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Today was a big day! The walls went up and my wife got the shock of the full size of this build. The pictures do it no justice this thing is huge! This week will consist of truss building and I hope to have this thing under roof by next weekend.
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BarleyNRocks said:
If it weren't for the fact that in the summer time my pool temps average around 80 that may not be a bad idea.
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I have a friend that runs pool water through his chiller when brewing. It may not get it down to pitching temps, but it gets it into the 90's without using any water. Than it's just a matter of switching to ice water.
 
Spartan1979 said:
I have a friend that runs pool water through his chiller when brewing. It may not get it down to pitching temps, but it gets it into the 90's without using any water. Than it's just a matter of switching to ice water.
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My neighbor used to do that as well. Free heating for your pool too!
 
BarleyNRocks said:
Thank You Sir! this thing is really starting to kick my ass. between this, my 3 month old, the yard work that is stacking up and the rhizomes setting in my fridge that need to be planted. I might be able to take a moment to breathe sometime in June.:drunk:
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...................you're doing this with a 3 month old? you sir are a brave man... i was barely back into brewing a batch of beer at that point! LOL looks good!
 
Rivenin said:
...................you're doing this with a 3 month old? you sir are a brave man... i was barely back into brewing a batch of beer at that point! LOL looks good!
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Yeah man, My wife rocks! She knows a Farm brewery is my ultimate goal and she is behind me all the way. I was a bit shocked myself when she gave me the green light on the project so I took it and ran full steam. As long as its done by memorial day weekend and doesn't interrupt family time I'm good to go. :rockin:
 
Lbm said:
Wow!

Just curious, is there a door or do you just crawl through the window/bar?
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I was waiting to decide on the door. the shed previously had a garage door where the bar is. my buddy owns a window and door co. so I'm going to swing by and grab a sliding door form him to install on the side closest to the house. I'm taking two panels out of the original garage door So that it will close onto the bar top once its installed.
 
It's been a wile. Work hadn't stopped its just moved on to more time consuming detail work.

Finally I have a door! No more crawling through the bar opening!
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I also got the roof finished and trimmed out. Then moved on the the never ending project of building my pallet planked bar soffit. The plan was to do the interior walls the same and although I love the way it turned out there is no way I have the time to do the walls the same way. I do have a lead on a ton of barn wood so it will be the same style just much larger pieces inside. For my burner wall I think I'm set on using an old Cadillac hood as the back splash but I still need to run to the junk yard and see what's available.
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Today I'm going to knock out some stairs and possibly start framing out the inside of the bar.
 
Are you going to do the actual bar top as a barn wood base with the thick clear coat of laquer/epoxy on top of it? With that great looking soffit above you it might make sense to match it for the bar top itself? That should be simple to pour on your own too...

Nice work! love to see the attention to details you are putting in...

Please keep posting! Do we call this "construction porn?"
 
maierhof said:
Are you going to do the actual bar top as a barn wood base with the thick clear coat of laquer/epoxy on top of it? With that great looking soffit above you it might make sense to match it for the bar top itself? That should be simple to pour on your own too...



Nice work! love to see the attention to details you are putting in...



Please keep posting! Do we call this "construction porn?"
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I've already got the top. It's. 30"x9' pice of white Quartz that I pulled off a job last year. I do like the idea of the barn wood top and I have built other bars with poured epoxy tops but I think the white stone will do a good job of staying nice and cool.
 
Looking awesome. I'm shoehorning my build into my garage, you guys that have the room for an extra building to brew in have my very envious.

Really like the use of the pallet wood for paneling. Looking forward to how you build the brew bub inside.

Subbed.
 
BarleyNRocks said:
I've already got the top. It's. 30"x9' pice of white Quartz that I pulled off a job last year. I do like the idea of the barn wood top and I have built other bars with poured epoxy tops but I think the white stone will do a good job of staying nice and cool.
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Ah yes - the hot sticky summers in MD - I used to work for Alex. Brown & Sons - a Baltimore based company so we would get out there a lot. You are right about the Quartz being cooler in the summer - but what about the winters - are you going to put a heater between the underlayment and the quartz then? lol =;>

Looking good - keep us posted!
 
