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Post by canuck » Wed May 29, 2013 2:52 pm

Finally, construction of my nano brewery started today. Door frame was built today to accommodate a 36" steel door. My system and control panel isn't scheduled to arrive until sometime in July, but I want to have the brewery built by the time it gets here. Electrician is coming tomorrow to wire everything up. After the electrician is finished, up will go the walls and ceiling, which all need to meet fire code. I'm just glad that some things are finally getting done!


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Post by LiverDance » Wed May 29, 2013 2:57 pm

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"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.

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Post by jeffsmith » Wed May 29, 2013 3:49 pm

That's awesome Shane, good to see that things are getting rolling.

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Post by canuck » Wed May 29, 2013 4:07 pm

Yeah, it's nice to finally have a little bit of progress. I purchased this today for the brewery as well.

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Post by berley » Wed May 29, 2013 4:08 pm

When it comes to brewing, you can never have too much sink!
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Post by canuck » Wed May 29, 2013 7:08 pm

berley wrote:When it comes to brewing, you can never have too much sink!
Yeah, that was what I was thinking as well. The health inspector was in my house on Monday and said that I actually didn't need to go with stainless steel for the sinks......but I wanted to anyways.

I need to order a hood range for ventilation and am going to go with stainless steel for this as well. I've narrowed it down to two models, both of them have the same specs......just different looks is all. What is everyone's thoughts between the two?


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Post by Tony L » Wed May 29, 2013 7:14 pm

I like the round one for the look.

Congrats on the start, Shane.

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Post by Jimmy » Wed May 29, 2013 7:20 pm

I prefer the industrial look of the 2nd one, but would probably prefer the 1st one if it was in my kitchen.

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Post by Cheesehead » Wed May 29, 2013 7:47 pm

Congrats Shane, that's great!
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Post by jeffsmith » Wed May 29, 2013 8:47 pm

Jimmy wrote:I prefer the industrial look of the 2nd one, but would probably prefer the 1st one if it was in my kitchen.
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Post by canuck » Wed May 29, 2013 11:04 pm

Jimmy wrote:I prefer the industrial look of the 2nd one, but would probably prefer the 1st one if it was in my kitchen.
Yeah, that was kind of my dilemma. I actually prefer the look of the first one, but the second one has more of a commercial kind of look to it and probably a little more suiting for a brewery.

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Post by ANGELofDEBT » Thu May 30, 2013 7:42 am

I have the 1st one in my kitchen. I would make sure the airflow is enough for what you need. i.e. I don't think it'll cut it for brewing 10+ gals.

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Post by LiverDance » Thu May 30, 2013 9:13 am

with the first one if there was any condensation the curve might keept it from dropping directly back into the boil
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Post by RubberToe » Thu May 30, 2013 9:31 am

I'd either build one or find something a bit more commercial in size (kijiji maybe?).
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Re: Hammond River Brewing

Post by GAM » Thu May 30, 2013 9:46 am

A real fan and funnel (for lack of better description) I think would be a better for exhaust.

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Post by canuck » Thu May 30, 2013 9:50 am

Thanks for the comments/feedback everyone. So you guys don't think that 900 CFM fan would be sufficient? I'm not super knowledgeable in this area, and was just going by the numbers off of Kal's electric brewery site. According to his site, I would only need 511 CFMs for my size brewery.

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Post by RubberToe » Thu May 30, 2013 11:12 am

900 CFM sounds fine but you'll probably want a variable speed switch on it. You were probably going to do that anyways. My fan is "only" 400 CFM and does a wicked job.
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Post by mr x » Thu May 30, 2013 11:35 am

Give great consideration to fan dB/location too.
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Post by canuck » Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:26 pm

My brewery equipment has finally arrived! :banana: :rockin:

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Re: Hammond River Brewing

Post by Jimmy » Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:42 pm

Needs less carboard.

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Jimmy wrote:Needs less carboard.
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Post by LiverDance » Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:56 pm

Jimmy wrote:Needs less carboard.

:stupid:

way to much boxidization! :lol:
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Re: Hammond River Brewing

Post by GAM » Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:57 pm

Tastes like cardboard.

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Re: Hammond River Brewing

Post by canuck » Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:03 pm

Ok, here's all the gear out of the boxes.


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Re: Hammond River Brewing

Post by Jimmy » Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:05 pm

Nice!

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