I started brewing in my garage in North Carolina in 2011. For 46 batches it worked well, but in 2013 we moved to St Louis and had out first baby so brewing took a little break. I knew once we got settled in our house I wanted to build my ultimate basement brewery, so I did.
My goals were:
Fortunately the house we bought had a perfect basement for brewing. The back corner of the basement had power, water, drainage and a window for ventilation. Having all of the utilities available within a few feet of each other made this project much easier.
This is what I started with (panorama):
And this is what I have now:
More pictures to come.
My goals were:
- Be able to brew year round at any time of the day, to accommodate weather and family life better. This meant I had to go indoors, which meant electric.
- Keep everything brewery related contained to a small area of the basement.
- Build a system that could brew anything I wanted to brew, and do it consistently.
- Re-use as much of my existing equipment as possible.
Fortunately the house we bought had a perfect basement for brewing. The back corner of the basement had power, water, drainage and a window for ventilation. Having all of the utilities available within a few feet of each other made this project much easier.
This is what I started with (panorama):
And this is what I have now:
More pictures to come.