This came to me in a dream when I was in Thailand. I finally got an opportunity to see it come to life when Bryan D became interested in brewing. The only problem is his apartment is all of about 125 sq ft. The Hillbilly Blichmann was the solution to his situation as well as other small apartment dwellers country wide.



Materials needed:

1 x 2 meter of muslin

1.5 meter rack that has 26mm posts

100L 'ice box'

35L pot

50L pot

2 bungs

2 valves

2 bungee cords

a short run of copper pipe



Tools:

drill

22mm drill bit



The premise is pretty simple; add strike water on the top rung, your mashtun is the second tier, the 50L brewpot is the bottom. Fill the 35L up to the top rivets, which in our case was about 32L, and then heat it via the heat stick. After strike temperature is reached, flip the switch on the valve you set in the bottom of the pot with a hole cutter bit and a bung. Having the pot skewed to one side allows for an easier dough-in as you can fill with water and add grains at the same time. Mash as you normally would. To drain, flip the valve on the bottom of the mashtun (same design as the "Hillbilly Mashtun")







This vertical design allows for plenty of storage of kegs, tools, bottles etc . The mashtun also serves as a very effective fermentation chamber during summer months. Also, if one were so included, you could use it as a batch priming bucket. Siphon your beer from your fermenter into the sanitized ice box, add priming sugar and then start/stop vertical flow via valve or spring bottling wand.



Cheap, simple, effective.