{"id":1573,"date":"2016-06-26T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blt.homenet.org\/wordpress\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2017-08-23T20:07:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T02:07:09","slug":"brewstand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bt.beerprojects.com\/wordpress\/?p=1573","title":{"rendered":"Brewstand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a photo of my nearly complete brewstand. \u00a0To finish I still need to clean up the\u00a0electrical wiring (and to think I’m licensed in something like this), \u00a0build my circuit board, build the HERMs pot, program an Ardunio and paired Android app. \u00a0Besides that I can do large batches 15+ gallons of infusion mashing \u00a0brewing. \u00a0More photos at the end.<\/p>\n

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First Edition<\/h2>\n

When we lived in CA I \u00a0was able to get some brewing equipment off of Craigslist that would let me do at least 15G batchs. \u00a0The problem with that is that I didn’t think it to be a good idea to lift 10+ gallons of boiling water above my head to pour into the mash tun.<\/p>\n

Since I had everything in the garage which was incredibly over packed the initial stand had to be very compact. \u00a0I knew the pump wasn’t self priming and came up with an idea to solve that…suction start. \u00a0I tried a few concepts before I figured out how to make things work the way I intended it too. \u00a0Here is a photo of that stand for batch #12.<\/p>\n

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Second Edition<\/h2>\n

With a pump in hand\u00a0I started day dreaming of a better brewing setup. \u00a0\u00a0I spun up some ideas for a single pump HERMS system and created some basic Visio drawings to help make sense of it. \u00a0 \u00a0 I posted my ideas on homebrewtalk<\/a>, but didn’t catch the attention of anyone. \u00a0By this time we had moved to CO and I continued to press on with my idea. \u00a0In a panic to make my back-to-back brew days while Lisa and the kids were out of town I slapped together my concept. \u00a0Needless to say the brews day didn’t go well. \u00a0Switches didn’t work, power supply died, liquid wouldn’t transfer through the tubing, and all sorts of other things.<\/p>\n

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Third Edition<\/h2>\n

I learned a lot on the failed brew session and went back to the drawing boards. \u00a0With more space to work in CO I dreamed up a real brewstand. \u00a0A 2 tier, all wood, \u00a0and pretty simple to assemble brewstand. \u00a0I use some grid paper to get my the concept put together and then used Google SketchUp to complete the design. \u00a0One theory for my failed liquid transfers was too much back pressure and suction on the tubing. \u00a0So I simplified the tubing and added in a gant before the pump. \u00a0I got one brew day on this setup\u00a0for batch #16. \u00a0The day went well, but I figured out a few more tweaks to make. \u00a0I then had a 3 day brewing marathon to make 40G in 4 beers. \u00a0The brew day was success and I’m quite pleased with my brewstand.<\/p>\n

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Next update for the brew stand I hope to have the HERMs system up and running with a decent looking control panel and Android app.<\/p>\n

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