The Brown Barn Brewery Build

[Gonefishin]

Having always brewed in my driveway, I was more than thrilled to move to property that had a barn. I decided that I would make a dedicated brew space out of the wash-bay. I just hope my beers warrant such cool space.

 

[Xernex]

That's pretty awesome - the sliders make it looks so official haha

 

[jojacques]

Holy **** that is so cool.
We need more description.
More pictures
MOAAAAR!

 

[_dirty_]

the sliding doors and the stone corner accent brought this barn to whole new level. cant wait for more updates!

 

[Vandulus]

You just need a cash register on a counter to complete the carry-out look! Seriously though I'm jealous as it looks awesome.

 

[petemoss]

That is awesome.

 

[kal]

Love the commercial sliding doors! Were they original in the barn or did you add them after? You don't usually see something like that in a barn!

Kal

 

[Descentman]

Do you realize how many enemies you just made due to jealousy?
hehehehe
j/k Looks Awesome!
I actually AM a little jealous lol.

 

[mbruneaux]

Where is the pull out bed, couch and TV? You would never have to leave!

 

[Torrefaction]

That's it--we're buying a farm. Nice!

 

[Brewmaster59]

I want one!

 

[Olaf_Deathbringer]

So damn jealous.

 

[davisc1513]

That's pretty sweet! Now you can feed the animals the spent grain only by throwing it out the window! My goats love beer grain.

 

[HausBrauerei_Harvey]

nice work!

 

[thereverendmaynard]

How are you venting? Looks like you are doing direct fired burners for heating?

 

[ballsy]

Dream come true right there....granted my wife probably wouldn't like the spending I would do in order to brew 10-15 gal batches. Congrats, that's a beautiful piece of land right there!

 

[mbruneaux]

My wife would do something silly and put a horse in that barn.

 

[jcav]

Very cool!

 

[Gonefishin]

Thanks y'all. It has been a long ride. I got an inline 8" exhaust fan to vent the area. The other pic is the loft, time to RDWHAHB. And yes, there are plenty of people ready to put a horse in there.

 

[MarkP]

Very cool! Nice work.

 

[sandhiller]

sir that is very nice congrats brew on!!

 

[Gonefishin]

Thanks y'all. It's great to have a dedicated space. Especially one with cool doors! Kal, my BILs company installs these doors. I got these for the cost of new glass $400 bucks. And I went to Ohio and removed them and installed them in my barn.

 

[jayway]

Nicely done! Having a dedicated space must be so nice. I'm on year 4 of a barn build on my dads property. I can't wait till it's done so I can start my own barn thread. Keep the pics coming please.

 

[Gonefishin]

Thanks Jayway, It has taken about 8 months to get here. To much other stuff in the higher priority slots. I got a lot more done during the winter. But it sure can get cold out there.

 

[Gonefishin]

Jayway, lets see your barn!

 

[jayway]

Sure! Here's an old pic. The ceiling has been finished and there is a brewstand under the hood now. I feel you with finding time to work on it, this started with a dirt floor and stalls so it's come a long way.

 

[Gonefishin]

wow Jayway, nice job! That is a great looking space, what material is the counter top?

 

[kal]

Thanks y'all. It's great to have a dedicated space. Especially one with cool doors! Kal, my BILs company installs these doors. I got these for the cost of new glass $400 bucks. And I went to Ohio and removed them and installed them in my barn.

Nice! you probably got these in the in for less than 1/10th of what they'd cost new/installed! Love it!

(Keep in the pics coming!)

Kal

 

[Gonefishin]

Yeah, I got great deal. I've got a great BIL too, whom I now have to keep supplied with homebrew. By the time I built a stud wall with insulation, a door, finishes and all, I probably would have spent more than I gave for the automatics. Not to mention it took about 4-hours to install them. It would have taken me another 6-months to build a wall.
Next up is my hood and ventilation.

 

[jayway]

wow Jayway, nice job! That is a great looking space, what material is the counter top?

Thanks, it's been fun! The bar is cement, we did a pour in place bar top.

 

[MuddyCreek]

Beautiful stuff fellas!

Love both the barns. Personally I like a rustic feel so the brown barn wins my top vote but Jayway's is a thing of beauty as well.

 

[Gonefishin]

Not much time to work on the space with the holidays. But I took a day to brew with my son-in-law. 10-gal. of Pale Ale, fermenting happily in my new fermonster carboys. (I like Christmas!) The hood is not done but the fan and vent are operational. Probably a good thing now that the doors are up and it was 30-degrees outside. This was sort of a trial run for the brewery. The equipment worked properly. As usual it was human error that caused the anxieties.