I have now been brewing in the breakfast nook for over a year and have my eyes on the horizon for expansion. There is no room left inside the house thus the garage is the next logical area for this upcoming expansion ... but there will be a cost involved.
A few years back I had water routed into the garage to support a whole house water softener which necessary due to the high levels of Ca in our local water supply, but now I am looking into installing a stainless sink with both hot and cold water, and of course a drain. Next week I will be speaking to a plumber to discuss options. I also have been looking at stainless steel sinks since they can be easily sanitized but I will tell you that they are not cheap. A friend suggested looking into use restaurant equipment which I am and I have noticed a reduction in price of greater than 50%.
I figure with the expansion including getting a professional grade beer sculpture that the total cost will range about $6 to 10K by the time of completion ... and sadly I still cannot sell even one beer to cover the cost.
But first things first. Looking into the expansion what steps need to be taken to be best prepared and ready once everything is purchased to start brewing.
1). Get natural gas to the site of sculpture and for the hot water heater for the new sink. This has to be professionally done for safety and dead headed until next step.
2) Purchase stainless sink (double and deep to clean pots)
3). Have a plumber install, include small hot water heater for hot water and connect to sewer.
4). Purchase sculpture and conical fermenter.
The first steps aren't sexy but necessary if I want to brew after getting all of the new shiny equipment.
This is the initial site for the organic microbrewery I am setting up. It will go through all of the processes from successes to failures that go along with setting up a brewery first at home then to small scale production.
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