"... I have now brewed nine batches with this system (mostly 10 gallons, a couple smaller), and THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN SIMPLY FANTASTIC! "

"The most impressive thing has been the efficienies: I routinely obtain 90-92% of the theoretical maximum yield, and I think my lowest was about 86%.  I attribute this to the high flow rates through the grain bed (which yields efficient mixing of enzymes and grain), and to the VERY STABLE MASH TEMPERATURES PROVIDED BY MASMATE."

" The beers have been uniformly very good to excellent, and two of them did quite well in a local homebrew competetion (including a second place "best of show")."

"My overridding goal was to design a 10 gallon system wherein the pump or gravity would move all the liquid, thus sparing my cranky lower back.  The central manifold accomplishes this because hot water can be directed from the kettle to the mash-tun or to the HLT, and wort can be recirculated  or directed to the kettel during the sparge. I can fill the kettle with a garden hose, and the finished, chilled wort is gravity-drained into a 12-gallon plastic primary which sits on the a roll-way cart.  Thus I only lift the beer after it has been split into 5-gallon lots in the glass secondaries.  A secondary goal was to construct a system of lightweight components that could be broken down and stored in the garage rafters, thus keeping the garage clear for its primary function as a woodshop (we never put the cars inside!)."

Dave Parker