Hey everybody! So after a few weeks of research I am still up in the air about the system to buy or build. First of all let me tell you my vision. My vision is to create a brew system, with a control panel, to continue my home brewing. I have the aspirations to start my own brewery but know that getting investors and just diving in is a terrible idea.
I want to dial in my brew skills (been brewing off and on for 6-7 years) and get recipes that I know people will love and drink before I even dive in and start building. I am currently looking at buying the MoreBeer Single-Tier 20 gallon automated RIMS system. It runs at $5600 and is close enough to where I live that I can eliminate shipping charges ($1000) by driving down and picking it up.
Now I know I can build this system likely for much cheaper, maybe $3000-$4000 range but would rather build the easy components and not the control panel due to the fact I have absolutely no electrical work skills and don't want to risk it. I know a welder that would weld me a stand at cost and some beers down the road. I guess what I am asking is for is advice and direction as to building a similar system that I could just ramp up the volume to say a 1 BBL system. I am pretty good at learning how to do new things, but information and directions vary so much from system to system.
Any and all advice is welcomed. I love brewing and I love teaching people to brew so I would love to start VERY small and get my brand and name amongst the locals in my small town first, then see about the potential to build. Whether its NG or Propane gas I am still trying to decide. Mainly cause after I use my system get my recipes dialed in, I would then have to go through the red tape of becoming an actual licensed brewery and not sure if Natural Gas or Propane is easier to get cleared. Here in Oregon you can not brew for sale from a garage that is attached to a home dwelling, but you can if a garage is unattached to the house and that is a good place to start a small scale brewery in my town.
Thanks ahead for advice and if anybody has done what I am looking to do please don't be afraid to tell me everything and how your success has been.
I want to dial in my brew skills (been brewing off and on for 6-7 years) and get recipes that I know people will love and drink before I even dive in and start building. I am currently looking at buying the MoreBeer Single-Tier 20 gallon automated RIMS system. It runs at $5600 and is close enough to where I live that I can eliminate shipping charges ($1000) by driving down and picking it up.
Now I know I can build this system likely for much cheaper, maybe $3000-$4000 range but would rather build the easy components and not the control panel due to the fact I have absolutely no electrical work skills and don't want to risk it. I know a welder that would weld me a stand at cost and some beers down the road. I guess what I am asking is for is advice and direction as to building a similar system that I could just ramp up the volume to say a 1 BBL system. I am pretty good at learning how to do new things, but information and directions vary so much from system to system.
Any and all advice is welcomed. I love brewing and I love teaching people to brew so I would love to start VERY small and get my brand and name amongst the locals in my small town first, then see about the potential to build. Whether its NG or Propane gas I am still trying to decide. Mainly cause after I use my system get my recipes dialed in, I would then have to go through the red tape of becoming an actual licensed brewery and not sure if Natural Gas or Propane is easier to get cleared. Here in Oregon you can not brew for sale from a garage that is attached to a home dwelling, but you can if a garage is unattached to the house and that is a good place to start a small scale brewery in my town.
Thanks ahead for advice and if anybody has done what I am looking to do please don't be afraid to tell me everything and how your success has been.