brewshki
Well-Known Member
My soon to be fiancé are moving into a new house soon. While it is extremely exciting, my current brewing situation will be upturned again and I will need to figure out the best way to adjust to my new house. Luckily, this should be a much more permanent space. We are purchasing this house, rather than leasing, so there should be no more moving.
I have what looks to be two fairly good brewing areas. One: the garage. Two: the back patio. We have a three car garage, but it really feels more like a 2. It technically could fit three, but it would be tight, and we don't have three cars. There are plenty of cabinets and a sink (huge bonus). The biggest downside of the garage, and setting up my system in the drive way, is that there is a lot of morning sun. I normally begin brewing in the morning and have some reservations about it. I live is Southern California, and the heat can really get up there and turn a brew day into a dehydrated nap at about 4 pm.
Alternatively, there is the back patio near the grill. This has no sun issues. However, it is much further from where the fermentation chamber will be (the garage), has no sink (except for being near the kitchen), and will get hotter in the afternoon. The nice thing is that there is a kind of natural three tier area i can set my system up on for the time being. I have attached some pictures of each space below. Part of me is leaning towards the garage to really set up a cool brewery space like i have seen here. What do you all think?
No matter what, part of the garage will store my equipment and I am hoping to make it into a "tap room" ish area. At the very least, it will be somewhere to hang out and grab beer from the keezer.
I have what looks to be two fairly good brewing areas. One: the garage. Two: the back patio. We have a three car garage, but it really feels more like a 2. It technically could fit three, but it would be tight, and we don't have three cars. There are plenty of cabinets and a sink (huge bonus). The biggest downside of the garage, and setting up my system in the drive way, is that there is a lot of morning sun. I normally begin brewing in the morning and have some reservations about it. I live is Southern California, and the heat can really get up there and turn a brew day into a dehydrated nap at about 4 pm.
Alternatively, there is the back patio near the grill. This has no sun issues. However, it is much further from where the fermentation chamber will be (the garage), has no sink (except for being near the kitchen), and will get hotter in the afternoon. The nice thing is that there is a kind of natural three tier area i can set my system up on for the time being. I have attached some pictures of each space below. Part of me is leaning towards the garage to really set up a cool brewery space like i have seen here. What do you all think?
No matter what, part of the garage will store my equipment and I am hoping to make it into a "tap room" ish area. At the very least, it will be somewhere to hang out and grab beer from the keezer.
