Brew Out Front or Out Back?

[teal]

Garage/driveway. I have a ranch.

I don't really care what the neighbors think. I'm literally surrounded by cops and nuclear engineers. No one bats an eye at weird stuff going on in the driveway.

This town is weird. Its industry are nuke plants, pot/pan mfg and a welding shop with the #1 attraction actually being salmon fishing. It's super Mayberry when it comes to neighbors/crime etc. People do what they do and leave others alone.

 

[Kent88]

Law of the Mullet applies here. Business in the front, party in the back.

 

[biochemedic]

Garage/driveway. I have a ranch.

I don't really care what the neighbors think. I'm literally surrounded by cops and nuclear engineers. No one bats an eye at weird stuff going on in the driveway.

This town is weird. Its industry are nuke plants, pot/pan mfg and a welding shop with the #1 attraction actually being salmon fishing. It's super Mayberry when it comes to neighbors/crime etc. People do what they do and leave others alone.

^This. I think it's sweet that the OP cares what the neighbors think about water runoff from cooling, but unless there are water restrictions in their neck of the woods, it's not really the neighbors' concern!

I brew in my garage because I don't want to melt my composite lumber deck! (Aside from cost, the only true downside to that type of decking, I would imagine....)
The neighbors hardly notice, and don't care a bit, especially after the first homebrewed beer most of them have ever had arrived in the neighborhood block party beer exchange and was a quick favorite...
I pee in my yard too, but I try to keep that in the back....

 

[jlinz]

^This. I think it's sweet that the OP cares what the neighbors think about water runoff from cooling, but unless there are water restrictions in their neck of the woods, it's not really the neighbors' concern!

I brew in my garage because I don't want to melt my composite lumber deck! (Aside from cost, the only true downside to that type of decking, I would imagine....)
The neighbors hardly notice, and don't care a bit, especially after the first homebrewed beer most of them have ever had arrived in the neighborhood block party beer exchange and was a quick favorite...
I pee in my yard too, but I try to keep that in the back....

Yeah, I got over caring after the first brew day. Just had the jitters because I just moved in and didn't know anything about my neighbors. They seem just fine

 

[teal]

^This. I think it's sweet that the OP cares what the neighbors think about water runoff from cooling, but unless there are water restrictions in their neck of the woods, it's not really the neighbors' concern!

I brew in my garage because I don't want to melt my composite lumber deck! (Aside from cost, the only true downside to that type of decking, I would imagine....)
The neighbors hardly notice, and don't care a bit, especially after the first homebrewed beer most of them have ever had arrived in the neighborhood block party beer exchange and was a quick favorite...
I pee in my yard too, but I try to keep that in the back....

I understand some concern about a water restricted area. I don't know if I'd actually say something to someone tho.

I live about 5 blocks off a lake that is 22,404 square miles in surface area and holds 1,180 cubic MILES of water by volume. No one notices a little water at the end of the driveway.

 

[kecclest]

Electric brewing in my basement.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

Garage - front of house. Sheltered from the wind/rain/snow, entry directly to the kitchen, near where I store some of my equipment...why brew elsewhere?

Now if I'd won the powerball this week: I'd have an acreage with a dedicated brewing facility. Not expecting that to happen any time soon.

 

[jlinz]

Update: The issue ended up becoming moot. Bought a robobrew, so I can brew anywhere there is an outlet--front, back, inside. Storing all my stuff in the garage,though.