Here's a link to some pictures of the equipment. It's currently being stored in our barn as we are setting up the new brewery space: http://www.flickr.com/photos/87887683@N00/sets/72157637141172903/
The kettle also comes equipped with a hopback, forgot to mention that.
We recently purchased a 1 barrel electric brewhouse from a nano that is upgrading. We're going to go with a bigger system and are selling this one. The system consists of a 1 barrel brewhouse with three 75 gallon steel tanks to be used as fermenters and/or brite tanks. Great system for the...
Actually...we're only about 15 minutes from Newport, RI: www.oceanstatehops.com!
We grow Newport as one of our varieties and they did very well this year. I haven't used them personally yet, but I plan on trying some in a brew before they're all gone.
I agree - Glen that looks like an awesome couple of days. Wish it was closer so us on the east coast could make it too.
There are some hop farms out this way though. I know of one in Rhode Island (not to toot my own horn...) and some in New York and Vermont. There's a pretty good sized...
The existing plants just broke ground last week in our area. We put in over 200 more plants this year! The new poles are going up next weekend:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hopfarmer/sets/72157623714494169/
For boiling. The store that was open near me had about 8 boiling tanks so multiple people could be brewing at the same time. You ended up taking home about 15-20 gallons so the tanks were pretty large.
I'm wondering if anyone knows where I could find equipment for sale to start a commercial business so people can come and brew their own beer at my store. There used to be one near me (which is how I got into homebrewing) that closed and I'm considering opening one up.
The equipment would...
Looks awesome. I live in New England and have been thinking about building a warm fermentation chamber like this for the barn.
When you say utility heater, is that the same as a typical space heater? My only concern is it being a fire hazard...