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73" x 24" x 26" angle iron table on casters. Used to brew beer. Has two sets of hooks to hold a Bayou Classic Banjo Burner. $200 OBO. Tags: weld welded home brew beer ale stand rig angle iron

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Friends are coming into town. Big plans are to eat some BBQ and drink some homebrew.

I would essentially be turning my brew kettle into my mash tun. Your experience really gave me some things to consider. Yambor, what kind of burner are you using? I was hoping that I could keep the burner on all the time and just reduce the flame to maintain the temp. It sounds like this is...

I was just over simplifying. I have a valve at the bottom of the brew kettle for liquid out. I would install another valve at the top of the kettle for liquid in and use the pump to go from bottom to top. I would throw a false bottom to keep the grain off the actual bottom of the kettle and...

So I was thinking of how to complicate my life a little more and this is what I came up with. Right now my buddy and I do 10 gallon batches with a 15 gallon pot. We heat water for the mash with an LP burner and mash in a giant cooler. After an hour mash (usually) we drain runnings through a CPVC...

I noticed some small Husky In-Line Regulators at Home Depot (or 125 PSI Air Flow Regulator with Gauge) today and was thinking that these could be used in conjunction with those cheap-o Harbor Freight manifolds and maybe some valves (maybe not). What are the thoughts on using those small...

I bought an 15 gallon aluminum pot from Sam's Club online ($43). There are a couple stainless steel pots (15 and 20 gallons) on eBay for about $100 and $125 shipped, respectively. http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=102996&navAction=...

So I'm thinking of brewing a Christmas ale with some spices. I've pulled a recipe and below are the spices I'm planning on using for a 5 gallon batch: 125 mL of Molasses 1 tsp of Cardamom 1 tsp of Cinnamon 1 tsp of Ginger 1 tsp of Orange Peel My main question is when do I add...

Going to try my first all-grain. Midwestsupplies kit: Hop Head Double IPA. Maybe some foosball at the same time. Sh*t's gonna get crazy.

I have done a couple extra brew batches with my friends but we woud like to move to all-grain brewing. For this first batch we are going to do everything by hand with extract brew equipment. With regard to answering the question, just assume I have one pot/fermenter/piece-of-equipment that is...

Wow. That's an impressive set up. I like your idea and had considered two separate compartments/panels for all the electrical. I'm going to go a little off my topic: why do you have contactors and SSRs in series on your heaters? Wouldn't two SPST (or one DPST) SSRs alone work?

Thanks for the feedback. That's what I was afraid of. Are there any other solutions available, something I haven't mentioned? Or is there an SSR that has a smaller footprint? Also, back to the power relays: what about for the pumps? Once they start pumping, they stay on until their process is...

So I'm not real thrilled with the prospect of installing a bunch of SSRs with huge heat sinks in an already small electrical box. The alternative I have found is a Miniature Power Relay. Here is a link. The main disadvantage I can see is that because it is not a solid state unit, the number...