yet. Last three batches have each been exactly 84% efficiency.
Is a keggle a good way to go or too expensive?
Did you pick that smaller screen up at a home depot or something? Im looking at the Banyou Classic burners on amazon and I came across this setup
http://www.ebay.com/itm/King-Kooker...066&&clkid=5479831408867139474&_qi=RTM1562572
looks like an interesting set up and if i can get it for cheap i may go for it. Reviews on amazon are decent. Thoughts?
Thanks for the reply. I am just getting started and I just got two 12.5 gal Coleman extreme coolers to use and MLT and HLT and am looking to a kettle or keggle for my BK. Im wondering if i can get this cheap if i just do it and then eventually change my HLT to a kettle or keggle in the future. Or should i just get one Bayou burner? Thought?
im going to try and get either a 10 or 15 kettle or a keggle and my BK. But for now all that has been purchased are the 2 12.5 gal Coleman Xtreme coolers for the MLT and HLT. I cant seem to find and good deals up in the Chicago area for keggles
im going to try and get either a 10 or 15 gal kettle or a keggle and my BK. But for now all that has been purchased are the 2 12.5 gal Coleman Xtreme coolers for the MLT and HLT. I cant seem to find and good deals up in the Chicago area for keggles
Thanks for the reply. I am just getting started and I just got two 12.5 gal Coleman extreme coolers to use and MLT and HLT and am looking to a kettle or keggle for my BK. Im wondering if i can get this cheap if i just do it and then eventually change my HLT to a kettle or keggle in the future. Or should i just get one Bayou burner? Thought?
How will you heat the water that is in the HLT? Handling hot water without a pump is no fun at all.
Anyway, you need to decide how many pumps and vessels you want.
Flat 3 vessel system needs 2 pumps.
2-tier needs 1 pump.
3-tier does not need a pump, completely gravity fed.
So if I wanted a cheap start in all grain and had a few coolers lying around, I would build a 3 tier stand out of wood. One burner on the ground with a 15 gallon BK to give me the ability to do 10 gallon batches in the future. You may already have a burner and BK that you used for your extract batches, that should give you a start. You will need to add valves to the hlt and mash tun (~$25 each). The mash tun will need a manifold/false bottom, price if variable on what you want. Get 20' of silicon tubing and camlock fittings to transfer wort (~$50-$75). You will need an immersion cooler to cool the wort before dumping the kettle into the fermentor. And that is all you really need to get started.
I have found that if you plan to make upgrades in the future, you are better off going big now. I have a bunch of stuff just hanging around that I don't use anymore due to upgrades. It would have saved more money and time if I would have just skipped the curiosity phase of BIAB and extract brewing and just jumped in feet first.
Nice. I like the set up. Looks like 1/2" pvc. How did you connect the pvc to the back of the valve?
I have a lead on 2 igloo coolers, one 5 gal and the other 10 gal.
I usually do 5 gal brewer with high OG beers.
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