What will blow up first--safety check

[Steve]

Brewed AG for 8 years with bricks as a stand for my kettle on a concrete back porch....you'll be right. Lose the BBQ plate thing....that's a drunken trip hazard if ever I saw one :lol:

 

[Mardoo]

Clay bricks have been fired at high temperature and should have no problems. I use them under my Rambo burner ATM. Cinder block or other composition blocks and the like have not necessarily been fired and shouldn't be used.

 

[StalkingWilbur]

I'm calling troll. That shit's retarded.

 

[carpedaym]

That should be alright for now, but the my earlier suggestion is a great little stand you can throw in the car and take to brew days if need be

Yeah thanks Sp0rk. Would love to build one of those, but my programmers fingers have a hard enough time with a screw driver, let alone a welder.

 

[Camo6]

I'd lose the concrete paver too. A few fired brick pavers from bunnings worked for me and some cement sheet underneath.

If you wanna play it safe you'd be better off going electric:

 

[rehabs_for_quitters]

Bricks are fine, hence why they make chimneys and outdoor BBQ's with them, just anything concrete is a big no go you may get away with it and I am sure some do but why risk it,

one bit of hot sharpnel to the left nut and your wifes going to stop letting you brew, safety never sleeps, unless of course it's been drinking first

 

[S.E]

The bricks will be ok but the cement still stuck to the two in your picture may not be. You should be able knock it off with a trowel or hammer.

 

[Scooby Tha Newbie]

Mate not shoure why you took the covering off looks like mine
If you want something cheep try Hebel.
I paid around 6$ a piece X3 for these.

Good luck.

 

[jyo]

Others suggested to me years ago to use a BBQ hot plate to sit your burner on if you need to brew on concrete. The theory was that the heat would be dispersed more evenly and make it difficult to form hot spots in the concrete.


I personally thought the orange cable spaghetti monster looked cool.

 

[MartinOC]

As mentioned above, use a piece of cement sheet & wrap it in tin foil (it acts as a reflector). I've done this with a 4-ring burner standing on fibreboard (admittedly, it's on a stand) & had no problems.

Edit: I just checked whilst I was out in the shed getting a beer & it's actually 2 cement sheets wrapped in foil.

 

[carpedaym]

I'm calling troll. That shit's retarded.

^ and to a couple of others too:

Thank goodness this forum is somewhere a new brewer can feel comfortable asking questions and advice, especially when safety related. Heaven forbid somebody should become hesitant to ask, for fear of ridicule by more experienced brewers looking for some sort of an ego kick... :unsure:

Mate not shoure why you took the covering off looks like mine

For some reason I thought the bottom of the pot would be too far from the flame with it on, partly because the wok burner would have been designed for a round-bottomed vessel. I might give it a go next time and see whether it's any slower while getting up to a boil.

The brick setup is actually pretty sturdy, as only 3 are contact points with the pot, the others are wind-shields.

The bricks will be ok but the cement still stuck to the two in your picture may not be. You should be able knock it off with a trowel or hammer.

Thanks mate, good spotting. I didn't even see that.

I'd lose the concrete paver too. A few fired brick pavers from bunnings worked for me and some cement sheet underneath.

I do have some fired brick pavers actually, I'll add them into the mix for next brew.

Worth noting that after I reached a good boil I slowly & carefully put my hand underneath to see how hot it was on the cement (seeing as, aside from trip-hazards and incorrectly filed TPS reports, concrete blowing up seemed to be the biggest issue) ; it actually wasn't very hot and I don't imagine it would be a problem, even though the burner was only about 6" from the ground.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

First off your not a new brewer, secondly you do know about health and safety, why post a picture of how you brew when you know what the response would be?
Blind Freddie would be able to pick faults with he picture you posted

 

[jyo]

Brother, feel free to ask away, that's how we learn. People are going to give you a bit of ribbing with a pic like that, so don't stress it. :beerbang:

 

[Greg.L]

Don't know if serious or trolling...

How could you possibly tell on AHB? Just put me down as a serious troll.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

AHB.....the suppository of all trolling wisdom

 

[S.E]

First off your not a new brewer, secondly you do know about health and safety, why post a picture of how you brew when you know what the response would be?
Blind Freddie would be able to pick faults with he picture you posted

You have a nerve criticising the safety of someone’s brewing equipment, you cask condition your beer in a non pressure rated cube don’t you? :huh: :lol: h34r:

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I certainly do Sean, and most of it I got from you.I have even started drinking out of my secondary fermenter.

 

[S.E]

I certainly do Sean, and most of it I got from you.I have even started drinking out of my secondary fermenter.

Most of mine often goes from primary to glass these days with only the last 15-20 litres making it to cube. :huh:

 

[shaunous]

U are what we like to refer to as a 'Temperary Australian'.

 

[S.E]

U are what we like to refer to as a 'Temperary Australian'.

Who is?