Finally some really good news! Our equipment should be ready to ship from China on Monday! They just sent us some pictures of the leak tests that they ran, and they’re already crating up all of the components to put into the containers. It should arrive around Thanksgiving, although you can bet that we’ll be keeping track of the voyage daily–there are some very cool maritime trackers on the ‘net that let you see where the ship is in near real-time!
Front view: The mash tun (left) and boil kettle (right), along with the heat exchanger (far right)
Rear view: Mash tun (right) and boil kettle (left), along with various connectors and filters.
A close-up of the mash tun during the leak test. The circular pipe on top is the sparge ring, and you can see the mechanized rakes through the water at the bottom of the tun.
A close-up of the boil kettle during the leak test
The inside of the control panel for all of the motors, relays, etc.
Some of the fermenters (the conical bottomed ones on the left) and the serving vessels / brite tanks (the dish-bottomed ones on the right)
Keg washer (left) and keg filler (right)
Grain mill