3 tier gravity system

[Crooked_S]

Do you fire up the propane burners in the basement? I thought that was a big no no???

No, I move the brew-tree outside and brew in the back yard.

[beltbuckle]

beltbuckle,

Do you gravity feed through that CFC? How well does it work?

Yeah I gravity feed through it. Works fine. Drains 11 gallons in about 15 minutes or so.

[bobjohnson]

Here is my system. I brew 10 gallon batches on it outside and move it with a dolly. It's a bit maxed out but totally manageable. The boild kettle starts out full to an inch from the top. I figure if you are going to boil over it doesn't matter how much head space you have anyway. Normally I don't boil over but last sunday I did it 3 times. It was cold and I couldn't see through the steam to what was happening inside...

Pete

How did you build the shelves? What material are you using to rest the kegs on?

[Kbar]

Looks like that perforated steel, straight and angle, you can get from HD or Lowe's.

[Crooked_S]

It's the same material for the keggle shelves as the verticle part that you can see quite well in the picture. Unequal leg angle iron. Pretty heavy duty stuff. It provides a nice rest for the kettles and also gives sides that keep them from slipping off. I had to burn the paint off the shelves because the paint wasn't high temperature paint. It was already painted when I scrounged it. The bracing is the flat metal with pre-drilled holes that I got from the hardware store. It isn't strong I employed it in such a way that it prevents the frame from being 'pulled' in a certain direction. So, above the shelf -- preventing it from pulling down as opposed to below the shelf...