Home Beer brewing stand tiered system w/ Blichmann pots, chiller and pump

Description

Custom built two tiered brewing stand with Hot Liquor Tank, Blichmann Mash Tun with false bottom, 15 gallon Blichmann Boil Kettle with whirlpool capability, Blichmann Hop Blocker, 2 Blichmann propane burners, Blichmann Therminator wort chiller, March Pump with valve, wort hoses and stainless steel quick disconnects.
This was really fun to build and its really enjoyable to brew beer with this system. However, I have retired from brewing beer. The system was built around 2 Blichmann propane burners with individual gas valves to control the flame independently under the Hot Liquor Tank and the Boil Kettle. The brewing stand is super strong because its made from galvanized steel super struts. It can easily handle the weight of all of the pots when they are all full. The stand can be disassembled if needed because it’s bolted together. The whole thing is on fat tires so it can be rolled around when needed. You can put wooden blocks under it for extra peace of mind while brewing but the wheels are also rated to handle the full load. I just put brand new wheels on it because the originals had dried out and cracked.
This system was designed to be very versatile. It uses gravity to move hot water from the HLT to the Mash Tun when sparging and includes a rotating stainless steel sparge arm. There is a March pump for recirculating your wort through the mash and for transferring the wort to the boil kettle. I also use the March pump for whirl pooling at the end of the boil. I have added an extra valve to the boil kettle for whirl pooling. At knock out I use the pump to move the finished wort through the Blichmann Therminator to my fermentor.
You can easily do back to back brews with this set up, I have done step-mashing, decoction brewing and fresh hop beers with it as well. This system was designed for someone who wants to have a number of different styles of beer on tap at once rather than 20 gallons of one style of beer. But you can do a back to back batch of the same beer with minimal effort. The best part is that it is designed to be easily cleaned in place (CIP) using the pump. All of the hoses are durable thermoplastic and there are stainless steel quick disconnects on all hoses, kettles, pump and chiller. So you can easily redirect the flow from any point in the process however needed.
I have always stored the kettles, pump, hoses and wort chiller indoors. Everything is clean and working great. The brewstand has always been outside under a tarp. All the kettles, hoses, pump and wort chiller have always been cleaned after each batch with PBW and Starsan.
Everything that’s included:
-Heavy duty brew stand with 2 Blichmann propane burners and gas hookup and valves
-10 gallon stainless steel Hot Liquor Tank with ball valve and large thermometer.
-Stainless steel rotating sparge arm
-10 gallon Blichmann kettle with ball valve and sight glass
-Blichmann stainless steel false bottom for 10 gallon kettle
-15 gallon Blichmann kettle with sight glass and 2 ball valves and whirlpool attachment
-Blichmann Therminator heat exchanger wort chiller with stainless steel hardware, ball valve and large dial thermometer
-March pump (installed in a toolbox) with stainless steel ball valve
-4 thermoplastic brewing hoses with quick disconnects (various lengths)
-Reinforced vinyl water hoses. One is a very long supply hose with a garden hose fitting on one side and a stainless quick disconnect on the other side. The other hose is for the hot water coming out of the wort chiller and only has one quick disconnect on it.
-Blichmann Hop Blocker
-9 male stainless steel quick disconnect fittings (on kettles, chiller, pump)
-9 female stainless steel quick disconnect fittings (on wort hoses and vinyl water hoses)
-Wooden mash paddle
-Steel plate to use as heat shield.
-A few spare parts such as some o-rings and bolts. Propane tank is not included.