This is my sweet all grain brewing setup. I’ve been working on getting it together for about a year, and it’s almost to where I like it.

The top tier is a brewheat, which holds hot sparge water. It actually plugs in to a 220 volt outlet, so I can heat the sparge water in it (although I have generally elected instead to heat the water separately and dump it in). I inherited this from my Father in Law, who used it when he was brewing back in the 80s.

The second tier is the mash/lauter tun. The final step in making this work is a small circle of perforated stainless steel that my friend Tom gave me. Another friend, Ben, helped me cut it to size.

The bottom tier is a 7.5 gallon stainless steel kettle that my Mom and Dad gave me for my birthday this year sitting atop a propane burner from my Mother in Law and Mr. O.

This system, in other words, owes a debt of gratitude to many friends and family members who made it possible.