What burner?

LaramieKing · Mar 3, 2016

I'm currently building a single tier rig with 3 keggles, I'm trying to decide what burners to go with. I will be doing 10g batches for the most part and 5 gallon from time to time. Looking for a balance of efficiency and saving time on brew day. What do you guys recommend?

MagicMatt · Mar 3, 2016

If you want good efficiency and quick boil times (and money isn't a factor), then I'd highly suggest the Blichmann burner. It's so much faster than most others, and I've seen some clones that come close, but I still haven't seen any hard numbers showing anything else as efficient. I get 6-7 brews (5.5 gallon batches) from a propane tank with the Blichmann whereas my buddy gets about 3-4 brews with his bayou burner. I heat water to strike temp from ground temps in about 15 minutes, and from mash temps to boil in about 15 minutes. It's also super quiet.

It's a high quality burner that should last as long as you need it to.

LaramieKing · Mar 4, 2016

I'm really looking for a burner only to mount in my stand instead of a burner that comes with a stand

MagicMatt · Mar 4, 2016

Just get the burner then. Apparently the banjo burner from the bayou classic KAB4 is really similar to the Blichmann one, and you can get just the burner for <$50 on Amazon.

See a decent write up about this burner here: http://brulosophy.com/2014/12/10/brewing-with-gas-thoughts-on-homebrew-burner-options/

PlexVector · Mar 4, 2016

LaramieKing said:
I'm currently building a single tier rig with 3 keggles, I'm trying to decide what burners to go with. I will be doing 10g batches for the most part and 5 gallon from time to time. Looking for a balance of efficiency and saving time on brew day. What do you guys recommend?

MagicMatt said:
If you want good efficiency and quick boil times (and money isn't a factor), then I'd highly suggest the Blichmann burner. It's so much faster than most others, and I've seen some clones that come close, but I still haven't seen any hard numbers showing anything else as efficient. I get 6-7 brews (5.5 gallon batches) from a propane tank with the Blichmann whereas my buddy gets about 3-4 brews with his bayou burner. I heat water to strike temp from ground temps in about 15 minutes, and from mash temps to boil in about 15 minutes. It's also super quiet.

It's a high quality burner that should last as long as you need it to.

I have a blichmann and all said is true. Regardless, I recommend a banjo style just because they are quiet.

normonster · Mar 4, 2016

I have three Blichmann but I sure do like the look of those edelmetal ones. I'd do as posted above and get the Amazon version of the burner part.

OAH, and pics of said stand please.