Deprecated's Garage Brewery

[jcav]

It's starting to come together and I am digging the stainless! Nice framework!

John

 

[deprecated]

Thanks, jcav. The cabinet building part I didn't care for. Too many ways to go about it if you didn't know what you were doing.

I got to work on the counter/bar front today. Hope to finish it, bar shelf and counter top cap tomorrow.

 

[Harry482]

The corrugated steel is a great idea. The rust adds a walking dead chic element that I dig!

 

[deprecated]

Never could get into Walking Dead but I'll take that as a compliment .

Not much of an update, but got the last barn tin panel done and the bar/shelf completed. It's kicked my ass.

I get a week off to do work stuff in San Francisco. If anyone has any recommendations of breweries or restaurants, the only agenda I have is to re-visit 21st Amendment....

 

[PlinyTheMiddleAged]

I get a week off to do work stuff in San Francisco. If anyone has any recommendations of breweries or restaurants, the only agenda I have is to re-visit 21st Amendment....

There are a lot of places to hit in SF, but my personal favorite is Cellarmaker. No real food there, but the beer is great.

If you head across the bay, Drakes is good as well.

Enjoy!

 

[flattie]

Never could get into Walking Dead but I'll take that as a compliment .

Not much of an update, but got the last barn tin panel done and the bar/shelf completed. It's kicked my ass.

I get a week off to do work stuff in San Francisco. If anyone has any recommendations of breweries or restaurants, the only agenda I have is to re-visit 21st Amendment....

If you are interested in a place with a large number of draft beers try the Golden Gate Taproom. Warning their website has music so turn down your speakers

Golden Gate Taproom Draft List

 

[deprecated]

Thanks for the recommendation, guys. I tried Golden Gate Taproom Room but it was so busy that after 10 minutes it looked like it would still be some time to get a beer.

I'll give it another try in a day or two.

I think I have a work event at ThirstyBear tonight!

 

[HausBrauerei_Harvey]

this is really nice work!

 

[aimlessbum]

There are a lot of places to hit in SF, but my personal favorite is Cellarmaker. No real food there, but the beer is great.

If you head across the bay, Drakes is good as well.

Enjoy!

I will definitely second Pliny's recommendation of Cellarmaker. In my opinion- the best brewery in the country.

 

[deprecated]

Thanks for the kind words, Harvey.

I'm headed to Cellarmaker after I get out of conference today!

 

[deprecated]

Yeah, Cellarmaker was great. Didn't get to stay as long as I would like but had "7 Wonders" and "Mocha and Cigarettes". Enjoyed both!

 

[aimlessbum]

Yeah, Cellarmaker was great. Didn't get to stay as long as I would like but had "7 Wonders" and "Mocha and Cigarettes". Enjoyed both!

Nice!!

 

[deprecated]

A fair amount of progress that I'll try to document in order...

I switched gears to the attached well house:

It had ceiling joists that were installed underneath the top plate of the exterior walls. They were oak 2x4 that I could repurpose so I removed them and installed 2x6 ceiling joists on top of the top plates. This gave me about 5 1/2" more clearance on the ceiling. Getting the 2x6's in there was almost an act of magic.

I pulled out all of the waferboard to get to old rock wool insulation (pretending like it couldn't be asbestos..). Once that was removed I replaced it with fiberglass bats.

Pictures might be out of order, but you get the jest. It sucked.

 

[deprecated]

New insulation in wellhouse.

Also got keezer taken care of. I ran three 3" pvc conduits to the back of my taps. The left conduit is for beer lines and air to taps and the right conduit is for return air.

The middle conduit was a "just in case" should I need to run a cooling line and have to return it while keeping the return air conduit unobstructed.

I went ahead and sealed off the middle conduit for now. Hopefully it won't be needed.

 

[mongoose33]

Nice.

I like the way you used a computer fan in the PVC through which the beer lines run. What's the story on the other one on the right that appears to be pushing or pulling air through the PVC manifold on the bottom of the freezer? What's going on there?

 

[deprecated]

Thanks, Mongoose. The pvc coming out of the back middle of the keezer collar has a cap on it and a cutout to direct the return air to the right corner. The fan you are asking about is blowing that return air (hopefully) down into the pvc floor with wire shelving on top.

You can't see them because they are drilled to point down somewhat, but the pvc floor has several holes drilled in it to keep air moving and hopefully reduce moisture issues.

The two soda kegs are their to help figure out spacing of things.... I just realized how filthy they are after being in the barn for a year.

 

[deprecated]

Entertainment center thing (ECT):

Start of dartboard backing:

I had run out of wood before I started the liquor cabinet. Fortunately (for me) my father-in-law let someone cut and bale hay on his property and the kid baling it dropped a round bale in the wrong direction on top of the hillside. It rolled about 50 yards before it hit the old spring house that had probably been there for nearly 100 years. All of the liquor cabinet wood is from that spring house.Seeing that the liquor cabinet is really a gift from my father-in-law, I'm going to get a brass plaque along the lines of "Made possible by the generous donation of...".

Liquor cabinet:

 

[deprecated]

Control panel build and taps/display. Can't really tell in the last picture, but the control panel is mounted on an arm so it can be pulled out from the wall.

 

[deprecated]

Pretty much done with the building at this point. Still have to finish up herms setup and build a deck out back.

Before.

After.

 

[ancientmariner52]

Beautiful! And an IHC L series grille! Always my favorite truck.

 

[mongoose33]

You made a mistake: the couch is too far from the beer taps.

Nicely done.

 

[deprecated]

Thanks guys! More so than the couch being too far away from the taps is that the path to them is in front of the dart board....

 

[HausBrauerei_Harvey]

so awesome. Well done sir.

 

[SailorJerry]

This is awesome, great work!

 

[tripleD]

Unbelievable job!! Super jealous. I love all of the choices you made. Going to steal several of your ideas in my build.

 

[GoeHaarden]

Wow! Great vision! You really saw the diamond in the rough here. Really amazed with what you did to that space. I enjoyed looking at the progression...Good Job!

 

[deprecated]

Fermentation control is almost done.

Kudos to FuzzeWuzze, ame, Elco, Thorrak and many others for their countless hours on BrewPi, Fuscus and Fermentrack!

I ended up going with three compact/dorm refrigerators and Fermentrack on the software side. Hardware is the standard fare of RPi3, Unos and relay boards. I was able to squeeze it all into a plastic toolbox by replacing the tray with plexiglass and mounting my electronics with nothing more than zip ties and 2-sided tape:

By the way, does anyone else think of this when they see Thorrak's name?

 

[jcav]

Awesome job! You have done so much building out the room and making an incredible usable space. Enjoy!

John

 

[helterscelter]

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damn this is clever!

 

[deprecated]

I'm fairly certain that wasn't an original idea on my part. If I knew who I stole it from I'd give credit, and if I came up with it on my own, then achieving cleverness is all I ever wanted in life!