Kevin58
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After a steady evolution over the past 20+ years of homebrewing I've purchased what I hope will be my last big rebuild. I am currently putting together a three vessel electric HERMs system that I bought from High Gravity Brewing: https://www.highgravitybrew.com.
The HLT on the left and the BK on the right are Bayou Classic kettles with Blichmann Boilcoil heating elements. The MT in the middle is a Blichmann Boilermaker. All are 15 gallon kettles. The pumps are Blichmann RipTide. The controller on the wall is a Wort Hog EBC-330.
I've been working on pump placement before I start cutting hoses and I thought this was going to be the final arrangement. Then after snapping this pic I stumbled upon a Craigslist ad of someone selling a restaurant kitchen prep table. Stainless steel and five feet long for just $100. The workbench in the pic is 4 feet and you can see that the extra 12 inches is going to be perfect. So of course I bought it and now I have to start all over trying to figure out where and how to mount the pumps. Good thing I didn't cut the hoses yet.
Between work, deer hunting and life I've only been able to work on it an hour or so at a time and only a couple days a week so it's slow going but I'm enjoying the process.
I've also attached some pics of my previous all grain systems. I used the round cooler mash tun and turkey fryer system right there on my front porch. The three converted kettle rig I bought from a friend and only had that for a year and half before I sold it to finance this new electric system.
The HLT on the left and the BK on the right are Bayou Classic kettles with Blichmann Boilcoil heating elements. The MT in the middle is a Blichmann Boilermaker. All are 15 gallon kettles. The pumps are Blichmann RipTide. The controller on the wall is a Wort Hog EBC-330.
I've been working on pump placement before I start cutting hoses and I thought this was going to be the final arrangement. Then after snapping this pic I stumbled upon a Craigslist ad of someone selling a restaurant kitchen prep table. Stainless steel and five feet long for just $100. The workbench in the pic is 4 feet and you can see that the extra 12 inches is going to be perfect. So of course I bought it and now I have to start all over trying to figure out where and how to mount the pumps. Good thing I didn't cut the hoses yet.
Between work, deer hunting and life I've only been able to work on it an hour or so at a time and only a couple days a week so it's slow going but I'm enjoying the process.
I've also attached some pics of my previous all grain systems. I used the round cooler mash tun and turkey fryer system right there on my front porch. The three converted kettle rig I bought from a friend and only had that for a year and half before I sold it to finance this new electric system.
