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OfflineCaptainLinger
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All-Grain Brewing Apparatus
    #7609884 - 11/08/07 03:36 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Obviously this site is fond of homebrew rigs...anyone have a homebuilt all-grain setup they'd like to flaunt?

I constructed one from an igloo cooler (4gal, too small), drained by a vinyl (gets mushy with mash heat, compresses) tube perforated with small holes. Didn't anticipate the sheer weight of 14lb of grain, then hydrated...suffice it to say things didn't work out.

I would still like to succeed with an el cheapo concoction. For anyone interested, a good primer on the subject is here:

http://brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue5.4/palmer.html

and

http://cruisenews.net/brewing/infusion/

offers a dizzying array of photos.

Ideas?


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Re: All-Grain Brewing Apparatus [Re: CaptainLinger]
    #7610526 - 11/08/07 10:41 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Ohh tonight I will take some pictures of my setup when I get home. Mine is a cooler for the mash tun with a cpvc manifold. I use heatsticks for boiling stuff and sometimes a propane burner but it's too cold outside now. Boil pot is a 1/2 barrel sankey keg.


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Re: All-Grain Brewing Apparatus [Re: Nem]
    #7610560 - 11/08/07 10:46 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

cpvc? Yeah, take pictures; that sounds interesting.

Thanks!


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Re: All-Grain Brewing Apparatus [Re: CaptainLinger]
    #7612949 - 11/08/07 09:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Here are the pictures.

Keggle
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2164/0301071127ij5.jpg

Inside of Keggle w/ Immersion chiller
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/4853/0301071127aaq1.jpg

CPVC Manifold turned upside down to see holes
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3640/0224071923qm5.jpg

Valve outside of mash tun
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/287/0224071922aek5.jpg

Inside of mash tun assembled
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7913/0224071922rs8.jpg

I don't have any pics of the heat sticks on hand. After I am done with some homework one will be taken.


I find it very funny that every one of my hobbies seem to involve a cooler.
I used a cooler as a humidor before I built my temp controlled unit. Cooler as a mash tun. And finally a cooler as a grow chamber. I love it.


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Re: All-Grain Brewing Apparatus [Re: CaptainLinger]
    #7620672 - 11/10/07 11:50 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Since you ask...

Full front view of three-keg brew stand. The framing is angle iron. Each keg has a burner under it. You can see a pump hanging from the frame in this picture. All transfers between kegs are done through the pump with a system of hoses and quick disconnects.

http://www.neuralnw.com/brewery/brew1.jpg

Looking a little bit left of that, you see the two conical plastic fermenters and a bunch of other miscellaneous brew gear. Two more cut-off kegs and a 15 gallon aluminum brewpot. Total volume I can work with = 93 gallons.

http://www.neuralnw.com/brewery/brew2.jpg

Currently I have a batch of popcorn simmering in the boil kettle (leftmost on rack), preparing to make a crapload of spawn bags. Of course, you can't really see in there due to the steam.


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Re: All-Grain Brewing Apparatus [Re: vdlsar]
    #7620750 - 11/11/07 12:19 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Thanks! Unrelated, but I'm exhausted from brewing 4 5-gal batches tonight. I kind've went overboard at the beer store, and I have the carboys to support it. I'll post in another few days, but I'm planning on following roughly your setup.


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