Dreaming of a fresh start.

[Carlscan26]

Pictures scattered in my photobucket and there is a thread in the show us your brew stands

Base is an commercial AV cabinet from a school I found at an auction for $5. I added the riser and left extension using unistrut https://www.menards.com/main/electr...m?tid=9024278639376094230&bargainStoreId=3270 and for the upright some heavy duty shelf standards and brackets. Top shelf is rock solid even with 10 gallons of water in it(brackets are rated for 300 pounds). Same thing could be built around any heavy duty rolling cabinet. Everything is gravity fed even to the 5 gallon fermenting buckets that sit on the floor to drain the BK. You can't see them but there are a pair of 200 pound rated casters under the left end.

Thanks! Nice work!

 

[Kharnynb]

A bigger cellar for storage(mine barely fits 300 bottles).

A better bottling system(seems they haven't invented this yet ;D)

I'll be switching from stovetop to a bulldog beerbrewer this summer, as i've had it having to wait too long for boiling and want better control in the mashing.

 

[Jwin]

A bigger cellar for storage(mine barely fits 300 bottles).

A better bottling system(seems they haven't invented this yet ;D)

I'll be switching from stovetop to a bulldog beerbrewer this summer, as i've had it having to wait too long for boiling and want better control in the mashing.

Something I was considering for cellaring, assuming the temp in your room is good... Legal sized file cabinets. Most are perfect size for 12 oz bottles. And they can be found cheap.

 

[Stillraining]

The only thing I would change would be my brew area.

I would buy a new house with a 9 or 10 foot ceiling in the finished basement with a large open floor plan. On one end of the basement I would have my all stainless brew area. One the other end I would have a big screen TV with a wrap around couch and Lazy boy recliner. In the center along the wall I would have a long authentic Irish bar with swivel chairs. In the center I would have a red pool table with leather pockets. On the other wall I would have classic arcade games. During the mash I would stop at the bar and pour myself a cold beer. Heading towards the TV I would stop off and practice a few trick shots. After watching Scarface for a bit I'd head back to check on the mash stopping off and getting the high score on Pacman.

That'd be about the only thing I'd change

The only thing.......That right there is funny.

 

[Kharnynb]

Something I was considering for cellaring, assuming the temp in your room is good... Legal sized file cabinets. Most are perfect size for 12 oz bottles. And they can be found cheap.

It's a real cellar, nice and cold, sadly also tiny and very low, so anything in there has to be low and fit through a tiny door