Things that make you happy/proud/ecstatic when you see them in your brewery.

[seatazzz]

First thing in the morning, and first thing when I get home from work, I walk out to the garage/brewery and see what's happening. Whether it's a new brew fermenting, kegs carbing, or just to gloat over my nice clean equipment waiting for the next brewday, it makes me smile after a long hard day. Here's one that never fails to induce a sh*t-eating grin; the temperature controller steady at whatever temp I set it at, knowing that the fermenter it's attached to is keeping my beer happy. What makes YOU smile in your brewery?

 

[grampamark]

What makes me smile when I walk into my basement brewery? Beer. There’s beer on tap. There's plastic totes full of grain, yeast in the fridge above the kegs and hops in the freezer below the kegs. If I run out of beer I have everything I need to make more. That makes me smile.

 

[Kirkwooder]

Air lock activity....then none..... then clear beer......then the psssshhh when the cap comes off......then a good two finger head.....

 

[Immocles]

Honestly, just the repurposed area in the basement where I keep my supplies and bottles and what not makes me happy. It was just a complete dumping pile of randomness when I moved in. Cleaning it up and having a useful area again was very fulfilling.
Outside of that, it’s not a sight, but when I ferment upstairs for certain circumstances and hear the constant “bloop bloop bloop” of an airlock, it makes me smile. Drives my wife and the cats NUTS.

 

[MaxStout]

Seeing I have a good stock of ingredients ready to be made into the next beer. The anticipation of another brew day.

 

[Syn]

Seeing empty carboys ready for action!

 

[Jag75]

Man I wish I had a nice basement to convert into a brewery. I have a 10x12 room to work with . Its packed with brew stuff , kegerator, guitars , electric drum set and a mountain bike .

I love seeing and smelling beer ferment. Love the sight of an airlock going nuts .

 

[bobeer]

Mine is seeing a fully stocked shelf of grain. I'm currently out of 2row and cannot brew and it's driving me crazy. What I would give to see a big fat sack of base malt on my shelf!

 

[Soulshine2]

First thing in the morning, and first thing when I get home from work, I walk out to the garage/brewery and see what's happening. Whether it's a new brew fermenting, kegs carbing, or just to gloat over my nice clean equipment waiting for the next brewday, it makes me smile after a long hard day. Here's one that never fails to induce a sh*t-eating grin; the temperature controller steady at whatever temp I set it at, knowing that the fermenter it's attached to is keeping my beer happy. What makes YOU smile in your brewery?View attachment 622414

the first smile came from producing my first homebrew. Second was when I fired up my homebuilt electric rig and it worked. the Third was making my own built recipe and it turned out great. Fourth - when I tried kraeusening . The Fifth- now that requires a still. lol.

 

[Jayjay1976]

I love sorting out my grain bins, the smell makes me want to brew a batch! When I get that urge mid-week I just spend an hour whipping up a starter with whatever yeast I have saved, and that more or less determines what I brew at the next opportunity. Starters count as brewing too!

I'm also an avid airlock sniffer.

 

[Smellyglove]

Right now it's just looking at my brewery. It's small, but it does it's job perfectly and I built the controller myself and designed the whole thing from previous experiences with various setups, just added kettles. It's a workhorse I'm proud of, even though I'll be upgrading to double capacity over the course of this summer. I sort of get the thought of what it feels and looks like when it's fired up with malt and wort in the kettles and does what it's designed to do, it makes me happy. It's like looking at my longboards which just stand upright at a wall during winter. Can't wait to use them the way they are meant to be used when it time, again. Brew it, clean it, repeat.

 

[seatazzz]

Fantastic responses, all. After all, if a hobby doesn't make you happy, why continue? I'll add another one here: figuring out that I can build a sight glass for my keggle for less than $15. It's the only thing I need for the brewery at the moment, and I'm giggly with excitement over my trip to HD this weekend to make it happen. Keep it going!

 

[Jayjay1976]

Fantastic responses, all. After all, if a hobby doesn't make you happy, why continue? I'll add another one here: figuring out that I can build a sight glass for my keggle for less than $15. It's the only thing I need for the brewery at the moment, and I'm giggly with excitement over my trip to HD this weekend to make it happen. Keep it going!

Be sure to share the deets, I need to add a sight glass to my kettle and not sure how to do it.

 

[seatazzz]

Be sure to share the deets, I need to add a sight glass to my kettle and not sure how to do it.

If your keggle already has two outlets like mine does, it should be easy. I'm still doing youtube research for mine. Sometime in the past my keggle must have had one, above the port for the thermometer at the top of the keggle there's a tiny hole for securing a sight glass. I'll let you know how it goes for me.

 

[Jayjay1976]

If your keggle already has two outlets like mine does, it should be easy. I'm still doing youtube research for mine. Sometime in the past my keggle must have had one, above the port for the thermometer at the top of the keggle there's a tiny hole for securing a sight glass. I'll let you know how it goes for me.

I brew in an 1 gallon bayou stock pot, I'll have to drill holes to install a sight glass, just curious what parts you bought at HD to build one.

 

[seatazzz]

I brew in an 1 gallon bayou stock pot, I'll have to drill holes to install a sight glass, just curious what parts you bought at HD to build one.

Haven't yet, still doing some research. Might break down and buy a "ready-made" one, since polycarbonate tubing is hard to find around here. I know I can use vinyl tubing as long as it has a copper pipe shield around it, but (forgive me) that sounds like too much work, since I don't own an angle grinder. Depends on the paychecks this weekend.

 

[HB2 HughBHomeBrew]

Bubbling air lock.
Clean equipment put up and ready for next time.
To get to my "brewery" to check on something, or get a brew, I have to go outside and the dog always wants to come with me.

 

[seatazzz]

Bubbling air lock.
Clean equipment put up and ready for next time.
To get to my "brewery" to check on something, or get a brew, I have to go outside and the dog always wants to come with me.

I have two brewdogs and two brewcats. At some point in every brewday all of them come out to "help", by either wanting to play ball or sit in my lap so I can't get up. The youngest cat likes to sit on my camping table that I have set up to hold various stuff that I will need, so she is sure to get lots of pets. Oldest dog licks up any wort spills that happen to be lying around. Love my kids.