Tested my big brew system

[Johnny-Max]

I tested the brew system today and worked out a couple of kinks and all is well now. I heated and pumped water from the hot liquor tank to the mash tun, then to brew kettle, brought it to a boil, then pumped it to the fermenter. All is good! I had to learn to adjust the height and location of the burner under kettle to get maximum heat, but when I did, you talk about heat to kettle transfer! I was told I could not boil 3 barrels of wort, but man, I can bring it to a boil in less than an hour! That 360 thousand BTU burner rocks. It took 2 1/2 gal of propane to do the boil, way less that anticipated. New years day brew here I come :-)

[Rosemary Burton]

  NICE!!!

[Johnny-Max]

I brewed a barrel of beer on the brew system I built for the first time, on the first day of the year.
It is in the fermenter. Next batch will be 3 or 4 barrels. I need to order a pallet of bottle I guess.

[jcpyro]

And I thought my 12 gallon system great.  Good luck and have fun!

[BoatGuy]

Looks like a heck of a system, Johnny. Follow that dream!

If you're not using the 360 kBTU burner next winter, we might be able to use it, to reheat the state of Oklahoma!

While I am at it, are you planning to be able to ship to Oklahoma?

[Johnny-Max]

We are doing this debt free, so we will start small and sell close and as we grow we will be selling farther and farther away, so eventually we will be