5 or 10 litre brewery kit?

laithclark · Post by **laithclark** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:26 pm

Has anyone built or have any ideas of the kit I could or should use to create a 5 or 10 litre micro, micro home brewery. I normally brew 19 or 21 litre brews but I'd like to be able to make smaller batches of new beers?

If anyone has any thoughts that would be great, I'm also keen to build some new stuff!

Thanks in advance

Post by **themadhippy** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:22 pm

Im in the middle of building something similar,using an 11 litre stock pot with a 2kw element for the HLT,12 litre wilkos stock pot with a false bottom in box filled with expanding foam for the mash tun and a 20 litre burco for the boiler

AdamJohn · Post by **AdamJohn** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:00 am

How about BIAB with a 15litre stock pot. Using your kitchen hob. Couldn't be simpler!

laithclark · Post by **laithclark** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:11 am

Thanks and I should have added I am a garage brewer due to the smell in the kitchen my wife hates it!

I need a set up like themadhippys which sounds pretty much what I need

Thanks

TheSumOfAllBeers · Post by **TheSumOfAllBeers** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:47 am

I remember http://www.massivebrewery.com
Wondering if it is still going ?

Jocky · Post by **Jocky** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:09 am

I was previously brewing BIAB to between 5 and 10 litres into fermenter using a 19 litre stock pot and a cheap Ritchies mashing bag.

laithclark · Post by **laithclark** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:00 am

Massive brewery has gone by the looks of it otherwise that would have been a good start I think

Other than that BIAB seems to be a popular option that I may look at especially to simplify the kit

Jocky · Post by **Jocky** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:59 am

laithclark wrote:Massive brewery has gone by the looks of it otherwise that would have been a good start I think

Other than that BIAB seems to be a popular option that I may look at especially to simplify the kit

Try this guy: http://craftalekits.com/

He provides everything to do small scale BIAB.

DR Roberts · Post by **DR Roberts** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:07 pm

Hi I made a 5 litre/ 1 gallon microbrewery from three stainless steel pots, 2 of the pots were £10:00 each and 1 I already had. I bought stainless steel taps, tubing, false bottom, connectors etc from Angel Home Brew. I was amazed at how easy it was to make your own microbrewery for very little money, when you can spend a fortune on ready made versions. Most of them are from 25 litres upwards. I have photo's of my favourite brews if you are interested although I am not sure how to upload them.
Cheers for now

Pinto · Post by **Pinto** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:14 pm

Prototyping a compact 15L three vessel kit at the moment - if it works well I may make a few up for sale

- watch this space..

aamcle · Post by **aamcle** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 5:49 am

A 19 litre Burco with a 14 litre stockpot and you have the shiny bits of a 1/2 size GrainFather.

Aamcle

laithclark · Post by **laithclark** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:09 am

DR Roberts wrote:Hi I made a 5 litre/ 1 gallon microbrewery from three stainless steel pots, 2 of the pots were £10:00 each and 1 I already had. I bought stainless steel taps, tubing, false bottom, connectors etc from Angel Home Brew. I was amazed at how easy it was to make your own microbrewery for very little money, when you can spend a fortune on ready made versions. Most of them are from 25 litres upwards. I have photo's of my favourite brews if you are interested although I am not sure how to upload them.
Cheers for now

Hi Dr Roberts

That sounds very interesting if there's anyway you can upload the pics/work out how to do it I would love to see the kit you have built

thanks
laith

DR Roberts · Post by **DR Roberts** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:26 pm

Hi Laith, I have uploaded some images (5) you should be able to view them using the URL below. Hope it works

http://s5.postimg.org/ivxi0davb/IMG_1755.jpg
Regards
Cliff

DR Roberts · Post by **DR Roberts** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:30 pm

Hi Again
Apologies they are all one at a time.
They show the mash tun and liqour holding tank, the sparging went well and the wort was clear at the end.
http://s5.postimg.org/dqrp508jr/IMG_1739.jpg
http://s5.postimg.org/6c2dcmmo7/IMG_1741.jpg
http://s5.postimg.org/9ycs30ifb/IMG_1752.jpg
http://s5.postimg.org/5dqlo2ypz/IMG_1754.jpg
Regards
Cliff

laithclark · Post by **laithclark** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 5:20 pm

Pinto wrote:Prototyping a compact 15L three vessel kit at the moment - if it works well I may make a few up for sale - watch this space..

That would, be good to see and perhaps for me to use as a template to scale down?

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