Brewhouse - Current Pics

[Evan!]

It's like MTV Cribs, but for brewing...I took these pics on Saturday. Since then, I've bottled the Porter.


Here's the Brewhouse Cellar / Laundry Room. You can just make out the lagerator in the bottom right corner, in my shop. The boxes, well, that's the homebrew backstock. 14 cases of 12's (two of them are empties), 7 cases of large-format btls, and 6 plastic crates (some of the stuff in crates is commercial brew)...plus two full cases of 12's and two cases of large-formats upstairs in the heated room carbonating. I have way too much beer, but I can't stop. Oh, and you see that chick on the Hofbrau box? She wants my junk. I can tell from the smile.

The current lineup, from left to right: Smoked Porter, Old Slug, Hop Beatdown (fermenting), Oaked Bourbon-Vanilla Winter Ale, Brune Abbey:

And the lagerator: New Bohemia Pils, plus some cold-aging bottles and a bit of harvested yeast-

Life Is Good. I just don't know when I'm gonna be able to drink all this stuff. And SWMBO, well, I don't know how much more space I can take up before she banishes my operation to the shed.

 

[Desert_Sky]

wow.....impressive man, very impressive.

You going to need help drinking all that?

 

[rdwj]

Very nice! I need to finish the rec room portion of my basement before I'm allowed to do the brewery.

 

[Dude]

Kick ass! Looking good!

Is that really a case of Old Leghumper?

 

[Evan!]

Kick ass! Looking good!

Is that really a case of Old Leghumper?

No, those stacks are all homebrew. I bring home empty boxes & sixpack holders from the wine/beer shop where I work part time. Old Leghumper is great stuff, though. I like their imperial stout too.

 

[Evan!]

wow.....impressive man, very impressive.

You going to need help drinking all that?

No doubt...I've been pounding homebrew like it was my goddamned job, and those case stacks never seem to get any smaller.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

That's a sweet setup...

 

[trinitone]

I know where I'm going the next time I'm in C'ville.

Evan, where did you score those Eggenberg crates?

 

[Evan!]

I know where I'm going the next time I'm in C'ville.

Evan, where did you score those Eggenberg crates?

Yeah, man, look me up.

I work for a few hours a week at a local wine/beer shop (we got written up in All About Beer as one of the top 70 retailers in the nation!), and the crates were just laying in the basement collecting dust.

 

[JimiGibbs]

Very nice setup .... Just wish I had that much space.

 

[Desert_Sky]

just looking at this really makes me wish I had a basement. Is it a basement? whats the temp sitting at in there?

 

[Reverend JC]

i want to know what is the mysterious red curtain?

 

[Desert_Sky]

i want to know what is the mysterious red curtain?

You mean whats behind it?

Oh, yea....well thats where the gimp sleeps

 

[trinitone]

Yeah, man, look me up.

I work for a few hours a week at a local wine/beer shop (we got written up in All About Beer as one of the top 70 retailers in the nation!), and the crates were just laying in the basement collecting dust.

They're an awesome find. I've been looking for some forever. You wouldn't happen to be next to an oil change place, would you? If so, I used to be in there a lot. The store, not the oil change place.

 

[Orfy]

That's a fair bit more space than I've got.

Nice set up.

 

[Evan!]

just looking at this really makes me wish I had a basement. Is it a basement? whats the temp sitting at in there?

Yeah, basements rock...and this particular part of my basement is mostly below grade. Temp right now hovers between 58-60f, since we keep the HVAC registers closed down there.

 

[Evan!]

You mean whats behind it?

Oh, yea....well thats where the gimp sleeps

That's where SWMBO lives. I let her out once in awhile

Actually, SWMBO put that curtain up. And it's not really a curtain, it's just some extra fabric hung over a water pipe. Behind it? A bunch of empty boxes for products that we may have to return someday. Like our blender---Lowe's takes anything back, so we keep the box and when the blender breaks (which it has done several times) we just put it back in the box and exchange it for a new one.

