Unveiling my brewery & garage build

[flushdrew42]

this thread is pure awesome. very inspiring!

 

[Grossy]

Wow, a separate building to brew in! Great looking build.

Those wok burners that you are using, how are they at maintaining a low boil?

I use a 23 tip one now, with 13 tips closed off. I find that they burn dirty yellow flame at low flame with natural gas. The tips of my burners are all aimed at each other.

I really only need it that low for 5 gallon boils, my 10 gallon boils are no problem.

next question: How long does it take to bring 12 gallons to boil with your setup.

 

[Wayneh]

That's so cool man. I'm a contractor in Maine and in my next home I'm going all out on a brewery. Great to see this. Check out hymiesbrew and Wayne Hymer inc on YouTube

 

[NewBrewB]

My wife would cut me if she saw me reading this thread... haha My garage build has already tested the limits. Best of luck!

 

[fall-line]

Every day in my new garage is a constant battle between making new messes and cleaning them up. This weekend the mess won for a while and some real work was achieved. The drywall is now done, and we're on to the mudding and taping.

I had some help for this one. 12' drywall sheets on the ceiling can be unwieldy.

Making progress on a Saturday, despite our best efforts

Finishing the last of the drywall with the help of a Bohemian Pilsner, just the thing for the job.

 

[fall-line]

Wow, a separate building to brew in! Great looking build.

Those wok burners that you are using, how are they at maintaining a low boil?

...
next question: How long does it take to bring 12 gallons to boil with your setup.

I'll have to get back to you on these. I've yet to brew on the full setup, as the build has been getting in the way. I do acknowledge that maintaining these on a low heat setting will be tricky. On mine, when I reduce power below about 1/3, they burn red and produce soot.

I've brought 6 gallons of water to a boil quicker than I ever could before on my SQ14 LP burner, but I haven't yet timed it.

 

[bellmtbbq]

Wait Is this going to become a nano brewery! Looks amazing

 

[fall-line]

Well, what's in a name? As much as I like to think of the new building as 'my brewery', it is still located on my (residential) property, and therefore very much a 'homebrew' setup.

Perhaps someday of the knowledge and experience I gain from working on this project will help me with a proper nano build, but that's quite a ways over the horizon if it's there at all.

 

[bellmtbbq]

Well, what's in a name? As much as I like to think of the new building as 'my brewery', it is still located on my (residential) property, and therefore very much a 'homebrew' setup.

Perhaps someday of the knowledge and experience I gain from working on this project will help me with a proper nano build, but that's quite a ways over the horizon if it's there at all.

I believe detached buildings work in some states, just a zoning issue. You'll basically be set up f you wanna go commercial. Read the Healdsburg brewing company thread, sounds like you are in his circumstance.

Very, very cool though! Absolute best of
Luck and thanks for quick reply.

 

[mjdonnelly68]

Every day in my new garage is a constant battle between making new messes and cleaning them up. This weekend the mess won for a while and some real work was achieved. The drywall is now done, and we're on to the mudding and taping.

I had some help for this one. 12' drywall sheets on the ceiling can be unwieldy.

Making progress on a Saturday, despite our best efforts

Finishing the last of the drywall with the help of a Bohemian Pilsner, just the thing for the job.

Great looking beer too? You're getting harder and harder to like...

 

[fall-line]

Interesting point. I believe that in my state (WA), a separate location in a building zoned for commercial or light industrial purposes is required. Either way, I have a lot of home brewing to do before I consider anything further. Thanks for the kind words though, I'm looking forward to a lot of enjoyable brewing in here.

 

[fall-line]

Great looking beer too? You're getting harder and harder to like...

haha, thanks.. I think.

I was pretty pleased with how this beer turned out. I make very few beers that require laggering because I only have room in my chamber for one batch at a time. The guys working with me on the garage specifically requested a pils though, so I was happy to oblige. It is quite tasty, though it's starting to feel more like fall around here by the hour.

 

[Jokenring]

As far as state goes, Foggy Noggin over in Bothell brews out of a detached garage at his residence. 192 brewing in Kenmore used to brew out of his 192 square foot shed, but he moved. Not sure on local zoning. I think that is where your issue would be.

 

[fall-line]

Jokenring, good to know - thank you. Again, no plans myself to go 'pro' any time soon, but it would be nice to brew more than 200 gallons a year.

