Bennachie brewery new build

[haz66]

.. so made Mashy the Oar to keep him company. Is this the slippery slope of insanity i see before me?

Actually I think the slippery slope of insanity is that thing that slopes up behind you. The one in front of you is the slippery slope of so-barking-fcuking-mad-I've-started-giving-names-to-kitchen-utensils.



Nice stirrer though

Just laughed out loud reading that boingy, you`ve just made my day, its been a fairly shit one so that was
a welcomed bit of humor

[pantsmachine]

.. so made Mashy the Oar to keep him company. Is this the slippery slope of insanity i see before me?

Actually I think the slippery slope of insanity is that thing that slopes up behind you. The one in front of you is the slippery slope of so-barking-fcuking-mad-I've-started-giving-names-to-kitchen-utensils.



Nice stirrer though

Nicely said.

[pantsmachine]

Strapped an old bathroom display cabinet to the side of my 'general tat' shelving unit and suddenly i have my wooden table back beside the mash tun. Sometimes the simple things have the greatest impact!





I have also been slowly homing in on the kit i need to introduce a type of Hop torpedo into the brewery for the times when enough hops just isn't enough. The water filter will be coming offshore with me next week for modification to fulfill that role. Hope to have it up and running in the new year.



Running total
stainless copper £96 incl delivery(Sept 2009)
igloo mash tun £110 incl delivery
conical fermenter £92 incl delivery
3 of 3mtr lengths 22mm copper pipe £20
Various copper fitting for manifold builds £20
Carbon steel flatbar & 25mm box section for fermenter tri leg stand stand(incl 4 adjustable feet)£16
SIlver paint,drill bits and bolts for above £25
Stainless 1" ball valve £10
2 of 80 ltr HDPE containers c/w lids £26
Temp kettle valve and hop filter fittings £20
Various fittings for mash tun and kettle connection £30
Stainless filter mesh £8
3 of Speck fluid pumps £129
SOLD 2 of pressure barrels
Barrel funds purchased 24V variable power supply to control the Speck pumps and a inline water flow meter so i can monitor volume used.
22mm end cap
2 of 2mm drill bits
Sparge wand mounting clips
Cutting disc £5
Paint £10
30mm box section 14mtrs,end plugs and adjustable feet for brewstand and overback mounting bracket £38
Pump control switches £4.20
Plastic box for transformer and switches(pump control) £12
Rubber grommets for sealing cables in JB £2.20
1/4 turn pump throttle valves and various related fittings(pump flow control) £20
soldering of and supply of 2.5 mtr twin core onto each of three pump switches £5!
4 big steel rawlbolts & 4 brass hooks to stop me killing myself with the overback £10
More fittings and a few bolts £14
Yet more fittings to get a brew on and Damn the RAF finish! £30(Oct 2009 1st Brew on new system)
Sight level gauge kit £30(March 2010)
2 tescos cheap kettles and a holesaw for the elements £16
1 of 22mm gate valve, various yorkshire fitting. £12
Copper for cooler £0 as it was 'in stock in the shed from a house project'.(April 2010)
New Hop Filter £0, parts in the plumbing box.(May 2010 8th Brew)
Large aluminium spoon of stirring £0. 'Mashy the Oar' aluminium from a previous project.(June 2010)
Water filter housing £14(March 2011)
Ex bathroom display cabinet from my Ex brother in law for storage £0 (Oct 2011)
To date £830

[darkonnis]

You got this up and running now mate?

[pantsmachine]

Oh yes,

Up and working for the past couple of years( I think). I am planning on building a log-cabin down the bottom of the garden to house the brewer and a gym to free up room in the garage for a midlife crisis motor. Are you fancying a build yourself? Loads of builds on this site and plenty people who will help you along.

http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.it/

[darkonnis]

I am.. I hope, now finished with my brewery (for the time being) literally just thrown it together. Nothing fancy, just a solid 5 gallon set up, I must say i am in awe of how much kit you got for that cheap! This AG set up must be rolling up to the £200 mark without much, if any issue.
A crisis motor? 2 wheels or 4 is the question?

[pantsmachine]

Thanks for that, the price was driven by much obsessive ebaying and the ability to build what i wanted myself. I'm sure you will have built a nice set up for £200. As long as it puts out good beer it doesn't have to be bonny!(mine certainly isn't). 4 wheels sadly and probably an old 964 or 993, proper crisis motor!

[Highlander]

I'm sure that swagelok ballvalve and the 10K compresion fittings didn't come cheap.
Or did they?

