Where are you Brewing?

[Brew_G]

First seven batches were inside on my kitchen range - first one was extract and the rest have been 5-gallon BIAB in a 9-gallon kettle.

I decided that it wouldn't be a good idea to heat up and humidify the house even more in the summer by brewing inside, so I just got an SP-10 and will brew my first outdoor batch this weekend. Houses in my neighborhood have attached carports, so I'll be brewing under that. My carport is perfectly oriented to be alee of prevailing winds, especially in winter, it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

And one of best things about getting the burner is that my wife is *much* less annoyed by the idea of my taking up five or so hours of a weekend day brewing beer!

Burner shaved probably 40 minutes off my brew day. I had a couple boil overs, but otherwise it went really well. So much easier, cleaner, and less stressful than brewing on the range!

 

[Black Island Brewer]

In the garage. 10 gallons of cream ale tomorrow, starting at 5 am.

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[unionrdr]

Burner shaved probably 40 minutes off my brew day. I had a couple boil overs, but otherwise it went really well. So much easier, cleaner, and less stressful than brewing on the range!

Brewing on the range sounds kinda cool to me?! Big sky, wort on the burner, meat in the bbq pit...what could be better?
Brew, brew on the range,
Where the hops & malt like to play,
Where seldom is heard, a bad boil over,
And the skies are not cloudy all day! :rockin:
Since my partial mashes are getting rather large (up to 8.7lbs!), I'm thinking a 10 gallon kettle & a burner may be needed in the near future. Nice to hear it's also a time saver.

 

[dwhite60]

Kitchen.

I do 2.5 and 3 gallon batches so the stove is plenty.

Don't have room to store much more gear.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[unionrdr]

I got my new July-August issue of BYO yesterday, & there on the 1st page was the Grainfather, in all it's T304 stainless glory! $890, but all electric with pump & all is calling me! I could set it up on the corner of the bottling table in my man cave/brewery & finally get everything in one place! Oh yeah...:rockin: MNow if I could just get it at best buy or home depot, I could use my credit card...

 

[Brew_G]

Brewing on the range sounds kinda cool to me?! Big sky, wort on the burner, meat in the bbq pit...what could be better?
Brew, brew on the range,
Where the hops & malt like to play,
Where seldom is heard, a bad boil over,
And the skies are not cloudy all day! :rockin:
Since my partial mashes are getting rather large (up to 8.7lbs!), I'm thinking a 10 gallon kettle & a burner may be needed in the near future. Nice to hear it's also a time saver.

Hah! It's easy to tell that you're a writer!

Definitely was a time saver. It usually takes around 35 minutes to get to strike temp, and again to get to boiling, on my stovetop. I was at strike temp in about 12 minutes this time, and at boiling in a little under 15 (and I even turned the burner down for a bit so I didn't get a huge boilover). Definitely a nice benefit to using the burner.

 

[unionrdr]

It takes me all day to do a big partial mash beer. Any way to get accurate mash temps & cut time would be great.

 

[liquidlunch]

When you say all day do you mean 4 to 5 hours. My all grain brew day with set up and clean up will average of 5 hours my recommendation would be if you know your equipment and you hitting your numbers it doesn't really matter how long it takes. Enjoy

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah, about 5 hours or so. Depends on how much pain I'm in from my back & hips. I enjoy brewing, but not the pain from all the walking back & forth, standing, weight lifting & carrying, etc. So I got a cart to match my chrome wire shelf with a hook rack on one end for my spoons, paddles brushes,etc. Big enough for grain bucket, kettle, colander & other gadgets all at once to just roll from kitchen to brewery. That'll help a lot on the next & succeeding brew days. Handy on bottle washing day too. And I start getting pretty tired late in the day/early evening when it takes longer. So I need to make it faster & easier as much as I can at this point.

 

[kh54s10]

It depends on what I am brewing. If it's all grain then I do it outside because my stove can't boil that much water.

If I am doing an extract or small batch I will brew in the kitchen.

Same here, My all grain brew room is my enclosed porch. Extract or 3 gallon BIAB, which I only do mid-winter is in the kitchen.

 

[justenoughforme]

i brew in my kitchen,

and ferment in the unfinished part of the basement.

 

[hopkincr]

Garage for me - sometimes out on patio. Fermentation in closet (no basement).

 

[chisena]

I brew in my garage. It's peaceful there...

 

[brisboy]

Out the back on my Barbie side burner. In the bathroom (to cool wort). In our separate laundry (to ferment).

 

[MattyIce]

Back patio

Ferment and keg in fridge/freezer units in the kitchen.

 

[ChelisHubby]

Patio usually and garage otherwise.

 

[val214]

Back yard
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[Jwin]

Camper

 

[brettwasbtd]

Camper

Blue or clear meth?

 

[AQUILAS]

Currently I brew in the garage. My neighborhood has plenty of trees and there's always something flying in the wind. So the garage is the perfect get away from that. Plus, all my brew toys are in the garage so it's convenient for me to play brewmaster in the garage without having to go in and out of the house.

 

[liquidlunch]

Driveway/garage. Kind of rainy out. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1435514189.474054.jpg

 

[chisena]

Garage / No Room for Cars

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[Michigan_Wolfman]

For the present, extract brewing in the kitchen. Hoping once I get moved into a new house, I can step up to all grain (leaning more towards BIAB the more I research the method) and move my brewing outside.