HausBrauerei_Harvey
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I wanted to post some photos of what i'm calling the Frankenkeezer fermentation chamber (fermkeezer) I built. It's going to be a 6-tap keezer and two fermentation chambers in one, on wheels! Thus I also am calling it 'The Mobile Brewpub'.
A bit of background: I have wanted to brew for the last 8 years, but temporary living situations, and a 4 year stint in Germany (right on the belgian border) kept me from assembling all the crap needed to brew until last August. I started all-grain and kegging right away, and thus wanted to build a nice system I can grow into. I also am a handy woodworker and have some wiring/engineering knowledge from work.
I started with a maytag 14.8 CF freezer. I wanted to use the spirit of a glycol chiller, without the chiller. I just put a water pump inside a cornie filled with water in the keezer which pumps around cold water as needed, switched on an off via STC 1000's. I am heating via fermwraps for now.
First is the base for the dual ferm chambers, which will sit on the freezer
Base sheeted and ready for trap-doors to access cornies in the keezer
most of the structure for the ferm chambers built/insulated/caulked. I used R19 2" insulation. Each chamber can fit 3 carboys and are also tall enough for cornies.
cooling set up for the lager chamber, pumped cold water to a tranny radiator and a computer fan.
I rescued these old cabinet doors from the trash, stripped them down and put chalkboard paint on them so I can also use them for marking whats on-tap.
Here are the trap doors and how I did them.
I ran everything through a control box with 3 STC's, and from there ran 12 gauge extension cord wire to outlets on the outside/underside of the ferm chamber to use for powering the freezer and heating/cooling for the two chambers.
Frankenkeezer brains! I wish I wasn't under a deadline with this project then I would have gotten some bus-bars and made it look a little nicer, but it works!
Here is the outside of the control center, running away with my first split batch form the keggle I just built! Kolsch in the lager chamber at 60 (has been stable for ~2 weeks now), and a Saison at like 75 in the ale chamber.
Nine: There she is ready for a test run, it's ugly right now but it works!
I'll be updating this shortly, last week I got it set up to put the taps in on the front and put some beadboard on the sides which makes it look a lot sharper. It has been performing greatly so far, the times i've been working in my shop i've only heard the compressor kick on about twice and hour for about 5 minutes.
I have to get the taps on within the next 4 weeks before our annual BBQ, where I will be serving homebrew at it for the first time. I'll have an Oktobefest, a Kolsch, and a saison on-tap. I'll continue to update this thread as I go along. I'm also trying to tackle some major landscaping tasks before then so it's been tough to find time the last week.
A bit of background: I have wanted to brew for the last 8 years, but temporary living situations, and a 4 year stint in Germany (right on the belgian border) kept me from assembling all the crap needed to brew until last August. I started all-grain and kegging right away, and thus wanted to build a nice system I can grow into. I also am a handy woodworker and have some wiring/engineering knowledge from work.
I started with a maytag 14.8 CF freezer. I wanted to use the spirit of a glycol chiller, without the chiller. I just put a water pump inside a cornie filled with water in the keezer which pumps around cold water as needed, switched on an off via STC 1000's. I am heating via fermwraps for now.
First is the base for the dual ferm chambers, which will sit on the freezer
![217823d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1435.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217823d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1435.jpg)
Base sheeted and ready for trap-doors to access cornies in the keezer
![217824d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1437.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217824d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1437.jpg)
most of the structure for the ferm chambers built/insulated/caulked. I used R19 2" insulation. Each chamber can fit 3 carboys and are also tall enough for cornies.
![217825d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1447.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217825d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1447.jpg)
cooling set up for the lager chamber, pumped cold water to a tranny radiator and a computer fan.
![217826d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1617.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217826d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1617.jpg)
I rescued these old cabinet doors from the trash, stripped them down and put chalkboard paint on them so I can also use them for marking whats on-tap.
![217827d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1618.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217827d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1618.jpg)
Here are the trap doors and how I did them.
![217828d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1621.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217828d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1621.jpg)
I ran everything through a control box with 3 STC's, and from there ran 12 gauge extension cord wire to outlets on the outside/underside of the ferm chamber to use for powering the freezer and heating/cooling for the two chambers.
![217829d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1620.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217829d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1620.jpg)
Frankenkeezer brains! I wish I wasn't under a deadline with this project then I would have gotten some bus-bars and made it look a little nicer, but it works!
![217830d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1627.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217830d1408122430-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1627.jpg)
Here is the outside of the control center, running away with my first split batch form the keggle I just built! Kolsch in the lager chamber at 60 (has been stable for ~2 weeks now), and a Saison at like 75 in the ale chamber.
![217832d1408122845-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1638.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217832d1408122845-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1638.jpg)
Nine: There she is ready for a test run, it's ugly right now but it works!
![217831d1408122517-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1624.jpg](https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f51/217831d1408122517-frankenkeezer-mobile-brewpub-sam_1624.jpg)
I'll be updating this shortly, last week I got it set up to put the taps in on the front and put some beadboard on the sides which makes it look a lot sharper. It has been performing greatly so far, the times i've been working in my shop i've only heard the compressor kick on about twice and hour for about 5 minutes.
I have to get the taps on within the next 4 weeks before our annual BBQ, where I will be serving homebrew at it for the first time. I'll have an Oktobefest, a Kolsch, and a saison on-tap. I'll continue to update this thread as I go along. I'm also trying to tackle some major landscaping tasks before then so it's been tough to find time the last week.
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