Codex's Garage Brew Room

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:39 pm Post subject: Codex's Garage Brew Room

The story so far.

First of all, I would like to thank Kal for the excellent site and the inspiration he has given for me to start this project.

Admission, I am a complete novice, and other than brewing in buckets with kits years ago, have little experience, but willing to learn, but one thing for sure, I love beer...

So I decided on building a brew room about 3 years ago, and was all set to buy a Speidel Braumeister, when I happened to land on Kal,s site by accident looking for something else. I was intrigued, so had a look around the site. Within 20 minutes I was sold on the Electric Brewery.

The most obvious space for the brew room was the garage, which like most garages in the UK was full of 'stuff'. I had hot and cold water supply in there but no waste, and the only sensible option was to go through the kitchen to reach a waste connection. This meant I had to wait a while until we bought a new kitchen, which was planned (but brought forward a little) Once the waste was in, there was no excuse.

Started by emptying everything out of the garage. Here are some photos.

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:47 pm Post subject:

So decided to go for a tiled floor. Problem was, the floor had been painted years ago to seal the concrete. The tiles may have become unstable on the flakey paint, so had to come up. Not a nice job.

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:53 pm Post subject:

In the meantime, some shiny stainless had arrived early. 7 gal Brew Buckets (just like Kal's)

**kal** · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:04 pm Post subject:

Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to seeing the progress!

Kal

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:10 pm Post subject:

Floor tiles completed.

First fixing of the electrics, and dividing wall going up.

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:16 pm Post subject:

More first fixing photos

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:24 pm Post subject:

Decided to board and tile the hot/wet side, and board, skim and paint the cold side.

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:31 pm Post subject:

The extractor hood was made at a local fabrication shop. They also made the ss tables

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:38 pm Post subject:

Wall tiles in progress for the hot side

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:42 pm Post subject:

The stainless steel brew stand arrives

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:46 pm Post subject:

My deep pot sink, positioned, and plumbed in, complete with spray arm

codex · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:49 pm Post subject:

Just need some brew pots now, but starting to take shape

codex · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:25 pm Post subject:

I went for the Blichmann G2 20gal kettles which were available to buy in the UK, although they had to be be ordered, so took a while to arrive. I took Kal's advice and changed out the variable flow valves for the 3 piece ball valves on the outlets.

Bit nervous punching out the holes, but all went well

codex · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:44 pm Post subject:

I bought the control panel as a DIY version, as there was no pre-built option for the UK.

After a great deal of thought, I decided to get the panel professionally assembled and tested for various reasons. I have very little electrical experience, would have to buy various tools and a tester, would have taken me ages.

I know a couple of electricians who have done work for me, and enquired if they were interested, but both declined.Horses for courses I suppose. Chose a local electrician experienced in panels after a web search. Very happy with the result and it looks neat and tidy inside (to me anyway)

Steaky360 · Joined: 01 May 2017 Posts: 1

codex · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 12:16 pm Post subject:

Hi Steaky360,

Thanks for the comments. I am nearing completion of the hot side, so planning a first brew in the next few days.

The canopy, I just provided the fabricator with a rough hand sketch, same with the tables. He has made these before, so there were no issues.

Where are you located? I can send a contact number for the fabrication shop

Cheers

perogi · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:04 pm Post subject:

This is looking really really good. Please keep taking pictures so we can see the progress.

codex · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:56 am Post subject:

Hot side now nearing completion.

Here are some more photos

jcav · Joined: 21 Sep 2011 Posts: 205 Location: Central Florida

Excellent job so far! Best of luck as you finish your rig!

John

**kal** · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:58 pm Post subject:

Wow! This setup is turning out great!

Kal