Lets See Your Brewery

[mmayer]

Hey Danno, thanks. Yeah, that's expensive stuff alright, but I got it all for FREE!! We mothballed a production line at work, and it was all headed to the scrap yard, so I snagged as much as I could, including the PID controller. In total I only put about maybe $500 into this, and most of that was for the SABCO kettles, burners, and a a couple of pumps. I have easily done about 50 batches on this system, so I think it's safe to say that I have recovered my costs vs. buying comparable beer at the store.

[Steve]

Lufah,

Do those frier burners do a good job?

How long to bring a 5 gallon to a boil, and do they carmelize the wort?

Thanks

Dogger

I get ~6.5gal of wort to a boil in about 15min. That's from the tun so it's about 160deg. I haven't had any problems with the wort getting carmelized. They are probably not the best burners, but for the price what the hell.

Travis

Let me add me two cents worth if you will. I have three of those burners from bayou classic and they rock! Now I also have a high pressure regulator setup as well. When its time for me to fire up the brew pot the first thing I do is light up my hot liquer tank, which is a converted fifteen gallon keg. I'll crank that baby up to around one quarter to half way and all fifteen gallons will begin to roll at around twentyfive to thirty minutes. Short burst are an excellent way to manage temp. changes. So for those folks begining a project and arn't sure which burner to use let me guide your pockets toward THAT burner. They WILL do the job.
Steve

[Steve]

Here are a few pictures of my brewery:

The complete system:

The stand:

[b]The RIMS:

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I gotta say, that is one mack daddy system! It looks just like a sabco "brew magic" yet in stainless! I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy. Nice job dude. I like to brag on my system now and agin but Whoa, you got me beat.

Steve

[Danno]

[quote="Steve]I gotta say, that is one mack daddy system! It looks just like a sabco "brew magic" yet in stainless![/quote]

Well, it's not that cool! 80/20 is aluminum not stainless steel. That makes the stand half the weight of SS. Hey, that's even cooler!

[mmayer]

Good observation Steve. Actually, I used the SABCO brew magic design as the basis for my system. It works well, but if I were to do it over again (which I might), I would probably go to a single tier system and make better use of my pumps. It would also be much easier to see what's going on in the kettles if they were a bit lower.

[Thirsty Mallard]

Just customized my Mash Tun with my homebrew label... I made the logo myself (although it is drawn badly due to the curved surface).

[Steve]

Man, I gotta say there Lufah, that is one cluttered mess! I personaly couldn't work in a mess like that. But as long as your churning out quality beer thats all you can ask for. The way my house is set up I need to take my operation outside on the back porch. That just the brewery, which I WILL show off soon! Different areas of the house have their little duties. My liveing room now second den contains my homebuilt bar/ kegerator. The garage is home to my fermentation fridge which fortunately takes up very little room. And various closets in the house house my final product be it bottles or kegs. One project I have kicked around forever is a hop garden/beer garden out back in an unused portion of the yard where hops would grow overhead and beer would be consumed underneath. Hey, it's a dream! It could happen!
Steve

[bub]

Man, I gotta say there Lufah, that is one cluttered mess! I personaly couldn't work in a mess like that. But as long as your churning out quality beer thats all you can ask for.

You call that a cluttered mess?? Ha I got Lufa beat hands down...
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