The last critical piece for completing the third burner on my brew stand came in the mail Tuesday afternoon! So I quickly finished up the last of the plumbing, did a little upgrade and the brew stand is ready!

Having the third and final burner done is a great relief. I was starting to worry and feel that I was focusing to much on HOW I was brewing rather that ACTUALLY brewing. To combat that front I took the stand in its two burner state and did a little test brew on Saturday morning. Just a quick and easy single infusion session. American Cream Ale was the recipe.

Overall I am happy with how thing felt. Nothing really changed with the technicals of the wort but it I quickly got comfortable with the idea of multiple vessels side by side. Although I will say one unexpected result of two pots firing up side by side was the amount of heat sneaking up in between them! Woo! I have to start to rethink safety a bit here now. Namely thinking twice before grabbing a metal spoon laid across the top of the pot.

You’ll notice in video and picture at the end that I did away with the water supply hoses for the gas hook ups. During a test fire of just the burners the amount of heat seems a bit high and I had fears of melting the supply lines in mid brew. So I switched to corrugated steel tubing. Should have done it right the first pass but was trying to be a bit cheap.

I didn’t mention it in the video but I also secured the black gas pipe with some zip ties. Makes the stand easier to pickup and move. I am still considering making the stand a bit taller. Perhaps I’ll mount into to the top of a small eight inch higher wooden cart with wheels. One, it’ll be easier to move a round. Two, it might be able to actually get the pump mounted underneath the stand. Again as it is now the heat coming off the burners and bouncing off the kettles would probably fry the pump too.

Overall it’s been a good project. Things left to do now is to put a valve on a third keg so I can have a proper HLT. I am contemplating a sight glass too to make water measurements easier. But for now I will focus on getting some beers brewed before I do more brewing. Focus on the WHAT and less on the HOW.

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Brew on!