Commissioning my Banks Brewing E-HERMS Brewery

[studio1]

This has been a long time in the planning and I finally received my kettles and control box via 'special' delivery on Sunday straight from the workshop of Chris Banks. It was wired in by a sparky on Monday afternoon and I finally got a brew away on Wednesday night

I was absolutely blown away by the quality of this build. All I can say is that Chris is a perfectionist and his stainless work is exceptional. I won't hesitate to get more stuff from Chris in the future.

Anyway, the rig is based fairly closely around www.theelectricbrewery.com

I have had to source a fair few parts from the US - it was handy having a trip there a month ago. From the USA I got the 1/2" stainless Herms HLT coil, the 5.5kw ultra LD elements, hopstopper, stainless QDs, march pump, as well as ordering in the PIDs from Hong Kong. The PIDs came with some pretty rudimentary sensors that Chris has beefed up substantially. 

The has 5.5kw elements in the HLT and Boil Kettle running on a dedicated 32a circuit. An extraction fan has also been added to this circuit and the switch sits on top of the control box. The sparky has set up two switches on the wall to control the pumps on a separate 10a circuit. Full details on how the system works is found at the electricbrewery website. I was initially going to purchase the EB control panel and have Chris assemble it - though it was cost prohibitive and I decided we could strip away a lot of the features to have just two simple PIDs.

Anyway - let the pics do the talking!

[studio1]

Yes, I actually saw they do that at EB. He links to a couple on amazon - any ideas on where I could find them locally?

[Chris Banks]

Im sure I have seen cork tiles at Bunnings or Mitre 10?

[Chris Mills]

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See if these people have any cork insulation off-cuts: http://www.corkconcepts.com/What+is+Cork/Acoustic+Cork+-+Insulation...

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See if these people have any cork insulation off-cuts: http://www.corkconcepts.com/What+is+Cork/Acoustic+Cork+-+Insulation...

[Tony Patrick]

Wow. Puts my setup to shame. At least it gives me something to work on over the next few years.

[studio1]

sweet got some cork tiles at mitre 10

[Dean Nicholson]

Very nice mate i will have to pop over and and a look (and take some up close pics so i can copy it lol) i have all my bits ordered just waiting for them to turn up.

Dean

[Sam Nelson]

Very nice kit there, im jealous! best I go talk to the bank eh!

[Matt]

Loving the bling man, pure brewing p0rn! Where did you get the thremocouples and cabling? I am finishing up my e-rig and have been having trouble finding sensors that have electrical disconnects robust enough to not have to worry about being too careful when pot cleaning etc. The style you have in your pic #8 look perfect, assuming they unplug from the sensor body...

[Hunt Moorhouse]

What was total build cost for this?

[studio1]

maybe around $5k?