Home brewery porn…

[Oleson M.D.]

Way awesome bar setup, my man! Quite envious of all the entries in your "Log Book." Judging from the livery on all the airliners (including a TWA Connie, which was my first flight airplane) you must have been a well traveled airman, as well as a connoisseur of Corvettes. Do you do the air show circuit in the Mustang?

The Mustang is still in Ohio, awaiting some maintenance fixes. Should have it back in Texas next month. Yes, planning to do some air shows with it.

And yes...I'm a Corvette fan! The wait list for a new mid-engine C8 Corvette is 12 to 18 months!

Flew for 3 major airlines, spanning over 32 years. Braniff, Continental, and United. Finished up on the B-777. I actually flew DC-3's for a broken down company called Coker Air Freight. It was an experience.

We wanted the bar / lounge / game room to reflect an aviation theme. And look like an old world English Pub at the same time.

Taplist is the coolest thing! You can turn your TV into a menu, showing the beers you have.

You have a sharp eye, to pick up on the Connie and the Corvettes! I flew most of the models that are on top of the bar, MD-80, B-757, B-777, DC-3.

Thank you very much for the kind words.

 

[Genuine]

Absolutely beautiful! I like the whole galley set up of it. The flow is perfect!

 

[Beerwildered]

Nice set up! And some great ideas, I’m in the process of setting up a garage brewery too.

Have you had a chance to brew in it yet?

Several times - the 1bbl setup is new. But I’ve brewed in the garage a lot over the last year. It’s just about perfect.

 

[Beerwildered]

Nice. How's that grain mill working for you?

Love it

 

[Noob_Brewer]

@Beerwildered great setup man! Curious as Im in NC as well - how well do the fermenter/glycol setup handle the NC summers in the garage? No issues with cold crashing? I personally use fermonsters in mini fridges in my NC garage, but those look awesome man!

 

[Beerwildered]

Very nice setup! Used to have a local nanobrewery that had the 1 bbl version which it looks like yours is. They said they never could get a full 1 bbl out of the system. I guess I should have asked why, so I don't know if it was a hot side or cold side shortage. Seems like they could have added top up water to reach the 1 bbl mark. Seeing you have a decent amount of half barrels sitting around I'm guessing you don't want partial fills. Any reason your not using that white drinking water hose to feed your water filter instead of that green not drinking water hose?

You mean the blue hose connected to the filter? That’s definitely a potable water rated hose. I made sure.

 

[Beerwildered]

@Beerwildered great setup man! Curious as Im in NC as well - how well do the fermenter/glycol setup handle the NC summers in the garage? No issues with cold crashing? I personally use fermonsters in mini fridges in my NC garage, but those look awesome man!

I’ve got the Icemaster Max4 - the 8 gallon reservoir is key. I can crash everything I’ve got at the same time with that chiller.

 

[superiorsat]

You mean the blue hose connected to the filter? That’s definitely a potable water rated hose. I made sure.

Is that some kind of flow meter or electric valve or combo before the water filter?

 

[Broothru]

The Mustang is still in Ohio, awaiting some maintenance fixes. Should have it back in Texas next month. Yes, planning to do some air shows with it.

And yes...I'm a Corvette fan! The wait list for a new mid-engine C8 Corvette is 12 to 18 months!

Flew for 3 major airlines, spanning over 32 years. Braniff, Continental, and United. Finished up on the B-777. I actually flew DC-3's for a broken down company called Coker Air Freight. It was an experience.

We wanted the bar / lounge / game room to reflect an aviation theme. And look like an old world English Pub at the same time.

Taplist is the coolest thing! You can turn your TV into a menu, showing the beers you have.

You have a sharp eye, to pick up on the Connie and the Corvettes! I flew most of the models that are on top of the bar, MD-80, B-757, B-777, DC-3.

Thank you very much for the kind words.

Takes one to know (and appreciate) one! I also retired from "The Friendly Skies" off the B757/B767 fleet nearly 8 years ago. Mustangs & Corvettes. Quite a combination.

Oh, and a beautiful bar, too.

 

[Brewin’&Qin’]

Man Beerwildered that is one fantastic garage set up. Amazing. Oleson, that is an equally impressive barroom set up you have as well. I too am an “Ex-Con” now with UA. On the Airport Operations side of things.

 

[Oleson M.D.]

Man Beerwildered that is one fantastic garage set up. Amazing. Oleson, that is an equally impressive barroom set up you have as well. I too am an “Ex-Con” now with UA. On the Airport Operations side of things.

Interesting! I agree, that garage setup is wicked cool!

It's funny, as my motivation to get into brewing came from a pilot for American, back in 1990 (the year Continental hired me).

Thanks for the compliment!

Here are some better pictures of the tap handles. Not expensive, about $20 / handle from Marc Supik. Beer Tap Handles — Mark Supik & Co.

And we had Aerographics (Loveland, CO) make our labels. They also manufactured the graphics for the Mustang.

Where did our name (Bel Air Brewing) originate? It was taken from a 1957 Chevy that we used to own...

 

[Gozie Boy]

Great car ... and tag!

 

[Ironkeybrewing]

Its not finished yet but here is a look at mine!

 

[CaptDB]

Long time reader, 1st time poster....
Here‘s my work in progress.
Great forum.
Cheers,

 

[Oleson M.D.]

Very nice!

 

[Tagobolts]

Very nice set up! I was so close to using my 3rd car pull through garage as my brew room, until the wife let me turn our covered patio into the brew room. I will have some pictures in a month or so. got electrician putting in the power in a couple weeks (hopefully, they are so flaky right now) and we put in the sink this previous weekend.

 

[passedpawn]

 

[chessking]

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Shouldn't there be some shag carpet somewhere?

 

[Broothru]

Shouldn't there be some shag carpet somewhere?

Oooooh. And "popcorn" ceiling, and a "conversation pit". Did I hear, "Quadraphonic" speakers and an 8" reel-to-reel tape deck, with an 8-track in your Pontiac Firebird. Wait, did I just spill fondue on my leisure suit? The 70s, don't you just miss 'em?

Rhetorical Question: Ans., NO!

 

[CaptDB]

You don’t like my stylish green stove? It‘s a classic and best of all, it was free.

I have one of the burners wired up so I can control it with an inkbird. Heat comes on while I sleep and shuts off automatically at strike temp.

 

[Konadog]

Dang, loose what ever your counter tops are, and get some orange Formica to go with the green stove.

 

[matt_m]

My parents had the orange Formica into the mid 80's. Replaced it with baby blue

 

[day_trippr]

You haven't experienced bewilderment until you've gutted a ~50 yo kitchen and stripped off black and white tiles covering mustard tiles covering avocado tiles covering white tiles

 

[odie]

I suddenly feel inadequate...