Brew Frame
Here are pictures of the brew frame, not yet painted or cleaned up, just freshly welded.


- posted by Jeff @ 10:59 PM

 
Adding it all up
I started through all my receipts last night to begin working up a Bill of Materials. That was depressing. The most expensive stuff that isn't really thought about as a major component ended up being the food grade high temp quick disconnects ($150) and the SS ball valves ($80). These are things that add up very fast, mostly because there are a lot of them, and you really just don't think about them too much. The burners also ended up adding $80 to the bottom line and three thermometers were $90 (could have been closer to $120 if I hadn't shopped around). Anyway, I've done enough of these projects to know that you add up all the "big" items and then multiply by 3x to get a good estimate on how much this is all going to cost. Because these "little" things that you never really factor in while doing the initial rough estimates add up QUICK.
- posted by Jeff @ 6:40 AM

 
Some new pictures
Some new pictures to gaze at. Stainless steel hose braid that I've stripped and am going to use as a filter on the dip tub in the boil kettle. One of the natural gas 100,000 btu burners I'm going to be putting on the frame.


- posted by Jeff @ 10:05 PM

 
Web Page up!
I just got the page up after getting the Brew Kettle all built. There are pictures below.




- posted by Jeff @ 4:24 PM