Basement Brew House

[Gaaargh]

Thanks ... I love it, it is great place to brew and bottle and work. All of my equipment and everything I need in one spot, always clean and neat. Thinking about doing a pictorial essay of brew day and a bottling session.

Please do!

 

[BrewerinBR]

What an amazing brew space! You have inspired me to create something like this. Well done!

Thank You ... good luck with your project. I like building things so the planning and building were almost as much fun as brewing in it.

 

[BrewerinBR]

Please do!

Ok I will be bottling my very first American Black Ale on Saturday Afternoon. Then Sunday will be brewing a Centennial IPA using yeast harvested from Bell's Amber Ale. Will take the pictures and write up a report and post next week. The Basement Brew Room in action...

 

[TheG3RG]

Wow, Awesome set up!!

 

[Kuhndog]

I love the set-up and all...wish I had the room to have something like that but I would be concerned with violating some type of building code or fire code. Propane tanks are to be stored outside and not inside. Propane usually needs a saftey valve as well - for indoor usage.

Personally it should have been in an area that's a little bit bigger - it looks crammed. Just be careful....

 

[BrewerinBR]

I love the set-up and all...wish I had the room to have something like that but I would be concerned with violating some type of building code or fire code. Propane tanks are to be stored outside and not inside. Propane usually needs a saftey valve as well - for indoor usage.

Personally it should have been in an area that's a little bit bigger - it looks crammed. Just be careful....

Thanks ....

It is a small space but adequate for brewing in and bottling. Keeps all my equipment clean and safe and stored in one place. I am currently in the process of installing a sink with a small counter space for washing equipment. It is a pain to haul everything upstairs to wash and dry then haul it back down. Plus hauling water to brew with was a major PITA. Stay tuned will be posting pictures shortly.

 

[ImperialLover]

I'm loving it Bro. Great job and I hope you enjoy your new brewhaus!

 

[BrewerinBR]

A sink

 

[BrewerinBR]

moved my laptop table and the sockets. On top of the shelves are speakers and a fire extinguisher, behind laptop is the CO monitor.

 

[BrewerinBR]

the lower burner so I could use my new brew pot and got a new HLT. I can now do a full sparge in one heating....

 

[BrewerinBR]

chiller 40 feet of copper coil.... out of the pot at +200 and into the bucket at 68, just open the valve. Gravity is my friend.

 

[stumpie]

I've often wondered if an immersion cooler could effectively be used to run hot wort through a cold bath instead of vice-versa. Thanks.

On a side note, what about running it through an equal length of plastic hose as opposed to copper coil?

 

[TaylorInOK]

Great brewcave build! Thanks for all the pics and updates.

 

[jblizz]

If you flip that duct register over so the fins face up you won't see the pipe behind it... Room looks really nice otherwise, good stuff!

 

[OatStraw]

Has anyone mentioned you shouldn't be doing this with wood in you're basement? J/K!

Looks good, thinking about using angle iron to make myself a stand.

 

[tre9er]

On a side note, what about running it through an equal length of plastic hose as opposed to copper coil?

The plastic doesn't conduct heat like metal does, so the ice won't transfer through to the inside of the hose where the beer is. Plastic is more of an insulator than a conductor.

 

[BrewerinBR]

Has anyone mentioned you shouldn't be doing this with wood in you're basement? J/K!

Looks good, thinking about using angle iron to make myself a stand.

Yup lots of people have mentioned that there is a lot of wood around those burners, the wood does not even get warm. That angled steel is just like a big boys erector set. Was fun to build.

 

[OatStraw]

Yeah I know, just making a joke because it seems to be the #1 thing people are commenting on. Where did you get the angled steel from?

 

[BrewerinBR]

Yeah I know, just making a joke because it seems to be the #1 thing people are commenting on. Where did you get the angled steel from?

Lowe's is 1 1/4" 12 gauge

Edit --- the steel was $14.28 per 48" piece I used 1 1/2" 14 gauge flat for the burner mounts..

I did get a nice smile from the wood joke ... I like to work with wood, built most of that room from left over pieces from remodeling I have down to the house, so I have spent very little on the room itself... just wise use of scraps...

Here's a link to your local Lowes:
http://www.lowes.com/pl_Metal+Products_4294865677_4294937087_?Ns=p_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1

 

[BrewerinBR]

If you flip that duct register over so the fins face up you won't see the pipe behind it... Room looks really nice otherwise, good stuff!

thanks... never thought of that. Will give it go!

 

[Harvbar]

That is awesome, do want. Great job.

 

[DewGun316]

Dang! Nice room. I hope to do something similar for my reloading so I can keep it locked up and away. Good job

 

[PistolsAtDawn]

I really wish I was handy enough to construct something like this myself. Looks like you knew what you were doing with the electrical work and plumbing. I'm glad you had safety in mind! This looks fantastic!

My biggest annoyance right now with brewing is my limited space. I've got my condo so crammed full of beer stuff that it's starting to look more like a nano brewery than an abode. Hopefully one day I can get a dedicated space for my equipment like you've got going.

 

[BrewerinBR]

I love my brew room!

 

[Peppers16]

Wow, this is now my aspiration in life: To have a self-built room for man-hobbies.
I applaud you, sir

 

[4xtreme]

dude I cant count the days intel i get to dedicate a hole room to my set up. congrats, but a little fyi . I notice that your burners were mounted to galvanized steel strut .That stuff is poisonous when heated . you may wont to rethink that one .

 

[BrewerinBR]

dude I cant count the days intel i get to dedicate a hole room to my set up. congrats, but a little fyi . I notice that your burners were mounted to galvanized steel strut .That stuff is poisonous when heated . you may wont to rethink that one .

Yes it does give off gas when heated to high temperature (such as when welded) The structure gets warm but only gets hot is a few places but not hot enough to give off fumes. The same metal is used in propane barbeques I am pretty sure its okay as long as I am not getting it super hot. Thanks for the heads up though.

 

[brwmistr]

Should do the trick. Nice clean environment. Is there plumbing in there too?

 

[BrewerinBR]

Yes there is a sink with hot/cold water drains into a portable tank that I can wheel into the yard to water grass, garden, hops. Will eventually connect a sump pump to it to pump it out side as a watering system for my hops.

 

[HootervilleHops]

Given some of the rentals I lived in going to school there, this is an engineering marvel and constructed way beyond the normal for the area. But that was way back in the days of the Alibi and the Creek saloon.

Seriously though, good work.