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"I have searched the web many times. Here is what i want to do 1-never spend the 800 dollars for a blichman brew stand. 2- use my porch table, the floor and a 30/32 inch high table to emulate the stand 3- the fermaenting bucket goes on the floor. The brew pot goes on the table. 4- The hot liquor tank goes on the 30/32 inch high table which sits on the regular table. 5- i need a 30 to 32 inch high table because the hieght will be correct for sparging. A light folding table would be great- the sparge pot will be a max of 5 gallons I could use some ideas any question here?????  "
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Is the hot liquor tank the only one to have a burner under it? Or does more than one of the tanks have a burner under it?
If the top tank does have a burner under it, your 30/32" table will need to be fireproof, or at least put cement board or tiles underneath the burner(s).
What would a contructed box with cross-bracing and clamping points (so you could clamp to the regular table) do for you? Are you able to contruct something like that?
Does this top table need to break down and fold up? Or could it become a piece of furniture on the deck when not in use?
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" Originally Posted by: muadib2001  Is the hot liquor tank the only one to have a burner under it? Or does more than one of the tanks have a burner under it?
If the top tank does have a burner under it, your 30/32"" table will need to be fireproof, or at least put cement board or tiles underneath the burner(s).
What would a contructed box with cross-bracing and clamping points (so you could clamp to the regular table) do for you? Are you able to contruct something like that?
Does this top table need to break down and fold up? Or could it become a piece of furniture on the deck when not in use?
Muadib I am looking for a light folding table so i can store it when i'm using the table for other things. I use electric hotplates and internal hot water heater elements. If i had used the blichman stand it would be the one with shelves and not gas burners. I choose the electricity because i can automatically regulate the heat Thanks for the input. :)"
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"PROBLEM SOLVED--PHOTO TO FOLLOW
I have a shorter table 4' long by 29 "" high. the main table is 6' long. i place the shorter tabl on the longer table. i willonly be missing 1 inch in hieght si it should work well. now all i have to do is add the heat element and spiggot to the hot liquor tank."
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" Originally Posted by: bigwheel Not sure about this fermenter on the floor deal. Looks like that would make it hard to siphon..lol. Or maybe better..What kinda pump you got? Thanks. I do have pumps but only to empty my still. The fermenter on the floor is only to fill it from the boiling pot. I would then move the fermenter indoors to the kitchen countertop. Living in warm climate does not allow me to leave the most important part of the process out of air conditioned space. I actually prefer to ferment in winter time so i can keep the liquid temp below 70 degrees. I like to run a cool ferment if possible. (((I even have a stainless steel wort chiller that i wanted to leave in the fermenter to keep the liquid temp down. I wanted to do that with a pid operated valve and tap water.))) Lots of things didnt get done these past 2 years. [SIZE=""3""]BTW thanks for the comments[/SIZE]. The input always gets me t try new ideas or reconsider what i think is iron clad method  "
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"  The insulated boiler pot is sitting on top of the modified 1500 watt hot plate. The Hot liquor tank will sit on top of the smaller table and be 6 gallons with an internal heat element, a 1/2 inch gate valve, a water level indicator and a thermometer. Hopefully i can set up some sort of thermostat mounted on the pot."
