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Nope. Just that one. Playing with a machine gun in that pic

So far I only had to clean out the pump impeller. Looked like a piece of plastic made it in there... Besides that and a few modifications, everything has been flawless! Great beer and getting faster every time. The regulator I am using can fire up all of my big ass burners with no problems...

I bought a bender made by Imperial and it worked well. I believe Ridgid just came out with a new tube bender series that works well with stainless. There are a few more benders out there that are all good quality. They usually note if they can bend stainless tubing and beware of the cheapies...

Millaj92, There is very little volume stored in the tubing at anytime and about the only stuff that ever mixes is simple water and wort from the stage you are working at the time. The counterflow cooler has a little more volume but thats like a cup of water at most. No noticeable impact for...

jdd12364, The temps change slow enough that they are pretty easy to maintain. You will learn the pump needs to be shut off before the temp is right where you want it as there is a little stratification of temps in the grain while pumping. The top will get hotter than the bottom and will...

There are eight valves total and all are standard ball valves. I suppose I could have used a three way in a couple places. I bought a bunch of ball valves for cheap and it seemed to make sense at the time. So maybe these pics can help... I divided them up from kind of start to finish...

brew process I designed with my rig

brew process I designed with my rig

brew process I designed with my rig

brew process I designed with my rig

I appreciate the complements! I posted my ideas hoping they might evolve into something better with the homebrew world. 1) have you been satisfied with your ability to keep the system intact and re-circ for cleaning purposes, or do you feel compelled to tear it apart? How often? I have...

So any recipes out there for a water smoker? I have a Masterbuilt and it makes amazing venison jerky and now I want to try some beef. Who has the secret recipes??

ditto. Looking for four

Dude! That is not cool.. You raised the bar way too high. Amazing!

If you use polycarbonate with a compression fitting then learn from my mistakes. Do not tighten too much or I guarantee the tube will shear at the fitting. Just tighten enough to make it snug and water tight!

I actually have two lid set ups each with different hole diameters/quantities. The first lid I use for HERMS recirculation and it has four holes all 1/8" diameter. I learned with smaller holes, the initial grain passing through the false bottom peforated stainless plate would clog up the...

Just good old storage. Seemed like such a waste of space to leave it empty and I am glad I added them. Everything I need, at least almost, is right there and stays clean.

Here is my two cents on burners. I started with the cast iron 55,000 noise maker burners and learned to not like them. They run on low pressure (approx. 5 psi), generate the least heat, and are loud enough to be very annoying throughout brew day. I have read about way too many...