The hopefully not obnoxious wood fired brick oven build thread

[homebeerbrewer]

Trust me, if you knew him, you wouldn't stay long.

 

[Rivenin]

No pics. Minimal progress in the oven between getting the boat ready and helping the Spawn move. Only so much time and disposable income to spread around.

Boat or pizza? WHERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES?!

 

[paulster2626]

I wish people woudl stop bumping this thread - I always think it's a new update!




(whoops)

 

[ComcastWineRookie]

looks nice, good job

 

[paulthenurse]

Boat or pizza? WHERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES?!

The boat. Hands down.

 

[paulthenurse]

I've decided to lay more insulating concrete on the base. I'm going to add another two inches on top of the existing insulation layer and extend the layer to the sides. I'm going to use metal studs for the outer walls eventually. I SHOULD be able to use wood, if the oven is so poorly constructed that it would cause wood to catch fire than I pretty much deserve it if it burns down. BUT, no sense tempting the gods, I'll use steel studs and rafters and concrete siding.

So the upshot is that it's taking forever to get the vermiculite. My local garden center assures me he'll have it this week. Sure hope so, I can't wait to get back to building.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

I'm still betting on that iPhone exploding the first burn. A buck says it knocks the whole thing down.

Edit: Not to trump Cape's bet, but I think an exploding iPhone would be more spectacular.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Paul, when your contraption becomes a pile of rubble, you might want to consider this.

 

[paulthenurse]

Don't you need to climb up a 6 foot stepladder carrying a carboy or sumptin'?

 

[homebeerbrewer]

It was the hot liquor tank with 3-4 gallons of boiling water I decided to take a swan dive off the ladder with.

I don't touch glass carboys anymore. Too dangerous.


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[paulthenurse]

Oh ya. Sorry.
It's a full time job keeping track of your various brewing misadventures and 'ain't nobody got time fo dat!'

 

[Cape Brewing]

A mod should change this thread's title to "Its official starting to build my own pizza oven"


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[bob1852]

A mod should change this thread's title to "Its official starting to build my own pizza oven"


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Have the_bird get right on that.

 

[paulster2626]

This is the slowest build of something ever. I've seen government move faster.

 

[paulthenurse]

Unlike the gubbamint I have to be concerned with how to pay for my projects as I go.

 

[paulster2626]

Unlike the gubbamint I have to be concerned with how to pay for my projects as I go.

hmmmm, if only there was a workaround...

Lines of credit are often extended by banks, financial institutions and other licensed consumer lenders to creditworthy customers (though certain special-purpose lines of credit may not have creditworthiness requirements) to address liquidity problems; such a line of credit is often called a personal line of credit.

There is fresh homemade pizza on the line. It's worth the interest fees.

 

[HumulusHead]

I work for the government. And I like pizza. And homebrew. Maybe we could work something out


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[paulthenurse]

Thank but I'll take a pass. I've got enough troubles with Cape, Crash, AZ and the_bird stalking me . I don't need Eliot Ness up my arse.

 

[Cape Brewing]

I don't need Eliot Ness up my arse.

... although God knows there would be enough room


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[paulthenurse]

You funny!

 

[HoppyDaze]

Where's the damn pizza?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I was expecting brick oven. So far I've only seen doghouse.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Guys, guys... take it easy on Paul. This isn't some rinky dink construction job that can be banged out in two days. Hell, most PROFESSIONS take almost THREE days. And Paul's not even a pro. I mean... for Christ's sake... he is as much of a Rookie as you can get.... and expecting Paul to just bang out a pizza oven lickitty split is like asking someone to paint the Sistine Chapel with a box of crayons. You can only work with what you've got.


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[Evets]

Mine took almost two years (summers)to complete. The first got it functional and the second got it pretty.

 

[paulthenurse]

Exactly Brian!!!

Why, you yourself are an excellent example of exactly what you're talking about. It took you, Matt and FDub a full year to get the Bog open to pour your first pint. Imagine that! A couple guys decide they're going to pool their vast resources and cobble together a 20 gallon system and "go pro" and it takes a freakin' YEAR to get up to speed on something they already do once a week.



By the way, how is The Bog Room coming? I was pretty thirsty when I drove by there the other day. I stopped, hoping TBR was open and I could grab a pint or two of Stinger and maybe a growler for the road but alas...How long has it been since the three of you busted through the wall into The Happy Ending Massage Parlor and started to scrape the sticky stuff off the walls to expand your empire anyways? Sure seems like its been a while. And there are three of you guys to do the work! Man oh man those walls must have been gross. But it sure is gonna be great when its done. Yes sirree! Great!

 

[Cape Brewing]

Whoa whoa WHOA!!! We aren't making this an obnoxious thread remember?

But.... since you asked, the tap room is coming along really well. We're pretty psyched. We picked up our new pourer's license the other day so that's all squared away. The electrician was in last night trying to finish up but looks like he'll be done maybe this Saturday. Space looks great though. We will be pouring at the American Craft Beer Fest this weekend (debuting a few new styles too! yayyyyy!!) so we'll swing back into the brewery late Saturday night and hopefully all of the light fixtures will be up... it'll be cool to see it all.

After that it is just inspections and we'll be open.

Enough of my brewery and new tap room. That's boring stuff. This is a brewing website damn it!! Let's get back to your cool pizza oven build!!!

Whatta you thinkin? Late 2018 as a target completion date?

I can't wait.

I'll take a nice thin crust... maybe some fresh basil and proscuitto. Mmmmm. Sounds tasty !!


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[paulthenurse]

I'll make the pizza, you bring the beer.

 

[paulster2626]

When you're busy building this, do you order pizza delivered to the construction site?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Have you considered just going with a Forno Bravo kit for the actual oven? That is a large base, how big is the oven going to be?

 

[paulthenurse]

Picked up bricks this morning.

That's a lot of weight in the bed if my truck.