Wildwest's brew lean-to (my almost dream build)

[o4_srt]

WATT you say?
Sorry, I couldn't resistance a mental capacitance into the inductor file problem.

That comment was totally out of phase...

 

[ButcherBrew]

Simply incredible.....

 

[Johnson]

wow just wow....

 

[brewmcq]

A bar is only cool until you have people over, then it's trashed.

I took a few hours yesterday to read this entire thread.. sadly, about halfway through the pictures stopped displaying for me.

So a reboot and a revisit today, I finally got to see the completed build. Very well done.

This photo in particular really hit close to home for me. About once a month I open up my home pub for friends, and it always gets trashed. Sadly, the last time I opened it up, a couple "friends of friends" wound up being barred from ever returning due to damage and leaving broken beer bottles all over my front lawn. Not cool. That was two months ago and I haven't reopened it since.

Something you may want to think about doing.. put a tip jar on your bar. I have a huge Cheers - St. Louis mug I got when I flew out to AZ a few years ago, with a layover in St. Louis... anyway.. I gathered up all the spare change from around the house and the car and put it on the corner. I don't allow people behind the bar (too much to get broken) and my g/f volunteered to tend bar.

We don't charge for drinks, but typically people will drop anywhere from a couple bucks to $50 into the tip jar, which is reinvested back into the pub and/or purchasing the "nickel and dime" brewing stuff. I'm sure it's somehow illegal, but we don't mandate tips... but locally, there are two choices for watering holes and they both suck. So if people BYOB and drop $10 into the tip jar, they are still way ahead of the game.

I'm rambling. Great build. I'm glad to see that others agonize about their build for over a year... I'm up to 18 months on mine and am still not finished.. some trim and a little more paint and I will be though.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/welcome-my-pub-246037/

 

[trevor_b]

Great build! I am extremely jealous.

 

[humann_brewing]

wow, it's been a while since I've been here. Looks amazing west

 

[wildwest450]

Thanks, it's working out well, I love my electric setup. It's awesome to brew at 74f when it's 98f outside.


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[wildwest450]

To throw myself under the bus, it doesn't always look pristine in there like the pictures show. This is after a 6 hour PTE clone brew day, quite the mess. In my defense, the kettles are clean.

 

[azscoob]

That room in a filthy state is still far cleaner than my brew hovel before a brewday.

 

[Justibone]

+1 azscoob

I need to show SWMBO pictures of West's "filthy" brew area, so she can envy Mrs. West for a while.

 

[jsguitar]

Man, that's an incredible setup. I'd really love to have a table and sink like that too.

 

[Bachhus]

Just got done ready all 65 pages of this thread. Great work btw! I must have missed it but in the begining you were talking about a cold room for storage/fermenting. Did there end up not being enough room for it with the bar addition?

Love the aluminum sheets on the wall, great touch.

Mark

 

[Justibone]

Love the aluminum sheets on the wall, great touch.

I thought the walls were stainless?

 

[Bersquack]

WW,

I've been reading this post for over an hour and man you have a nice brew shed (this is an understatement).

Congrats! It is inspiring.

 

[wildwest450]

WW,

I've been reading this post for over an hour and man you have a nice brew shed (this is an understatement).

Congrats! It is inspiring.

Thanks.

I thought the walls were stainless?

Nope, just diamond plate aluminum, stainless walls would have cost more than the whole build.

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[BrewAlchemy]

Ok, all said and done, was it worth it?

 

[Boleslaus]

Wow WW, I've seen you in the hockey trash talk thread and my respect for you just went up about 1000x. This build is amazing. I spent the entire morning (at work) reading it. I'm about to move into a new apartment and while I won't be building a brew lean-to, I do have some plans for the bonus room.

 

[wildwest450]

Ok, all said and done, was it worth it?

Oh, without a doubt. Just did my 17th batch in there last week, and I love it.
There's not much I would change.

Wow WW, I've seen you in the hockey trash talk thread and my respect for you just went up about 1000x. This build is amazing. I spent the entire morning (at work) reading it. I'm about to move into a new apartment and while I won't be building a brew lean-to, I do have some plans for the bonus room.

Thanks, if you ever make it up here, come by for the tour.


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[bearsphan]

Fan-f***n-tastic

 

[JackCrank]

******* dude, 65 pages in one sitting. That is one, epic, brewshack. Props.

 

[Yambor44]

Whew....Just a few days plus 3 hours tonight and I am done with the entire thread!!

Excellent addition to your home. What a great place to just relax and have a brew and watch some TV or listen to some tunes. Not to mention brew day.

Is that the 24 x 24 sink? Anything you would have done differently in that area? I was thinking the sink would need to be bigger for my own tastes but looking at the drain/shelf area I think that is a great size.

Very well done!

 

[wildwest450]

Is that the 24 x 24 sink? Anything you would have done differently in that area? I was thinking the sink would need to be bigger for my own tastes but looking at the drain/shelf area I think that is a great size.

Overall the sink is 51"x30", with a 24"x24" bowl, 14"deep, it's actually plenty big enough for me. It's the single nicest/most useful thing in the shed, I love it.


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[RDWHAHB]

There's not much I would change.

Wishing you had a window, eh?

 

[Hastings]

people like you should be bowed down to in the brewing world. I spent over a half an hour following this post and it came out awesome.

Congrats man

Cheers!!!

 

[swolfe]

Wow, I just read the entire thread. There went my productivity for the day...

 

[MichaelsBrewing]

Simply AMAZING dude..... wow

 

[wildwest450]

Wishing you had a window, eh?

Nope, i'm wishing I never stained the concrete. That stuff was crap, it's all peeling off the floor. How in the hell does "stain" peel off? Followed the directions to the letter, and it didn't work.


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[Hatchbrew]

I have had that problem with concrete "stainer". It is BS.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

I would have gone with garage-floor epoxy since it's really tough, eventually becomes one gigantic slab, and it's water-proof but still grips really well to shoes even in the presence of liquid.

 

[pickles]

I have a stained concrete floor and it looks great after 3 years of heavy use. Did you etch the concrete prior to applying stain? Was it waterbased?