What are the green containers that your fermentor blow-offs connect to?
Show me pics of your dedicated brewing rooms!
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malchizedec
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CO2 capture tanks so I don't need to worry about sucking in water or oxygen during the scheduled cold crash
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I’m in Awe and speechless. Fine jobTo close the loop: Thanks to all those who posted pictures and ideas.
My new basement brew room is now at the stage where I'd call it 'complete' and having brewed in it about half a dozen times or so now I'm happy to report that I like the added space compared to what I had before.
Before I used to only make wort in the 'brewery' and left milling, grain storage, fermenting, and conditioning/serving to other parts of the basement (mostly the furnace room). Now these have all been combined into one room. It's nice to have everything in one spot - no running around the house.
Milling and fermenting in the same room can sometimes be a concern with dust getting into the fermentation and causing infections, but I always mill the night before brewing, my mill sits on top of a round MDF board that completely covers the grain bucket, and by the time I pitch the yeast ~24 hours later the room vent hood's been running a long time exchausting the air in the room many times over (fresh air is drawn from the outside through a vent I open when I run the fan).
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Waiting for the boil to finish (watched wort still boils):
Conditioning fridge and grain shelves:
The conditioning fridge holds 6 kegs that are on CO2 (5lb tank). When a keg in the keezer blows, I grab another from here and it's all ready to go. There's some room for overflow beer and other things too:
Keezer on the right holds the 8 kegs that are being served on tap while the freezer on the left is run as an actual freezer (0 F) for hops, yeast, and a copper chilling coil to cool the tap tower coolant:
(It's an older picture - the beer line hoses are not hooked up yet)
You can see into the brewery from the bar (dimmable spot lights on the kettles and other shiny stuff can be left on if people are hanging around the bar):
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How do they work? Are they building pressure as you ferment? (I guess not, since the gf conical can only handle a little bit of pressure right?)
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Wow, puts mine to shame. Love it though
At least I have something to aspire to. 
Did my first batch in my recently completed brewing room a couple of weeks ago. Needs more storage and organization work but loving it so far!
I really need one of my kids to move out so I can repurpose their bedroom...
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Just moved into a new place and the SWMBO let me loose on the unfinished basement and a wall lol. I used the proceeds of selling my old house towards new equipment. I was going to finish the unfinished space first, but all the bids were ridiculous so that will be an ongoing DIY project. For now, I'm just happy to have my brewery and get back to brewing!
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Is your brewery named "Squirrel Fire"? Sounds like there could be a good story behind that!
jeebuscrisis
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lol indeed it is, Squirrel Fire Craft Beer, since 2006. <sips beer> "It all started during the great fire of 1969 when the entire eastern seaboard's power was knocked out..." the story is always changing/made up but the end result is the same.Is your brewery named "Squirrel Fire"? Sounds like there could be a good story behind that!
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