I finally had my first brew day at the new house. 10 gallons (VIF) of 1.063 porter and 11g (VIF) of 1.044 session IPA, nailed both numbers on the dot. Thanks again BIABacus (and Ward Labs).
Here is the detached garage/barn that is now my "brewery".
I don't have it pictured, but there is a huge exhaust fan on the wall. The previous owner used this particular garage bay as a paint booth for cars. If my camera panned up, it would be right behind the kettles on the wall. It's a serious fan, and creates a ridiculously strong draft throughout the whole barn in seconds. There are 4 air conditioner filters on the dividing wall of the two bays to filter the incoming air. So, I won't die of CO poisoning ... which is nice.
Each kettle has its own 150lb-max ratchet pulley, they are up above the picture. I tried getting all of these features in the picture, but unfortunately I would have had to shown a pile of boxes in the corner as well. :D
Close up on the porter mash.
Fermentation chamber. Two 50lb Vittles Vaults that I modified with a rubber grommet to accept an airlock. The bottom has a blow off tube as there is no room for an airlock for obvious reasons. Each fermenter has a 13 gallon capacity, and I'm pushing it a bit with 11G in the bottom one. I hope the fermcap does its job.
Here is the other bay, which has a wood stove. This will come in handy for winter brew sessions! You can see the blue a/c filters I mentioned previously, in this pic.
"Don't worry about the mule, just load the wagon." Brew Log.
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