starting to build a brew station. Does anyone one have any pictures of theirs to post so I have an idea what how I should build mine.
Hey welcome to home brewing. You haven't given us a lot of information to go on here so what I would suggest is to YouTube some brewing setups or do some google searching. Brew station sounds like you're going all grain but I'm not sure what method you want to adopt for sparging and so forth. Keep reading and researching here on Beer Advocate and get some reading and watching done on the web. Cheers!
My brew station is a propane burner, igloo cooler, and 10-gal kettle. It's very 'down and dirty' but when I brew my stout this weekend I'll post a pic of the setup.
There was a thread on this topic a while ago. I did a search of the forum using 'build' as the search word and came up with a lengthy list, but most threads in the list use that word differently. Here's a link to one thread that is applicable, but if you want to search further you should find others. New Brew Setup
While I don't have this setup anymore, here's a thread I posted on homebrewtalk dot com with pics of a propane-based gravity tower I built out of all aluminum. Search for thread 6908040 at the homebrewtalk dot com.
I don't know how complex of a setup your looking for, but here's mine after brewing today's imperial stout. As you can see, it's very simple, but I've had great success with it!
Here's my 1/2bbl setup. Built it myself for around $1000, including everything you see in the picture. The 20gal kettles were only $149 each. Less than what you'd pay for a keggle that someone else put fitting on. If you do a three tear, you can knock off the price of fittings, pump, silicone and so on. The bolt together frames also work really well, and are fairly cheap. They are much harder to clean up after a boil over though.
I'm pretty sure I've posted this picture below before, but I couldn't find the thread. Anyway, here's my setup: three vessel all grain setup. Manual lifting and gravity feeding of the liquid. In back on right is hot liquor tank (HLT), back left is mash/lauter tun (MLT) and front left is boil kettle (BK). The HLT and MLT sit on a Camp Chef two-burner cooker. HLT shown is 5 gallons (I also have a 6 gallon HLT) and the MLT is 7 gallons, sufficient for 5 gallon batches beers up to about an OG of 1.080. The BK is 15 gallons with welded fittings for the thermometer and ball valve. It sits on a Blichmann burner on a home-built rolling stand I fly sparge, which is what is going on in the picture. I transfer water from the HLT into the bucket on top of the MLT. Water slowly drains into the MLT from the bucket. Concurrently water drains from the MLT into the BK. I use a self written Excel workbook for designing and keeping track of the brewing process (not unlike BrewCipher). Shown on the computer is the sheet where I fill in and keep track of what goes on during the brew day. Cheers!
I guess we should know what setup you're using now, and what you're going for on your new build. Going from extract to AG, or upgrading your AG system?
Dude... I give up on this pic thing... http://s1006.photobucket.com/user/jfaylor23/media/Mobile Uploads/20150103_124239_zpslydtqnf3.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1 Edit, I made my stand big enough to go at least 1bbl if I felt the need...
I have since sourced another keggle for my HLT. i am also unhappy with the hlt burner and plan on swamping in a large banjo instead of the jet burner from the turkey fryer that is there now.
My set up is relatively Spartan. 10gallon kettle with spigot Bayou Classic 55k btu burner 52qt Coleman Extreme cooler mashtun with toilet braid lauter apparatus plate chiller 3 hop baskets Sorry, no pics. I feel uncomfortable taking pictures of my brew stuff.
