Geoffington
Member
Has anyone ever heard of a place where all the general sturdy equipment for home brewing is provided, a membership fee is assessed and breakable, non-shareable equipment is personally owned?
I'm considering attempting to design and build such a facility, assuming I can get enough interest from brewers in Columbus. I figure that there's quite a bit of equipment that is useful, but expensive and whose costs and utility would be increased by sharing.
I also envision lockers being made in a room that is kept via AC at 70F and with other rooms/walk-ins at lagering temperatures, set up similarly.
I'd also like to provide large 27 gal fermenting vessels that would be rented, so that people could make large brews for special occasions without having to commit to the equipment cost and forcing themselves into constantly utilizing the equipment to make their investment worthwhile.
Brewing would be done with time slots allotted for various equipment/stations.
Sanitation solutions would be free and you'd be required to clean the equipment.
What would effectively be a home-brew store would be on the premises. That portion would probably be open to the public, but prices would be higher for non-members.
Please let me know what you think of this; if you would be interested, what you would pay for a yearly membership if such a place were available near you, etc.
I'm considering attempting to design and build such a facility, assuming I can get enough interest from brewers in Columbus. I figure that there's quite a bit of equipment that is useful, but expensive and whose costs and utility would be increased by sharing.
I also envision lockers being made in a room that is kept via AC at 70F and with other rooms/walk-ins at lagering temperatures, set up similarly.
I'd also like to provide large 27 gal fermenting vessels that would be rented, so that people could make large brews for special occasions without having to commit to the equipment cost and forcing themselves into constantly utilizing the equipment to make their investment worthwhile.
Brewing would be done with time slots allotted for various equipment/stations.
Sanitation solutions would be free and you'd be required to clean the equipment.
What would effectively be a home-brew store would be on the premises. That portion would probably be open to the public, but prices would be higher for non-members.
Please let me know what you think of this; if you would be interested, what you would pay for a yearly membership if such a place were available near you, etc.