BBR: Recirculation Wort Pump Homebrew Setup

Cheer I had a pump similar to that , and it was from Amazon , lasted like 10 gallons then she was toast . I hope yours works out for you .

Cheers fellow WNYer! That is a smart, inexpensive solution to recirculating your wort. If I go with an all-in-one like the mash and boil I will definitely look into that. 👍🏼

I had this pump, just upgraded to the anvil one for ease of cleaning... This one was uncleanable...

I don't want to be spoilsport, but this pump doesn't have food grade certification, or at least I didn't find it. You never know what kind of grease or oil did they use when the pump was assembled, or what kind of regulations did they follow in the factory. For food, food grade stuff is mandatory IMO. Maybe that stuff what gets into connection with the hot liquid has no effect for the solar hot water circulating system (where this pump is meant to be used), but maybe it is not good for your health. But if it has that kind of certificate, then this is a cheap and perfect solution :)

I think you are right on the money adding a pump. I have the new mash and boil with the internal pump and I am very pleased with how well it maintains perfect mash Temps from top to bottom. I also use a counter-flow chiller and pump into the fermenter.

Awesome I have the mash and boil system and was looking to do this exact setup. Thanks!

Instead of drilling a hole, look for the distilling lid that way you don't have to premanetly mangle your lid. I love those little beige pumps. I have a very similar setup to yours. Oh and you can get a real cheap on/off switch for like $3. Makes life easier with those pumps

I'm trying to use a similar setup, did you use some kind of filter in front of the pump? To ensure nothing from the malt gets stuck in the pump.

IS IT A 12V PUMP ? IF SO HOW ARE YOU POWERING IT ?

Hello, this might be a dumb question... But, I want to use this thing to pump drinking water out of a 3 gallon countertop water pitcher (with a spigot). Is this brew pump strong enough to suck the water out of the countertop pitcher (if I connect a big enough tube to it's spigot)?
The spigot would be higher than the beer pump (which would be downstream about 1 ft) from the pitcher.
My setup would be (from left to right)
Countertop pitcher --> spigot --> tubing --> beer pump --> tubing --> carbon block filter/housing (to filter water) --> 1 gallon glass jar for drinking/storing.

Thanks a lot ! Do you still stir your mash manually while recurculating or does recurculating replace manual stirring ?