I've brewed a few in the past, I've made wine and gave it away.... but now
I'm going to build my own room. Does anyone have links to a blueprint or
tips on what I need to consider for building my new Brewing Room?

Size, appliances, things that I need that I would have never thought of.

I'm hoping to make it compact but not too much. I was thinking about a
9'x9' room with all the fixings. Any Ideas???

Ayanefan

9x9 will be way to small. Think about all the stuff that you need to
brew. Then think about all the stuff that needs to be out while
brewing. You'll need plenty of room when brewing your beer. I brew
mostly extract and use a turkey deep fryer. That means I need enough
room for the fryer, tank and extra room to mover around without
worrying about bumping into anything hot.

If you brew extract you won't need as much room compared to all-grain.
There is more equipment so you need more room. Not to mention that
you'll be brewing longer so you'll want to be comfortable.

Equipment:
Sink, table, floor drain, some type of kegerator (chest freezer or
fridge), and your basic brewing equipment.

Setup:
I set my kettle over the floor drain just in case I have a boil
over. A table is used for your carboys and as a work space for prepping
the ingredients. You can use the space below for buckets, kegs, burner
and propane tank. I few shelves and maybe a bar hanging from the
ceiling to store other brewing equipment is nice and gets the stuff out
of the way. The chest freezer or upright fridge is for lagering and
beer storage.

Another bonus item is a radio and/or TV. Need some entertainment
between steps.

As you can see, with all this stuff a 9x9 room just won't cut it.
You'll run the risk of tripping over the line from your propane tank or
bumping into your brew kettle not to mention that it will be
uncomfortable to be in there. Plus it helps to have room for helpers.
Not sure about blue prints.
Good Luck

[dlihcsnatas]

I have my own room. 13' X 15' and full of stuff I like.

My beer making stuff has to stay pretty much in storage in my room but when it comes to brew time the house is mine. I brew my wort on the front porch. Found that cleaning boilovers and extract spills is easier with a water hose than a mop. Once in ferment the carboy goes to my room in a nice dark corner so I can listen to it while playing. Then when it is bottle washing time I start with my wash tub outside on the tailgate of my truck and then take the scrubbed and bleached bottles into the kitchen. There it is a rence using the bottle rence thing hooked up to the kitchen sink faucet and into the dishwasher the bottles go. There they get a soap free wash and a nice hot dry. This is done on bottling day because from the dish washer they get filled with my brew that I have transferred to the bottling bucket where priming sugar was sturred in after being cooked up on the kitchen stove. Once in the bottles and capped in the kitchen they go back into my room where they sit once again in a nice dark cubby hole under my N scale train layout until ready to be drank.

So really the only time my brewing is done in my room is when it is just sitting around doing it's thing.

Here I will say I have a batch fermenting that will be my first batch in my new keg system. It is time to abandon the bottle and move into kegs. Finally took the plunge and invested in 3 cornies, CO2, reg, and faucet system. All being hooked into my mini fridge in my room. Luckily my mini fridge is just big enough to house 2 kegs. Any bottled brew I make or buy will now have to go into the kitchen fridge but that is a sacrifice my wife will have to live with.

Why are you making a brew room? Are you going to brew for the town you live
in? It would be cheaper to make a roll around self contained brewing cart. I
took a cooler and put a copper coil in it on the bottom I put a pass through
with a wire mesh to strain the grains. I took the copper pipe and routed it
through a pump to a pot on a burner. I have a temperature controller that
turns on the pump that moves the water in the copper pipe. The controller
has a timer on it with an alarm. When I am done steeping the grains I drain
the water from the cooler to the pot and I have a second pump that pumps
from the pot back up to the cooler and sprays over the grain and drains back
to the pot.

It cost about $600 to make. I bet the remodel will be more than that.

Roy
"Ayanefan" <ayanefan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've brewed a few in the past, I've made wine and gave it away.... but now
> I'm going to build my own room. Does anyone have links to a blueprint or
> tips on what I need to consider for building my new Brewing Room?
>
> Size, appliances, things that I need that I would have never thought of.
>
> I'm hoping to make it compact but not too much. I was thinking about a
> 9'x9' room with all the fixings. Any Ideas???
>
> Ayanefan
>[/color]

[harsley]

My brew room is my kitchen...boo-yah.

"Ayanefan" <ayanefan@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've brewed a few in the past, I've made wine and gave it away....
> but now I'm going to build my own room. Does anyone have links
> to a blueprint or tips on what I need to consider for building
> my new Brewing Room?[/color]

If you find some, please post them.
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> Size, appliances, things that I need that I would have never
> thought of.[/color]

Sink, stove (hopefully not electric), two refrigerators, a sink,
and a hell of a lot of storage space.
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> I'm hoping to make it compact but not too much. I was thinking
> about a 9'x9' room with all the fixings. Any Ideas???[/color]

9'x9' seems very small to me as an enclosed room.

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There is so much you have not written. Where you live is very
important because it dictates climate, insulation, and cooling.
Are you a kit brewer or an all-grain brewer? How much beer do
you plan to brew a year? Do you heat with natural gas, propane,
electricty, wood, or solar energy? What is your energy source
for cooking?

Is your brew room to be the conversion of an existing room, an
extension on you house, or an out-building? How much of the
work can you do yourself? Have you seen Big Bertha? If not.
see [url]http://home.swbell.net/bufkin/cold_storage_box.htm[/url]

Do you plan to brew indoors or roll brewing system onto your
driveway or patio? In which case you need to consider amongst
a plethora of brewing systems.

I keg because bottle bombs cause my childbride to explode!

Problems to consider when setting up an in-home brewery are:
1) How will you take it with you when you move?
2) How will you present the room when selling your home?

I have control over a 1500 sg ft basement (except when my
childbride come downstairs) and I brew outside because I
have 7.5' ceilings and an electric stove that sucks.

Now if you are between Philly and Raleigh and would like
to brew an Arrogant ******* clone, my time is your time
provided you have a spare bedroom for me to sleep it off!

Dick

I came up with this a few months ago. I've not built it so I don't know how
good it would actually work.

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