My new Anvil Foundry Rig

[LouieMacGoo]

Okay, so as I mentioned in another tread I finally after all these years of piecing together my BIAB brewing stuff I splurged on a new Anvil Foundry 10.5 gallon brewing system. It showed up on Saturday while I was at a homebrew festival so I didn't get to unbox or put it together until Monday. Once unboxed it only required some basic assembly to add some brackets to the basket, attaching the valve handle and getting the hoses connected to the immersion chiller and re-circulation pump that all came with the system.


This rig is capable of either 240V or 120V. Since I don't yet have a 240V outlet I'm using just a regular 120V outlet. Once I got it all together I decided to filled it with water (7.5 gallons) to makes sure there were no leaks and everything was working as it should. I heating it up from about 54*F (tap water temp) and it took almost 90 minutes to get it up to 155*F and another 50 minutes to get to boil. The boil seemed a little weak but gradually increased so it shouldn't be a problem using the 120V but it is something I will need to keep an eye one when I do my first batch on this. I've decided to do an Oberon clone recipe as I feel it will be pretty straight forward and easy to brew while I'm learning the new system. I'm hoping to brew this weekend but I have some family commitments to work around.

I'll be adding more photos (and video) to this photo album as I use the new rig. Anvil Foundry Brewing System Photo Album

Let me know if you'll have any questions.

[FrozenInTime]

Congrats! Looks like a mighty fine rig.

[Beer-lord]

Sweet! Happy Brewing!

[FedoraDave]

Nice! I'd like a rig like that, but I don't think SWMBO would care for the cost. I'm pretty sure she tolerates my brewing expenses and activities as it is because she knows it makes me happy.