dtbritt
Active Member
So...I may have gone overboard a bit in my planning. But the wife gave me clearance and I'm going to build this sucker. The idea here is to have a garden shed-sized outdoor closet that opens up into a nice, covered brew space. I've drawn up some elevations of what I want to do, and would love any input y'all might have. Three things to keep in mind:
1. The upright freezer in the elevations is the maximum size I can fit. The actual freezer may be smaller, but for planning I just made it as big as possible.
2. The plumbing involving the chiller pot and kettle may look odd, but the idea is to fill the chiller pot with ice, dunk my old (small) wort chiller into it, and hook up the chiller's input to the spigot and the output to the hookup. The chiller's hookup will then run to the kettle's spigot, to which I'll then attach the input to my new (large) wort chiller. The output from that will be attached to the kettle's hookup, which will run out to a drain. That way I can chill larger volumes much more quickly.
3. This isn't intended for brewing with the door closed. The idea is to open the door (it'll have a support that the far edge "lands" on to support the weight) into an open air room while brewing.
Anyway, let me know what you think!
Dave
1. The upright freezer in the elevations is the maximum size I can fit. The actual freezer may be smaller, but for planning I just made it as big as possible.
2. The plumbing involving the chiller pot and kettle may look odd, but the idea is to fill the chiller pot with ice, dunk my old (small) wort chiller into it, and hook up the chiller's input to the spigot and the output to the hookup. The chiller's hookup will then run to the kettle's spigot, to which I'll then attach the input to my new (large) wort chiller. The output from that will be attached to the kettle's hookup, which will run out to a drain. That way I can chill larger volumes much more quickly.
3. This isn't intended for brewing with the door closed. The idea is to open the door (it'll have a support that the far edge "lands" on to support the weight) into an open air room while brewing.
Anyway, let me know what you think!
Dave