So here is my system. Paid $40 for the hot water tun, $18 for fittings, Mash tun was $12 on sale, $20 fittings,
$109 for 25 gal boil kettle at Samsclub.com. All burners are turkey frier, one I had and cant remember how much paid for second. Steel table is just my welding table that I already had. Chiller is home made from copper tubing I bought on clearance. The most expensive thing I bought was my Barley Crusher $114.50 Then found a gear reduction motor at surplus for $15 and spent $18 on drive gears and sprockets. Yesterday I scored 3 18 gal food grade open top barrels for $20 ea.
What do you think for less than $500 total. Have more than that into cabinets and my sink
The garage space alone (with floor drains and storage for everything) is to die for.
It doesn’t look cheap, you just decided what to spend the money on. Good set up.
I see a stainless 3 tub sink, stone shelf, a water bib so you can clean and sprays up, and the all important mop. From the posters it looks like you are from MI.
+1
I like the hopper extension on the barely crusher. ;D Every time I brew I wonder what a good way to extend it is.
Paul
Nice! Very nice!
I think you got a very good deal. Nice setup!
+1! I would love to have that much garage space and a drain. Great set up.
Roll on with your bad self. If you make good beer then screw it!
St. Johns MI Dead center. The company I work for American Rentals does all the tents and Ameri-Cans for all the Mi Brewers Guild Beer Fests so I get VIP passes.
Good job perk. I have to all but the UP fest. If a local place makes the trip, I have said I am in to pour for them. Love the UP.
Join the MI Brewers Guild. It is for the pro brewers but there are private members only meetings and VIP passes to the Brew Fests and a lot of information for us not so PROS! A Volunteer could get free entry to the Brew Fests.
I’m all for simplicity and low cost at the homebrew level! Great job!
Ihave poured for several locals at the other 3 fests. You get free admission for you work, and have off shift time. That is how they get volunteers.
Can you give details about your motorized grain mill? I am tired of using a drill. What parts did you get?
It is a Dayton gear reduction 46 rpm and I doubled its speed with chain sprockets. Slow speed makes no dust and crushes perfectly. The chain and sprockets came from McMaster Carr. At that torque I knew the belt drive would have to be to big and I wanted it to fit into my cabinet.
I bought this at MI State University Surplus store for $15 and when I got back looked it up in Grainger catalog and it retails for $450 so I would say I got A SCREAMING DEAL!! Wired the plug and switch myself.
I’ve thought and thought and I can’t figure it out.
How does the roto-tiller fit into the process?
Mash mixer
The stainless steel sink has me highly aroused. Looks like something from an old photographic darkroom.
If that one gets you “aroused”, you should see mine.