What do You do With Your Junk?

[Clint Yeastwood]

Suddenly I have a big collection of kegs, measuring tools, hop bags, tanks, regulators, and assorted hardware. Where do I put it?

What do the rest of you do with the little stuff? I can build garage shelves for the big items.

 

[TheMadKing]

I usually sell extra stuff or donate it to brew brothers and sisters in need

But I also casually disperse it throughout the house and garage so that it looks like less stuff. Dilution is the solution to pollution!

 

[Airborneguy]

I cleared a corner of my garage. Hopefully one day I can build a nice shed out back.

 

[Skeeter686]

I can't wait to hear the answer. Seriously. I've been trying to figure this out, myself.

 

[grampamark]

Well, I’ve been thinking about getting one of those Manscape trimmers. But, what does this have to do with homebrewing? Oh, wait…

 

[jrgtr42]

 

[hottpeper13]

I have an old dresser (2 of them) that I keep tubing ,canes, O2 stone,ect. In the small top drawers markers carb tabs misc stuff. but the best one is the cabinet I mounted on the wall between the BK and my desk. It's the kind you put above a toilet so it's only around 6-8 inches deep and holds all my lab stuff and chemicals.
but I digress, the only thing keeping my brewery from ISO 9000 certification is no labels,as I know what everything is and where it gose.

 

[Wagon_6]

I use one of those nice Craftsman tool carts you see all over Lowes. Lots of drawers and extra counter space. The bottom shelf hides all the flasks, PBW, co2, etc.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I have a workshop, and I solved the problem out there by buying tool chests until the mess disappeared. I'm not putting my brewing stuff that far from the house, though, and I don't want to fill the garage with hydrometers and unused regulators.

I guess it's time to get serious about building shelves.

I learned about Jamie Hyneman's welded shelves way too late. You can see them on Youtube. He put them together in a hurry with MIG. He talked about how cheap they were. Yeah, then China decided to fill its landscape with ghost cities no one will ever live in, and there went cheap steel. I hate to use wood where steel is better, but I don't know if I want to spend enough for steel.

 

[Henbrew]

I just let it all hang out

 

[cubalz]

I put it in my pants.....

 

[SanPancho]

i have a freebie box. whenever i sell something i dont need anymore (keg, regulator, co2 tank, etc) i tell them they're welcome to take anything they want.

goddamn thing is still nearly full.......

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

It’s not junk…

 

[sibelman]

My garage is largely a brewery. Storage of bits and pieces includes a full height cabinet, a little plastic drawer unit, and a bevy of plastic take-out from Thai restaurants. Also, my old fridge (fermentation chamber below, adjuncts above)

 

[BrewZer]

Suddenly I have a big collection of kegs, measuring tools, hop bags, tanks, regulators, and assorted hardware. Where do I put it?

What do the rest of you do with the little stuff? I can build garage shelves for the big items.

and plastic bins sorted by "Mashing," "Boiling," "Fermenting" and "Bottling"

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I actually put those in my dining room before I got married. In retrospect, I think it was a poor method for storing ammunition.

 

[BrewZer]

I actually put those in my dining room before I got married. In retrospect, I think it was a poor method for storing ammunition.

Yeah -- keeps falling through the cracks.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I think a couple of big tool boxes and a plastic bin or two will make sense of the smaller things.

 

[kevin58]

I do exactly as @BrewZer suggests... one of those wire shelving units and plastic storage bins of all sizes. I get the clear plastic bins (and label them) so I can see what is in them.

 

[jackbflyin]

Wire shelves, plastic storage boxes, misc boxes, and label maker.