A few months ago, Andy and I decided to collaborate our two homebrewing systems into one large one. It makes perfect sense. Andy is better at brewing and I love building stuff. I get to design and build a brand new system, bigger and better than before. Andy gets to design better recipes and eventually we will be brewing together a lot more often. What's better than homebrewing? Brewing with a friend!
The plan is to build another electric system with 55 gallon kettles so we can brew a full barrel at a time and split it. It will be located in the basement at Andy's house and provide a comfortable place to brew year round with easy cleaning. It will have blichmann boilermaker kettles, utilize HERMS for temperature control, and have a 50 amp control panel running 11,000 watts of power.
At this point the main structure of the CP (Control Panel) is built. Wiring was started yesterday and we are still awaiting the arrival of panel tags. Once the panel is done we will look to start acquiring kettles and attachments.
The build so far in pictures: (sorry about the poor photos, I use my old iPhone and the light coming through my kitchen window can screw things up)
The plan is to build another electric system with 55 gallon kettles so we can brew a full barrel at a time and split it. It will be located in the basement at Andy's house and provide a comfortable place to brew year round with easy cleaning. It will have blichmann boilermaker kettles, utilize HERMS for temperature control, and have a 50 amp control panel running 11,000 watts of power.
At this point the main structure of the CP (Control Panel) is built. Wiring was started yesterday and we are still awaiting the arrival of panel tags. Once the panel is done we will look to start acquiring kettles and attachments.
The build so far in pictures: (sorry about the poor photos, I use my old iPhone and the light coming through my kitchen window can screw things up)
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| Here is the panel with the parts just placed on top. I was so excited when the parts arrived I just had to put things in their general place to see what it looked like. |
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| The CP front panel with the holes cut for the 22mm lights and switches |
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| The CP front panel with all holes cut including holes for volt/amp meters and PID's |
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| The back plate with components attached |
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| The CP body with backplate installed and receptacles placed to get a feel for what it looks like |
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| Main CP body with receptacle holes cut and custom paint job |
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| The CP with all components installed |
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