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Offline mrbowenz

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My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« on: November 06, 2009, 07:46:10 pm »
I built/remodeled  this from a standard 22'x14' shed, when I started , it had a bunch of old lawnmowers and some old rusty tools in it , after explaining to my wife this would be a good idea, she reluctantly OK'd the project.
I started July 2008, and finished May 2009 , it was a busy winter , but I did all the work solo  ;D

Some of the features include :

2 sinks
4 refrigerators
Hot and Cold filtered Water supply
Heat- A/C
Cable TV, Internet
Mug Club  ( 24 members )
4 Taps

I call this the " HammerSmith Brewery and Alehouse " , I am a big fan of british style beer ...enjoy

This is the PUB- (right side of the shed )









The Brewery , fermentation, and workspace (left side of the shed )









My brutus style system- The Savant System 1400  











outside at night, humble beginings






Thanks for looking !


« Last Edit: November 10, 2009, 11:45:20 am by mrbowenz »
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Offline pdbreen

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2009, 08:00:54 pm »
Only 4 taps?  Slacker...

Seriously - that's some awesome beer pron!
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Offline tomthebrewer

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 08:58:13 pm »
Very nice! I remember seeing that on another forum and you saying that it was 5 minutes from your house. Is that still the case? I understand the appeal of escaping home for a beer, but it sure would be nice to have that in the backyard!
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Offline pdbreen

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2009, 09:02:44 pm »
Very nice! I remember seeing that on another forum and you saying that it was 5 minutes from your house. Is that still the case? I understand the appeal of escaping home for a beer, but it sure would be nice to have that in the backyard!

Don't know about the OP, but where I live 5 minutes from the house is still the backyard!
Atomic Dog Brewery
On Deck: Imperial Stout, Nut Brown
P: American IPA, Irish Red, Barley Wine, Smoked Porter
S: British IPA, Hefe Weizen, Zinfandel
K: Apfelwein x 2, Graff, Phat Tyre, Lefse Blonde, Cream Ale
T: 3 Hearted, Dry Irish Stout

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2009, 10:05:46 pm »
I'm green!  Looks like all you need now is a topless waitress. :o
Beer...Now there's a temporary solution!

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Offline smurfe

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2009, 12:23:24 am »
Absolutely fantastic and some inspiration for me. I have a similar project going here. I am enclosing my 15x30 pool pavilion. The wife wants the stuff out of the house. I am not going to put a pub area in though. Once I get all the stuff out of the house we will have the pub in the house as I have taken over our patio room and wet bar area with carboys fermenting, supplies, grain and other misc. stuff. It will be climate controlled and will have an 8x10 walk in cold storage/lagering room. I don't have a pic of the work in progress on this computer but here is an older pic of the building I have enclosed and am working on.


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Offline dean

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2009, 06:13:59 am »
Wow!  Nice Job!   8)   I'm building a brew shed also.  Just put the floor joists down and a little subfloor decking at this point.  It will be 10x20 overall with 10x15 dedicated to making beer.    :)

Oh yeh, this is my first post on here, wandered over from the NB forum... aka dnb. 

Offline dbeechum

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2009, 10:50:07 am »
Sweet baby jesus... I wish I owned my garage, I'd totally get my mechanically talented friends to teach me how to do that!
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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2009, 12:01:28 pm »
That has got to be the most awesome brew cave I have ever seen.  :o

You get the medal for that one.
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Offline intrinsic

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2009, 05:53:15 pm »
That is a work of art! Totally awesome. Your wife is going to regret letting you build that. She is never going to see you any more  ;D
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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2009, 04:34:22 am »
I guess it has an "outside" bathroom? ::)  Beautiful and well done.

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2009, 03:36:18 pm »
 :o I am in love!
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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2009, 07:08:15 am »
WOW :o
Who needs a house when you have this?

Offline lupy

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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2009, 04:38:22 pm »
That is truly awesome.
I'd be happy being in the mug club.
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Re: My Brewery and Alehouse-Shed
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2009, 05:47:32 pm »
Is that Heaven, Nirvana or Shangri La....I can't decide  ::)