Thanks for all the kind words everyone! On Friday I got the garage door installed. Other than that it was family, friends and beer around the pool all weekend. once I get everything trimmed out things are going to slow down for a bit. I'm going to set some counters inside and I already moved the fridge in so I can do some brewing as things are. I'm still going to work on the interior just not at the non stop pace I have been running on the past two months. Its time to slow down and enjoy summer with the fam, That and get back on top of some other projects and maintenance I've been neglecting during this build.
 
Tonight I worked on some odds and ends but more than anything I took some time to regroup and clean. I did get the lights hung temporally. I'm running all cre led strips that I had left over from a project. They put out plenty of light and will be even brighter once the ceiling is finished. The interior work will begin within the next week, I'm just making some final decisions on the finishes.

And finally some interior shots! I think these give a better feel of the size of this thing (although like my garage, I'm sure it will feel small in a year or two.)
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I could stop now and have a hell of a wood shop! Not a chance.
 
Wow. Looks so much bigger from the inside. I am getting tempted instead of re-flooring my small shed to tear it down and re-build it bigger, better and larger for use as a brew/storage shed.

Well done!
 
This is beautiful, I see one in my future, except I build it on a metal frame incase the wife decides to move, easier to pack up my stuff in the brew hut and haul it away
 
Just a brief update. Things have been slow. Between being hot as balls and being out of town the past two weekends I haven't made much progress. I am hooking up a floor mounted AC tomorrow and I've just about got my ventilation system figured out so with that it's time to step it in to high gear.
My goal is to get back to brewing within the next two weeks. A big part of my foot dragging is making a decision on the wall finish. I am a commercial interior Superintendent and I spend everyday on job sites covered in drywall dust so I avoid dealing with it at home at all cost. That and it's not the feel I'm going for inside. What I have finally decided on is randomly stained and sealed OSB that will look something like this.
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For the ceiling and burner back splash I found some old weathered corrugated roofing. I still want to incorporate the same pallet paneling that I did on the bar roof inside but for now the OSB will be a fast and cheap way to get the interior walls closed in and get me inside and brewing.

Now for the whole reason I'm doing all of this. the Brew rig. I'll start by saying I have no desire to ever go automated. I like the work involved with brewing and I enjoy keeping it as simple as possible. My plan is to be able to run a 5-8 gal batch in my 10 gal spike kettle and a 10gal batch in my Keggle at the same time (staggered starts obviously). Below is where I'm going with this. It will be a single pump batch sparge system running 3 burners. I already use cam lock fittings on everything so switching around lines isn't a big deal. There will be a single 10gal HLT with filtered water piped in. I'll get a little more into the rig once I actually start assembling it. I have everything in my garage ready to go except for the pump.
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Sorry I don't have much progress to show today but starting this week I'm really going to kick this thing into high gear.
 
wow....I'm loving the stained OSB.... I think i found my brewshed interior, if you don't mind me stealing your idea. I will give proper credit, of course :D
 
beernbourbon said:
wow....I'm loving the stained OSB.... I think i found my brewshed interior, if you don't mind me stealing your idea. I will give proper credit, of course :D
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Go for it! this really has been my biggest hang up. at $12 a sheet its by far the cheapest option and it still looks like something. I will probably clear the hell out of it but still I think it fits.
 
Yeah I agree. That is an awesome look. Clear coating the hell out of it is definitely needed. I have seen what moisture does to OSB. And that aint pretty. This is an amazing build.
 
BarleyNRocks said:
Go for it! this really has been my biggest hang up. at $12 a sheet its by far the cheapest option and it still looks like something. I will probably clear the hell out of it but still I think it fits.
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Can't tell from the pic, but are the strips/channels between the OSB panels just the drywall underneath, or did you use some kind of moulding? Also, wasn't there printing on the surface? How did you deal with that?
 

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