I'll look into that more if/when the time comes.

 

[fall-line]

Drywall is done, first coats of tape & mud are on, and the remaining coats are happening today/tomorrow. Time to pickout some colors for the interior. I'm thinking fairly basic white/off white for a commercial shop look, but I'm not really a fan of white paint. I'll do semi-glosso on the walls for wipeability and eggshell or flat on the ceiling. Any thoughts? I'd love to see some examples.

 

[BeardedIdiot]

What's with the electrical outlets positioned at the top of the walls above the window? Never seen the put up that high before...

Otherwise, looking good! I dislike white as well, so I would probably go with a very light tan or cream color, just so it wasn't white.

 

[fall-line]

The one you see in the photo there is for a retractable extension cord that will hang above the window (over the workbench). I had planned to install that outlet actually in the ceiling panel, but ended up just putting it on the wall.

 

[BeardedIdiot]

Oh, dur. Everything looks so nice, I keep forgetting its just a garage .

 

[fall-line]

Yeah, the focus of this thread has been the brewery portion of the build for sure. I'm pretty excited about the garage and workshop capabilities of the building though too.
Here is an idea of what that part of the space it will hopefully look like when work is done

 

[Im_Lars]

I may be missing it, Sorry ahead of time. Have you talked about what your plans are for the floor?
Looks very good so far.

 

[fall-line]

I've thought a lot about the floor situation, but haven't made any decisions. The plan right now is to keep it untreated.

 

[fall-line]

A minor update to the brewing side of the project. My new MLT is complete, thanks to a last minute order from BobbyM.

I had planned to keep using my 10gal cooler for a while, but then you know.. stainless happened.

 

[Im_Lars]

I've thought a lot about the floor situation, but haven't made any decisions. The plan right now is to keep it untreated.

This may be the time before you get to much stuff in the way. I vote for painted.

 

[mjap52]

I had planned to keep using my 10gal cooler for a while, but then you know.. stainless happened.

Stainless makes my wallet cry

 

[Wayneh]

Do checker board vct for the floor then seal it. That will clean up super easy and it's affordable flooring. What's with the guy talking about the outlets above the windows. Come on. I'm sure it's to plug lighting in. Anyway. Really cool here's my brew corner.



I'm going to do a high end brewery in my next house.

 

[fall-line]

A big thank you to the commenters who helped me decide on the cement backer board (JonW, dcarroll86, IM_Lars, Jokenring). I may be setting a dangerous precedent here, but I took your collective advice and got some 1/2" cement backer board for behind the stainless. I installed it last night from the bottom of the hood, down to about 12" above the floor, where I just put in a strip of 1/2" drywall to keep it flush.

I need to pickup some longer screws before I can re-apply the stainless, since there is an extra 1/2" of material to get through now. I'll get it back up, and trimmed out tonight.

I acknowledge that this may not have been absolutely necessary, but I'm going to feel a whole lot better doing 90 minute boils on high flame knowing this extra layer of protection is back there.

Backer board

 

[Grossy]

I've thought a lot about the floor situation, but haven't made any decisions. The plan right now is to keep it untreated.

My suggestion for the floor of the garage would be Rust-Oleum Epoxy Garage-Floor Coating Kit .

It would make clean up of any spills much easier.

With your floor brand new, and no clutter, it would be the perfect time to do it.

 

[TyTanium]

My suggestion for the floor of the garage would be Rust-Oleum Epoxy Garage-Floor Coating Kit .

It would make clean up of any spills much easier.

With your floor brand new, and no clutter, it would be the perfect time to do it.

Ditto, was thinking the exact same.

Sloping to a drain would be a plus.

PS - Love your sig quote. And your whole sig really.

 

[fall-line]

Good thoughts, folks. I was anti-floor finishing because in my head I was thinking about the cost and time involved in grinding and polishing. This epoxy solution would be much easier. I do have fiberglass fibers in the concrete, so that'll be a bit of a challenge.. bit it sounds like I can hit the floor with a weed burner to singe off the ends of the fibers before applying. I'll take a closer look at this stuff - thank you.

 

[allenH]

I may be missing it, Sorry ahead of time. Have you talked about what your plans are for the floor?
Looks very good so far.

1 vote for stained concrete.