Look I'm famous! I'm the one in the red shirt and I have to agree with everyone, it's an awesome setup.
I just wanted to ask, do you guys allow applications to join? Then I just need to find a job, find a place to live, move. Man too much hassles, I'll just live vicariously.
F...... Awesome. Looks like a good time was had by all.
Look I'm famous! I'm the one in the red shirt and I have to agree with everyone, it's an awesome setup.
My thinking on this, and what is making me a little excited, is no mucking out of a manhole from a tun.
I'm just curious if you can use something like this in a real brewery?
Hey, what kind of burners are you using on the 55 gal drums? Are they the usual 23 or 32 tip wok burners?
While looking for deals on craigslist a week or two ago, I came across these guys trying to sell their entire brew setup. They got kicked out of their rental unit, apparently, and I guess they're just getting rid of everything rather than find a new location. Bummer.Check out this nanobrewery they built their own
While looking for deals on craigslist a week or two ago, I came across these guys trying to sell their entire brew setup. They got kicked out of their rental unit, apparently, and I guess they're just getting rid of everything rather than find a new location. Bummer.
They posted on ProbBrewer.com as well, but pulled the add because they got a bit more time from the landlord.
as long as it complies with your state brewery laws and the TBB ok's the site you can brew professionally anywhere. All you have to do is go through all that paperwork.
WTF?!?! Brewing out of a storage unit? Can anyone set up shop in one and sell beer with the right liscenses or is this one of those under the radar things? Never heard of such a thing. HAHA!! Sounds like an awesome idea if ya ask me!
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Hey guys. That's me in the pic with the cigar.
We got one of the barrels on Ebay and one from Craigslist if I recall.
The HLT used to be one of those whirlpool deals they use for sports.
The most grain we have mashed at once is about 280lbs.
The pump we are using is a 1/4 HP march pump, it has a bit more oomph that the 1/25 HP motors we use in our regular brewstands.
The burners for the boil kettles have no problem getting to a rolling boil, but with the kettles being so tall it's tough to keep the boil under control. If we only boil about 35 in each kettle we can keep a nice rolling boil.
Efficiency wise, 75-80 is common but we have also had days where we've hit 85 or higher.
This is why I brought an ale pail for my share.
The MLT is based on the 100gal Rubermaid water trough
which has a drain on the bottom side (this is where we connected the braided drain line)
the unit was then wrapped in wooden boards similar to those that you would wrap a hottub in, and the cavity was filled with spray foam.
the top is made of a sheet of a HDPE sheet (Same material as a cutting board)
NATL HDPE CUTTING BOARD SHEET - InterstatePlastics
one end was cut off so that a hinge could be added and be bolted down to the top of the bin.
Once that was done, a hole was drilled in the anchor section of the lid to feed the sparge arm, which was done just like you would for any MLT but larger.
dude is for drinking water i think it will be ok
Most plastics are inert by chemical structure. It's not like you can cut corners and save money to make some product out of a dangerous plastic substance. I'm not certain of this but I think polyethylene is still one of the cheapest if not the cheapest plastic to bulk manufacture.
Basically it would take more work to make a plastic non food safe.... then again there was that whole bpa thing that we all freaked out about... of course that wasn't in polyethylene anyway.
So I am seriously considering going to buy this but I am not convinced it is food grade.
Does anyone know if this is a food grade product?
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