How to build a HERMS brewing system for an electric brewery 

A tip on hole sawing stainless sheet metal...... first take a new dry kitchen sponge and hole saw through it. Leave the circle in the hole saw and then soak it in your coolant, whether it be soapy water or coolant oil. Keep it wet and it will greatly improve tool life and avoid work hardening of the stainless.... hope this helps.

Nice job! Just finished up mine. It's a 30gal capacity as well. I opted to go with a 50amp control panel and use dual elements. Heats up in no time!

btw...you should be using cutting fluid when cutting/drilling stainless.

Very nice work guys, you make it look so easy. I love those punchouts vs using a step bit like I did. I'm hoping to get my HLT back this week, from it being tig welded. Cheers.

Excellent 'how to' guys, well done and keep them coming

A little late to the party. But after looking at all in one kits I am going to build my own system. This is helping thanks for the upload

Real nice how to vid guys. Beautiful equipment! Thanks for the video, cheers!

Dude are you a brewer or a mechanic??? Lmao the craftmanship is so clean!

Yeah it was tough seeing that done, but really came out great! I will show everything in a couple weeks looks great! The brewery is really coming together.

Great one as always Guys, looking forward to the panel

why didn’t you use any oil? from what ive seen you usually want oil when drilling metal. but please correct me if im wrong

You can also make use of a HERMS coil in a directly fired MLT setup so as to shorten your transition periods from rest to rest. It's a good idea to recirculate with a direct fired MLT anyway.

What they heck were you drinking at the end? That looked like chocolate milk. :)

Serious set up right there, cheers

Very nice job showing how to build an electric brewery. How much total investment in both kettles? Cheers

someone that cheers and doesn't take a drink, can never be trusted

Very nice! Deja vu! :) Cheers!

Nice work guys, really inspiring! How is the whirlpool working? I've seen some other videos where they recommend having the feed-back above the surface. Just wanted to know how your approach is doing!

Great video. Do you have a part number for the Master-Carr wire pass through nut which you used to secure the plug wire to the electrical box? (8min 30sec into the video)

cheers guys loved the video

Great video, but have a question: how did you secure the matal cabinet to the kettle? Did you use screws or just the boling element did the job? Thanks.

Working on building a 3 vessel keggle system. Wondering if the stainless from a keg is too think for that punch?

was that a latte at the end? what were you drinking?

I cannot find the tri clovers anywhere. I have that size punch already so using the same clamps you did would be ideal.

you guys need to watch this with CC on

How much would it cost to build a 15 gallon complete HERMs setup ?

1-1/4" is far from 51mm. It is almost 32 mm, not 51mm.

Man this was an incredible build. Super solid engineering. But is it economicable? Seems you had between $1600-1800 in parts, and God knows how many hours. You can buy a Braumeister, with WiFi capability for $1,750 free shipping right to your door...no labor involved. But aside from costs...it was a quite talented display of engineering and I bet it makes some tasty brews. Job very well done.

Completely off of the topic of brewing.... But, could I use a heating element like the one you used here inside of a wax warmer?

Hey Brian love your videos gday from Australia! I’m wanting to build my own electric brewing system I have a robobrew but I like building things lol. Do you have anymore videos on buildings a small single vessel system or any websites/videos you would recommend? Cheers

When using a heating element for the boil is there a problem stirring without making contact?

curious why you went with the 4500w element as stated at 11:18 and not the 5500w?

You lost me after the hole saw, no lube n no idea.

I took great plans from Avasva . It help me a lot with my own solars.

where did you get the hole punch at

Where did you get the locking grommet for the electric cord that goes through the electrical box and keeps the cord tight and waterproof? Thx

Is there a problem with a plastic Home Depot cord grip to hold a temp probe in the HLT whirlpool recirc loop path say on a exit T before the ball valve?

Can I do this and change my boiler to electric in the basement?

Hi. Where can i get the punch through bit ?

Just what I was lookin for.... I can read til I’m blue but seeing it done makes it all just click

Lube, lube and lube,

+Nicholas Parker, +Brian Huntley finished up a sample beer and with that came a ton of yeast lol so yeast milk I would say whole milk at that

Nice vid. I'm looking to buy the knockout punches. The ones you used says that they are for mild steel only. I see that they worked good, but for how long? I found a whole set of knockouts punches (www.amazon.com/TEMCo-Hydraulic-Knockout-Punch-TH0004/dp/B00HJX58HG/ref=pd_sbs_201_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=SM27CD6W8NDMP6RM0EME) for less than the two Greenlee punches you used. But I'm confused on the sizes. It says measured hole sizes: 1/2" - 0.86", 3/4" - 1.05", 1" - 1.33", 1 1/4" - 1.69", 1 1/2" - 1.93", 2" - 2.36". Will the 1/2" work for the 13/16" (0.8125") hole even tho it seems to be a little bigger?

Use a box wrench. Crescent wrenches are for gankers and hacks.

What's that soup yer drinking

enjoy the video--now if some rich relative will croak and leave me enough cash for those sweet kettles--lol

While I appreciate the tips on how to punch nice holes through kettles, this doesn't tell me HOW a HERMS is built or why I should/should not be using it. I came here needing to know how to step up my game and left knowing little more than I came with :/

太敷衍，拍的啥玩意