Yes, nearly. I think I might finish this week and can then get a brew on at the week-end.
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Yes, nearly. I think I might finish this week and can then get a brew on at the week-end.
Oooo! What's first on the list?
Bitter (first attempt at something like Sea Fury), Summer Breeze, Bitter (Hazelwood Best), Mosaic IPA, Lager, Stout, Cardamom Saison.
Probably
A noble selection!!
I may have mentioned this before, but I'm not allowed to drink, the easy drinking but deceptively strong, Sea Fury. It makes me rude to my mother in law.
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Would love to see a video if you bottling with that, can't get my head around the instructions.
Yeah... videos! A tour of the new brew shed wouldn't go amiss either!
You can wear your slippers!
You can wear your slippers!
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Kind of reminds me of one of these but more manual.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bottles-Ca...ocphy=9044899&hvtargid=pla-434837569599&psc=1
I bought one of those in the summer. I’ll be honest, the only time I’ve used it was one day when I fancied a G&T and the opened bottle of Tonic in the fridge had gone flat. Worked a treat for that.
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Ah right plastic bottles, thought it was for glass
Now there’s an engineering challenge!
The fermentation cabinet and shelving is now done. To do - floor and ceiling, insulation for the door, fit the heat exchangers and test the cooling system. Once the cooling system has been tested I can finish insulating the pipes and finish boxing in the cooler. Install the gas regulators and distribution. So close...
Got a bit more done this afternoon. The floor is now insulated and boarded, just the threshold to finish.
The boxing of the cooler is almost complete, there’s a ply front to fit that’s just had it’s first coat of varnish.
Speaking of varnish, all the ceiling panels have had their last coat and I would have been fitting them tomorrow. I think though, my wife is planning a walk along the beach and fish’n’chips as a last “Hurrah!” before we’re confined to quarters so the ceiling panels might have to wait until Thursday.
I’ve also had the fermentation cabinet on soak test. It’s holding temperature just fine so it looks like a brew is definitely on for the weekend!
The boxing of the cooler is almost complete, there’s a ply front to fit that’s just had it’s first coat of varnish.
Speaking of varnish, all the ceiling panels have had their last coat and I would have been fitting them tomorrow. I think though, my wife is planning a walk along the beach and fish’n’chips as a last “Hurrah!” before we’re confined to quarters so the ceiling panels might have to wait until Thursday.
I’ve also had the fermentation cabinet on soak test. It’s holding temperature just fine so it looks like a brew is definitely on for the weekend!
I'm totally impressed! Next year maybe,I will invest in a new outdoor mancave...I think my limits though will be a 3 cornie kegerator...
Thanks. It has turned out well - you now have to remove your shoes and put on your slippers before you enter the brew-shed!
Yes,very sensible! My shed is rammy...Thanks. It has turned out well - you now have to remove your shoes and put on your slippers before you enter the brew-shed!
This was really my retirement project - something to mark the big event (helped of course by the heat damaged beer).
Managed to get the ceiling panels up so one more job off the list 
Major milestone today, I fitted the heat exchangers and fired up the cooling system. No leaks and seems to work really well - though admittedly temperatures are not too challenging at the moment!
This is the small one in the fermentation cabinet...
This is a view of the rear of the main heat exchanger in the brew-shed, note the fans...
And a view of the front as fitted...
Chiller performed flawlessly and chilled the coolant (just water at the moment) to about 3C. Nice cold breeze from the heat exchangers.
This is the small one in the fermentation cabinet...
This is a view of the rear of the main heat exchanger in the brew-shed, note the fans...
And a view of the front as fitted...
Chiller performed flawlessly and chilled the coolant (just water at the moment) to about 3C. Nice cold breeze from the heat exchangers.
