The Idiot Brewery Money Pit

[IdiotBrewing]

In the middle nearer to the kitchen/bar area you could store large bags of grain, kind of adds to the ambiance a little as well.

I've just invested in a couple of galvanised steel grain bins, the ones farmers use to store grain (or to hide their victims in). Sacks would look good, but I'm sure it would only be a matter of time until the rats showed up with their greased back hair and fluorescent socks and rock 'n' roll parties.

They're waterproof (okay, they're indoors, but it's good to know for those 'my grain bin is better than your grain bin' arguments once you're the wrong side of a few pints), rodent proof (despite their quiffs and creepers) and best of all cheap. Mine were cheaper as the first one had a bent panel so it was replaced, but it was too expensive to get a courier to collect the bent one. A swift roll across it with a fat child soon straightened it up.

Admittedly a few grain bins isn't the greatest progress, but I've also been ripping out the kitchen. I tell my Missus I'm replacing everything because I love her, but really I just need the old counters, cupboards and the oven extractor fan!

 

[balrog]

You have a SHED?

All I have is a cabinet.

<sounds like slipping into Monty Python's The Four Yorkshiremen>

 

[Yeastieboy]

Nothing is worse that someone you can't punch striding into the brewery at a critical juncture. Typically my 5-year old will show up about the time I am pulling out equipment and filling my kettle, which means the entire brew session gets off to a bad start. It's amazing how distracting a child can be, especially when you're having to keep them away from hot water and 220V electricity. I have since went back to late night brewing for these reasons. If I had a brew shed like that, the first thing I would add is a bed and urinal.

 

[Bailey_Brew]

First - like others I suffer from loads of envy. This should at least inspire me to clear a better space in my garage.

Maybe post-Brexit you can corner the Lincolnshire market for cold yellow Eurofiz with a big lagering fridge and a huge CO2 tank.

Anybody got an idea worse than that?

 

[beernutz]

OP I hope you are more evidence that good things happen to good people because that building is definitely a GOOD THING. &#127867;

I finally have a decent outdoor space for brewing after many years but compared to your building it is but a hillybilly hovel. Put a good tv, sound system, internet, and a La-z-boy recliner in it and SWMBO might file a missing persons report.

Please let us all live vicariously through your updates to this thread.