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" Originally Posted by: bigwheel Well thanks for that tip on the coolish fermenting. Never thunk of that angle kick kick. I have a little dorm sized flat top refrigerator out in the mancave. It can hold 4 buckets of wash belly button high off the floor which is about right for siphoning into the boiler. I also have a little window AC out there which can bring the temp down low enough to hang meat. Just too cheap to pay the electric bill to run it. May have to do that when the weather really gets hot..which aint far off. One good thing is it stays in the shade of a big Pee Can tree..so it usually aint too bad to just leave a window open. Why not just get a thermostat for the little refer. My extra refer is converted to a kegorator. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/a....php?keywords=thermostat"
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" Originally Posted by: bigwheel Well I am using the inside of the refer for certain other stuff which needs to be kept cold. I can stuff one bucket of wash in it. Have had a few of the keg set ups over the years. Person do not realize how many friends they have till they get one..lol. Im not easy on folks who drop in empty handed-- Being a grump has some advantages lol"
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" Originally Posted by: bigwheel I hear ya on the grump deal. I have tried being grumpy over the years..but I apparently aint very good at. Never did seem to scare anybody away from the spigot anyway. I even got into homade keg beer one time using the five gallon soda cans. Sure was easier than washing all them crazy beer bottles. Only bad thing with me and a keg I say think I will have a couple before bedtime. Next thing I know its one in the morning and I bees on about mug ten or so..lol. Well i dont usually drink any alcohol. Weddings-- company or something like that. I am hooked on this hobby because it seems to be a bit of a black art. Setting up the equipment is as fascinating as fermenting and running the stills. Brewhaus doesnt sell brew pots so i just spent $$$ some place else. I also just putchased a ball valve for the tank and a 9 gallon fermenter. I would have purchased all from brewhaus. Now i have to scrounge around for someone to weld the stainless1 inch NPT coupling to the pot i just purchased"
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"How does the gulf coast of florida sound. I don't know where pongo pongo is either. I wanted to spend som money with brewhaus but they dont stock the items, Seems that brew pots, no weld valve kits go with brewing. I wanted a larger fermenter and i had to deal with KRAUSE. Not my favorite seller for sure."
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"Just to change the subject for a laugh. I wasnt thinking of what i must do to make beer. I need to boil before i put the liquid to ferment. So now ill put the propane burner on the floor for the boil then pump that liquid into a fermenter bucket. I have 3 6 gallon buckets with screw on lids. These will be good for fermenting 5 gallon batches of anything.
Right now i have them filled with malted barley for the irish whiskey that i have been putting off for months"
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"American samoa or pago pago pronounced pongo pongo. YOU FORCED ME TO LOOK LOL LOL http://wikitravel.org/en/American_Samoa"
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" Originally Posted by: bigwheel Hmmm sounds like some of them S. Pacific Mo Mo type folks. When I first got up in this area the fella who was showing me the ropes say..We got some folks up here called Tongans. He say they big folks..six three and two fifty is about normal Now he say that is the wimmen...the guys are real big lol. Worked around em twenty years from that point and as with most other folks 99.9 is salt of the earth. If you was not kin to the King you was SOL from what they said. Might as well come to Americka. Sure do make sense to keep boiling liquids close to the ground. I thought maybe you was fermenting on the floor and using the fancy hand truck to life it up to siphon. My imagination goes wild sometimes..lol. The hand truck will definitely be used at some point. I guess ill have to plan the operation a bit better."
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" Originally Posted by: bigwheel From the looks of the pics not sure how much room there is for making it better. Looked like a real sophisticated operation. LOL I knew you would be impressed with the high tech. involved in my operation. "
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Yes very impressive. I will have to try and figger out what some of that stuff is one of these days..lol.
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table technology is the secret 
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" Originally Posted by: bigwheel Hey you got some stuff that would make Dr. Frankenstein's lab techs jealous..lol. Do any of that stuff shoot electricity out of it? Now i'm going to show off a little if you dont mind. Just remember owning things doesnt mean knowing what to do with them I [SIZE=""4""]wanted[/SIZE] to make my own flavorings and extraxts  I [SIZE=""4""]wanted[/SIZE] to age whiskey in barrels  "
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"I make my own noodles--Yes this works  This stuff was suposed to de gass my wine automatically  And the list goes on.. Things dont always turn out the way i want  "
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I tested the barrels with water first. I agree that nothing goes to the angels- They are decorations now.
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" Originally Posted by: bigwheel Mighty fine decorations. Now back not too long ago I might have been tempted to cut one up and stick some in my bourbon jars..lol. Got a chum with a real old januine JD barrel from the factory. He say a little chunk of that down in the hooch makes it taste real good. I buy my charred oak; but I really don't know what good tasting wiskey is. Please tell me about de gassing with mrs dasch. I now ise a drill and a de gassing rod or whatever it is."
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