OP
OP
Hoppopotomus
Cedar Hollow Brewing
As long as the equipment that you are using does the job and produces a good end product, that's all that is important. 
Asthetics really don't mean much of anything or do anything for the brewing process. Just because I like my brewing stuff to look a certain way, certainly doesn't make me a better brewer than someone else who may be doing extract batches in a canning pot on their stove top and fermenting in a hallway closet. Hell, at this point I'm still doing mostly 5 gallon PM's using a cooler MT, a ss Kettle on a turkey fryer burner, and cooling with an IC......no pumps, no controls, no plate chillers, etc. I'm a true believer that it's not the equipment your using, it's the brewing process that you are using that produces quality beer. I just like to build things and have projects to work on, so I tend to go a little overboard with this stuff. I currently am able to produce high quality beer the old fashioned way and am scared to death of screwing it up by getting too fancy. 
It's up to me to learn my new system as it grows and optimize it's potential by brewing well. Thanks again for the compliments.
Asthetics really don't mean much of anything or do anything for the brewing process. Just because I like my brewing stuff to look a certain way, certainly doesn't make me a better brewer than someone else who may be doing extract batches in a canning pot on their stove top and fermenting in a hallway closet. Hell, at this point I'm still doing mostly 5 gallon PM's using a cooler MT, a ss Kettle on a turkey fryer burner, and cooling with an IC......no pumps, no controls, no plate chillers, etc. I'm a true believer that it's not the equipment your using, it's the brewing process that you are using that produces quality beer. I just like to build things and have projects to work on, so I tend to go a little overboard with this stuff. I currently am able to produce high quality beer the old fashioned way and am scared to death of screwing it up by getting too fancy. It's up to me to learn my new system as it grows and optimize it's potential by brewing well. Thanks again for the compliments.
I'm opening my 3rd Physical Therapy clinic along with my business partner, so any/all spare time has been devoted to that practice startup. They started the buildout today and I have initiated all orders to equip/furnish the clinic. Grand opening is June 3rd, so its crunch time. We just handed the baton off to our medical billing staff, IT guy, director who will run the practice for us, our regional director, and CPA to finish the fine details. I have spent hundreds of hours over the past couple of months planning and preparing for this new venture, but now I should be able to step back. My time should soon be freed up to resume brewing, building brewing stuff, and hanging out more on HBT! On a good note, my 2nd year hop vines have between 4 and 6 bines each popping thru the ground, so all 8 of them survived their first winter!