That, and I have this icky feeling that there are nests of camel crickets hatching underneath it all as we speak. Damn, I hate those stupid things. Come summertime, they all but commandeer my basement. They're like jumping spiders. AGH!

 

[Evan!]

They're an awesome find. I've been looking for some forever. You wouldn't happen to be next to an oil change place, would you? If so, I used to be in there a lot. The store, not the oil change place.

By golly, we ARE. Right off route 29. Small world.

 

[Torchiest]

Absolutely kickass setup. One question: do you keep the lights off in there, or keep all those carboys covered to avoid skunking?

 

[Evan!]

Absolutely kickass setup. One question: do you keep the lights off in there, or keep all those carboys covered to avoid skunking?

I keep the lights off when we're not in there. There's no windows in this particular part of the basement, so no sunlight gets in.

 

[Ize]

That is a nice setup! Like Rich, my basement is so pitiful right now that it's embarassing. I have a complete shop area that I'm in the process of getting crap out of so it will be my dedicated brew-room, but as of right now it's a cluster f***...

SWMBO and I have been having some semi-tense conversations about the amount of CLOTHING in the house. I'm at the "I'm not even going to ask anymore" stage. If it's in a box that hasn't seen daylight in over a year, it's going. I get a little bit more done each night. :rockin:

Ize

 

[the_bird]

That looks really nice, Evan. I've been in the process of adding a crapload of storage space to the basement, trying to get it cleaned up and organized, hopefully getting it wired (it has only a couple outlets) soon so that I can start adding chest freezers and the like. Looks good!

 

[zoebisch01]

That, and I have this icky feeling that there are nests of camel crickets hatching underneath it all as we speak. Damn, I hate those stupid things. Come summertime, they all but commandeer my basement. They're like jumping spiders. AGH!

One night, when I lived in Raleigh, I was sleeping and felt a wierd sensation on my upper lip. I freaked and smashed. Damn Camel Crickets! We used to wake up to a tub full of em. Grrrrrrr.

 

[Evan!]

That is a nice setup! Like Rich, my basement is so pitiful right now that it's embarassing. I have a complete shop area that I'm in the process of getting crap out of so it will be my dedicated brew-room, but as of right now it's a cluster f***...

SWMBO and I have been having some semi-tense conversations about the amount of CLOTHING in the house. I'm at the "I'm not even going to ask anymore" stage. If it's in a box that hasn't seen daylight in over a year, it's going. I get a little bit more done each night. :rockin:

Ize

Put those clothes to good use---instead of taking up space in your basement, pull it all out one by one and make a list of each garment. Attach a dollar value to each one, what you expect it would fetch at a used clothing store. Take it all to goodwill and get a receipt...then claim it on your tax return as a charitable donation next year. Luckily, my wifey is about as minimalist as I am (must be the whole Architect thing), and so doesn't horde too many clothes...but we're both big fans of turning dust-collecting shyte into tax deductions.

The finished portion of our basement is a bit of a mess right now. We're renovating.

 

[Evan!]

One night, when I lived in Raleigh, I was sleeping and felt a wierd sensation on my upper lip. I freaked and smashed. Damn Camel Crickets! We used to wake up to a tub full of em. Grrrrrrr.

Man, I've seen some f'n KING KONG camel crickets in my house. Damn near big as a small cat! There's few things quite as satisfying as that "CRUNCH" when you smoosh one of those big bastards. :rockin:

 

[dirtymartini]

Real nice set up you have...wish I was closer, I would help you drink some!

I just might have to commandeer part of my woodworking shop for brew space...

 

[ryser2k]

Man I need to get some plastic cases like that. I've been getting old wooden soda crates but they aren't really designed for 22 oz bottles...

Cool setup though, I hope to have one just like it when I move into my new house

 

[Evan!]

Those crates are like sasquatch. Good luck on your hunt...

 

[McKBrew]

Your set-up makes me jealous.

 

[fezzman]

Your set-up makes me jealous.

His basement makes me jealous. Not too many of 'em 'round my neck of the woods.