FIRE!!!!!!!!!!

lars · Post by **lars** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:07 pm

I've got FIRE!!! I just fired up my Brutus for the first time. No time to brew, but was able to get my kettles welded and the gas system finished up today. I'll post some pictures tomorrow, it was gettin too dark to take any tonight.

dhempy · Post by **dhempy** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:47 pm

Congrats .. can't wait to see the pics.

Dan

Rezzin · Post by **Rezzin** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:50 pm

Better get that brew in quick or it'll wind up collecting dust for the next 6 months!

lars · Post by **lars** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:52 pm

Yeah... planning on brewing a Scottish 70/- this Thursday. I was originally planning on a 5 gal batch, but may step it up to 10 gallons.

lars · Post by **lars** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:19 pm

Ok, so here are some pix... Not quite done but really close.

backyard brewer · Post by **backyard brewer** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:32 am

Nice. How much was the steel?

BrewMasterBrad · Post by **BrewMasterBrad** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:37 am

Thanks for posting the pics Lars. I am looking for some casters for my Brutus now. What did you use and how did you mount them?

Brad

Rezzin · Post by **Rezzin** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:39 am

Nice Lars!

lars · Post by **lars** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:02 am

Backyard Brewer wrote:Nice. How much was the steel?

I had the steel pre cut, so it was a bit more... The steel cut to my specs was just under $100. Personally, for that price I wasn't going to mess around or waste my time cutting it.

BrewMasterBrad wrote: I am looking for some casters for my Brutus now. What did you use and how did you mount them?

I'll take a few more pix tomorrow when I'm brewing. I had two cross pieces welded onto the bottom of the frame, and the casters simply bolt onto them. I bought the casters at Harbor Freight.

AND all hail to RPM for welding! Most of the congrats go to him for his welding skillz.

backyard brewer · Post by **backyard brewer** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:13 am

Why the difference in burners and gas supply lines?

lars · Post by **lars** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:57 am

The third burner is one of those huge ass 210k btu Hurricane burners. I'm using it as the hlt burner. Why? I needed to buy a third burner (I already had the other two). The third burner is solid mounted, and I didn't feel that I could fit rigid lines without a lot of trouble.

brew captain · Post by **brew captain** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:49 am

Lars,

I will be driving by your house around 4:00pm. What time are your mashing in?

Cheers!

lars · Post by **lars** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:32 am

I have some work to do before I start brewing. So, I'm not sure what time I'll be mashing in. I hope to be done and drinkin by 4pm. But, I don't know if that is going to happen. If you are in the area give me a call and drop by.

Rezzin · Post by **Rezzin** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:14 pm

So how did the brew day go Lars? Sorry I didn't get a chance to stop by, I'm a little sick right now and am trying to beat it before it gets any worse. I'm already feeling a little better so hopefully I'll be able to drop by this weekend if you're around.

lars · Post by **lars** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:53 pm

Well... I didn't end up brewing. A bunch of other stuff took over the day. Including selling my Tacoma and taking my new truck in to the shop for some work. I was able to clean up the stand some more, run the solid copper through my stainless braid and "brew" with a batch of PBW. So far everything works great! Robert stopped by and had a pint or two... Robert - the Porter tapped out once you left! Now I NEED to brew soon. I'm down to 1 keg that is only about 1/3 full. So, maybe this weekend.