Grist Licker's brewing Rig
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:55 am
Here she is!
The frame of my sculpture is an industrial shelving unit I got from Costco for $150. I went this route because I don't have the skills to weld or access to a welder. I also wanted something that was completely reconfigurable and easy to dissasemble if needed for transporting. It comes with 4 shelves, each holds 1 ton. I'm only using two shelves but the extras give me the flexability to reconfigure this setup if I add more equipment, or just want to try a change. The crossbeams simply lock into place and are fully height adjustable by the inch. The shelves have tabs that drop into slots in the braces for stability. I picked up three stainless turkey fryer setups for $35 each last year on the day after Thanksgiving. Apparently no one wants a turkey fryer after Thanksgiving and they were selling them for something like 70% off. I'm using one burner/7.5 gal kettle for my HLT and one as a direct fire grant, although I've never actually fired it. My boil kettle is a 15 gal pot from B3 fired by a Bajou Classic outdoor cooker. I cut the legs off these burner stands, cut slots in my shelving, and simply dropped the burner units in. They are totally stable, yet totally removable/reconfigurable.
I added Thermothingys and weldless bulkheads to two of my 7.5 gal stainless turket fryer pots. I am using digital meat thermometers from Harbor Freight for $8 each. They work great but are not waterproof. Hasn't been a problem yet. I use an analog meat thermometer in the igloo mash tun because it can be calibrated. I have an alcohol lab thermometer that I cal the mash tun thermo against, and also for poking around the mash for hot spots. I push the wort with a march-809. I rigged up a cover for the pump after a brew session where my buddy was boiling an extract batch in my HLT witch is directly above the pump. He had a boil over and the pump was completely douched with sticky wort. Luckily it wasn't on at the time. I broke the pump down and cleaned as best I could and saved it. I know, pretty stupid putting the pump right below a kettle.
I'm using 1/2" silicone tubing from B3 (I think) and brass quick disconnects from McMaster Carr (super awesome!).
I don't have any cool automation, but I do have a slick switch for my pump. I got three remote operated power outlets from Costco called Superswitches ($15). Just plug the outlet adapter thingy into the wall socket, plug the thing you want to control into the adapter thingy, and clicky clicky on the remote!
so waddya think?
The frame of my sculpture is an industrial shelving unit I got from Costco for $150. I went this route because I don't have the skills to weld or access to a welder. I also wanted something that was completely reconfigurable and easy to dissasemble if needed for transporting. It comes with 4 shelves, each holds 1 ton. I'm only using two shelves but the extras give me the flexability to reconfigure this setup if I add more equipment, or just want to try a change. The crossbeams simply lock into place and are fully height adjustable by the inch. The shelves have tabs that drop into slots in the braces for stability. I picked up three stainless turkey fryer setups for $35 each last year on the day after Thanksgiving. Apparently no one wants a turkey fryer after Thanksgiving and they were selling them for something like 70% off. I'm using one burner/7.5 gal kettle for my HLT and one as a direct fire grant, although I've never actually fired it. My boil kettle is a 15 gal pot from B3 fired by a Bajou Classic outdoor cooker. I cut the legs off these burner stands, cut slots in my shelving, and simply dropped the burner units in. They are totally stable, yet totally removable/reconfigurable.
I added Thermothingys and weldless bulkheads to two of my 7.5 gal stainless turket fryer pots. I am using digital meat thermometers from Harbor Freight for $8 each. They work great but are not waterproof. Hasn't been a problem yet. I use an analog meat thermometer in the igloo mash tun because it can be calibrated. I have an alcohol lab thermometer that I cal the mash tun thermo against, and also for poking around the mash for hot spots. I push the wort with a march-809. I rigged up a cover for the pump after a brew session where my buddy was boiling an extract batch in my HLT witch is directly above the pump. He had a boil over and the pump was completely douched with sticky wort. Luckily it wasn't on at the time. I broke the pump down and cleaned as best I could and saved it. I know, pretty stupid putting the pump right below a kettle.
I'm using 1/2" silicone tubing from B3 (I think) and brass quick disconnects from McMaster Carr (super awesome!).
I don't have any cool automation, but I do have a slick switch for my pump. I got three remote operated power outlets from Costco called Superswitches ($15). Just plug the outlet adapter thingy into the wall socket, plug the thing you want to control into the adapter thingy, and clicky clicky on the remote!
so waddya think?
