Picked up two 15.5 gallon empty kegs. ($80) Price worked for me since I didn't have to spend good money on cheap beer. I was happy to see both kegs are branded with an Eagle....HMM!!! Living in central jersey, I've seen the Anhauser-busch lighted sign from the car, all of my life.... Irony...
I bought the kegs so I could rush right into cutting the tops off and welding fittings in. But I am smarter then that. Time to slow down. I am (for lack of a better word) copying a previous set-up I have running with my father, cousin and an air-force buddy... We have been brewing all-grain for a long time. Cousin originally started in Brooklyn in 1990. With this set-up we always used big pots and home made contraptions. Everything worked like it should have but it was not pretty. So we built a H.E.R.M.S. system. Long story short Dad is moving and Air force pilot is usually quite busy. Cousin lives closer to me then the others.
And I Want My Own!!! lol.
Back to the topic: Since I've slowed down a tad, I got to thinking, what is the first piece of this puzzle I need to build. Started looking at some different tier designs from professional to very small scale.
I will start with the Frame (cart) that will hold the kettles, MT, burners...etc... I want everything on the cart to be semi-permanent. Meaning I should be able to roll the cart out of the garage, hook up to gas and water and BREW.... THEN after clean up it should be able to contain most of the equipment. Nice Neat and Safely.
At first I thought steel for its strength and it fire resistance. Then after some research if noticed a lot of breweries built with wooden carts and metal sheeting in strategic locations. So its time to reaseach each and make a decision on materials.
Cost and weight are the big factory since I'll be able to build with both.....
To be continued...
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