Show Us Yer Kit
Show Us Yer Kit
Been a very long time since I've been on here - been busy moving house and doing things on said house! The good news is that the new place has a nice brick outbuilding/shed which is a pretty decent size. So guess what that's ear-marked for
It's now getting to the point in time where I need to start planning what setup I want, having previously only had a plastic blue food barrel setup (which we had some cracking brews out of to be fair).
I couldn't immediately see whether this has already been done, so apologies if there is a thread, but I think it might be useful to plenty starting out/upgrading, if there was a sticky where people could just post up pictures of their setup.
So, show us what you've got
It's now getting to the point in time where I need to start planning what setup I want, having previously only had a plastic blue food barrel setup (which we had some cracking brews out of to be fair).
I couldn't immediately see whether this has already been done, so apologies if there is a thread, but I think it might be useful to plenty starting out/upgrading, if there was a sticky where people could just post up pictures of their setup.
So, show us what you've got
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I love this idea, can't wait to see everyone's setups.
My kit is very basic, homemade, and manual-operated but flexible in the sense that most everything can serve multiple purposes as need be. At this point, I have no electric elements or thermostat controls or anything, though after seeing all your cool UK homebrew circuits, that's probably the direction of my next upgrade. For heat, I just use my natural gas stove or outdoor propane burner "turkey fryer" setup. No pumps either, I just transfer between vessels using the ball valves and gravity, or with an auto-siphon racking cane. Other typical bits include: a copper pipe wort chiller, a homemade magnetic stir plate and glass growlers for yeast starters, digital kitchen scale, thermometers, hydrometers, funnels, mesh strainers, paint stirrer and drill for aeration, multiple buckets and carboys, tubing, wine thief, a small hop-back/randall, bottling bucket, capper, morter and pestle, etc. All very inexpensive and utilitarian.
Multi-purpose mash-tun/lauter-tun/boil kettles
Hand-cranked Corona style grainmill
Propane burner turkey fryer
My kit is very basic, homemade, and manual-operated but flexible in the sense that most everything can serve multiple purposes as need be. At this point, I have no electric elements or thermostat controls or anything, though after seeing all your cool UK homebrew circuits, that's probably the direction of my next upgrade. For heat, I just use my natural gas stove or outdoor propane burner "turkey fryer" setup. No pumps either, I just transfer between vessels using the ball valves and gravity, or with an auto-siphon racking cane. Other typical bits include: a copper pipe wort chiller, a homemade magnetic stir plate and glass growlers for yeast starters, digital kitchen scale, thermometers, hydrometers, funnels, mesh strainers, paint stirrer and drill for aeration, multiple buckets and carboys, tubing, wine thief, a small hop-back/randall, bottling bucket, capper, morter and pestle, etc. All very inexpensive and utilitarian.
Multi-purpose mash-tun/lauter-tun/boil kettles
Hand-cranked Corona style grainmill
Propane burner turkey fryer
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Should the thread title not be "GET YOUR KITS OUT FOR THE LADS"
Its not pretty but its works.
Its not pretty but its works.
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Just about finished my kit now but i have a few bits to finish off then im done
I must admit i love my new set up but my first all grain brew made using a old cool box was bloody lovely
I must admit i love my new set up but my first all grain brew made using a old cool box was bloody lovely
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Excellent! This is exactly the sort of stuff I wanted to see. If it wasn't tucked up in my dad's garage I'd get some pics up of my own Heath Robinson setup.
Would love to see more though, especially those that are lucky enough to have a static setup in a brew-shed or suchlike.
Would love to see more though, especially those that are lucky enough to have a static setup in a brew-shed or suchlike.
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I'm sure you've seen The Electric Brewery website, right? The circuits would be designed for US voltage, but the broad concepts are interchangeable. Loads of pictures and how-to info.
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Exactly. If yer gonna dream, dream big, right?dynamic dave wrote:Wow what times take off ground control.
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My brother aka Belter has something very similar to the Electric Brewery. Barneey as well has something pretty special.
Lets see them
Lets see them
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If I had all the money I'd spent on brewing... I'd spend it on brewing!
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Excellent stuff. I'm thinking of something similar myself. I may even get a picture tonight of the space that I've got to play with.
Keep 'em coming chaps/chapesses
Keep 'em coming chaps/chapesses
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Here's my brewing shed, which is currently a work in progress, hopefully gonna sort
out cutting/laying the worktop tonight, now that it's sunny!
out cutting/laying the worktop tonight, now that it's sunny!
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This my set up. Built it about 5 years ago but have continually changed and upgraded things in that time. It is a 3 vessel system with a PID controlled HERMS.
The HLT has 2 electric jug elements controlled by a PID controller and the kettle is heated by 2 over the side 2.4Kw elements. The boil vigour is controlled by a Burstfire controller on each element.
The main pump is a March pump and there is a solar pump on the HLT which circulates the HLT to help with stratification and is aslo used when fly sparging.
The wort is cooled by a plate exchanger but I also have a immersion chiller.
The HLT has 2 electric jug elements controlled by a PID controller and the kettle is heated by 2 over the side 2.4Kw elements. The boil vigour is controlled by a Burstfire controller on each element.
The main pump is a March pump and there is a solar pump on the HLT which circulates the HLT to help with stratification and is aslo used when fly sparging.
The wort is cooled by a plate exchanger but I also have a immersion chiller.
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golden brewer wrote:This my set up. Built it about 5 years ago but have continually changed and upgraded things in that time. It is a 3 vessel system with a PID controlled HERMS.
The HLT has 2 electric jug elements controlled by a PID controller and the kettle is heated by 2 over the side 2.4Kw elements. The boil vigour is controlled by a Burstfire controller on each element.
The main pump is a March pump and there is a solar pump on the HLT which circulates the HLT to help with stratification and is aslo used when fly sparging.
The wort is cooled by a plate exchanger but I also have a immersion chiller.
Well I'm certainly know Hulk but I did just turn green So what would you change if you were starting again?
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Fermenting:
Conditioning:
Drinking: Southwold Again,
Up Next: John Barleycorn (Barley Wine)
Planning: Winter drinking Beer