I know this has been done to death but I still reckon more is better. I'm about 3/4 way through assembling the components to put together my 3 vessel HERMS.
I'm currently mashing in a cooler and boiling in a 46ltr ss pot on gas and am moving to 2 50 ltr kegs (legally obtained) for HLT & kettle and the aforementioned pot as my MLT. I've got my ball valves, sight guages, ss quick releases, elements (yes I stupidly bought the Keg King ones my god have mercy on my soul) and some insulated jackets being sewn up by the missus but construction on the brewing vessels hasn't started yet. I purchased the ss Herm-it coil from Nev an thats complete bar some PVC glue
The system will be an electric/gas hybrid as I have a good burner and wanted to keep the costs down where possible the HLT & HERMS unit will run off electric elements and the kettle will be fired on the burner.
I'll post photos as I go but for today I have just received my PIDs SSRs and PT1000 temperature probes. My case is going to be constructed from a couple of old PC cases and just because its done my HERMS unit (going to mount in the bracket that came for the co2 bottle on my kegerator.
I have a brew stand build (but not home) which I'll post on later. If you notice I've done anything stupid let me know advice is always welcome.
I'm currently mashing in a cooler and boiling in a 46ltr ss pot on gas and am moving to 2 50 ltr kegs (legally obtained) for HLT & kettle and the aforementioned pot as my MLT. I've got my ball valves, sight guages, ss quick releases, elements (yes I stupidly bought the Keg King ones my god have mercy on my soul) and some insulated jackets being sewn up by the missus but construction on the brewing vessels hasn't started yet. I purchased the ss Herm-it coil from Nev an thats complete bar some PVC glue
The system will be an electric/gas hybrid as I have a good burner and wanted to keep the costs down where possible the HLT & HERMS unit will run off electric elements and the kettle will be fired on the burner.
I'll post photos as I go but for today I have just received my PIDs SSRs and PT1000 temperature probes. My case is going to be constructed from a couple of old PC cases and just because its done my HERMS unit (going to mount in the bracket that came for the co2 bottle on my kegerator.
I have a brew stand build (but not home) which I'll post on later. If you notice I've done anything stupid let me know advice is always welcome.