[pantsmachine]

Its amazing what you find in the skips offshore..... Good eyes sir!

[Highlander]

You must be looking in the same skips as me!! A few bits and some 1/2" control line have found their way into mine.
Went to buy some from TIS in dyce and nearly had a heart attack when the bill came back.

[pantsmachine]

Sounds like it. Environmentally friendly,recycling,beer brewing oilfield trash (this is me i am speaking about). It all makes sense. I use flexible lines for my overback recirculation and also for recirculation of the wort post boil for clarification through the hop bed. 1/2 S/S control lines fixed in place would look good!

[darkonnis]

Well, waste note want not . May aswell get your stuff on the cheap if you can!

[pantsmachine]

For me Its all about using what's to hand and lateral thinking, i enjoy the challenge. Shop bought just doesn't do it for me, i like my ugly beauty!

Running total
stainless copper £96 incl delivery(Sept 2009)
igloo mash tun £110 incl delivery
conical fermenter £92 incl delivery
3 of 3mtr lengths 22mm copper pipe £20
Various copper fitting for manifold builds £20
Carbon steel flatbar & 25mm box section for fermenter tri leg stand stand(incl 4 adjustable feet)£16
SIlver paint,drill bits and bolts for above £25
Stainless 1" ball valve £10
2 of 80 ltr HDPE containers c/w lids £26
Temp kettle valve and hop filter fittings £20
Various fittings for mash tun and kettle connection £30
Stainless filter mesh £8
3 of Speck fluid pumps £129
SOLD 2 of pressure barrels
Barrel funds purchased 24V variable power supply to control the Speck pumps and a inline water flow meter so i can monitor volume used.
22mm end cap
2 of 2mm drill bits
Sparge wand mounting clips
Cutting disc £5
Paint £10
30mm box section 14mtrs,end plugs and adjustable feet for brewstand and overback mounting bracket £38
Pump control switches £4.20
Plastic box for transformer and switches(pump control) £12
Rubber grommets for sealing cables in JB £2.20
1/4 turn pump throttle valves and various related fittings(pump flow control) £20
soldering of and supply of 2.5 mtr twin core onto each of three pump switches £5!
4 big steel rawlbolts & 4 brass hooks to stop me killing myself with the overback £10
More fittings and a few bolts £14
Yet more fittings to get a brew on and Damn the RAF finish! £30(Oct 2009 1st Brew on new system)
Sight level gauge kit £30(March 2010)
2 tescos cheap kettles and a holesaw for the elements £16
1 of 22mm gate valve, various yorkshire fitting. £12
Copper for cooler £0 as it was 'in stock in the shed from a house project'.(April 2010)
New Hop Filter £0, parts in the plumbing box.(May 2010 8th Brew)
Large aluminium spoon of stirring £0. 'Mashy the Oar' aluminium from a previous project.(June 2010)
Water filter housing £14(March 2011)
Ex bathroom display cabinet from my Ex brother in law for storage £0 (Oct 2011)
Fit Sony 5.1 surround system removed from lounge to brewery and add stereo lead for Ipod Connection for the tunes.£0(Nov 2012)
Finish build of HopThang and test £0(Dec 2011)
Build yeast phial holder £0(Jan 2012)
Stainless steel pot scrubbers fitted to kettle hop filter £1 in Turkey, (April 2012)
Ripper IPA brewed 30th brew maybe?(May 2012)
To date £831 approx excluding labour costs

[darkonnis]

Thats bloody good going to be fair, so you power that monsterous sized kettle on 2 x 3kw elements? Thats bloody good going how long does that take? I didn't think they'd have it in em.
And might i ask, where on earth did you find all the giant containers? every time i've looked just out of interest theyre always a billion quid each!

[pantsmachine]

The kettle elements power the hot liquor tank, i recirculate the HLT to ensure even heating of the liquor. It take about 30 minutes to bring 60ltrs of tap temp up to 80 degs C. The kettle is heated by a Bayou classic turkey fryer gas burner as sold by these guys. I chopped down the height of it and strengthened the legs to take the kettle weight. The kettle was a hell of a find, no great story, it was on Ebay and if i remember correctly someone on JBK pointed it out in Ebay for sale section. Luck and timing on that one. Some guys Granny had been using it as a water butt! I took it to my local fab shop and they welded in the two fittings i supplied for a 6 pack of HB(maybe it was a dozen). Ebay and OCD are our friends,

http://www.pelicansky.com/outdoor_cooke ... toves.aspx