“My Little Brewtools Heaven”
Building the Great Tap Wall
Well we are finally making some progress – what I would call decent progress anyways. For those still following and that haven’t yet fallen into a coma waiting for the progress updates; my little brewery is split into two parts (well, technically 3 but the 3rd is in the Garage part I lovingly call the cellar). The above is my brewing sector – this is where I no doubt perform most of my cock-ups or as I also like to put it – “learnings !!!” The opposite side is where I will do all my drinking of beer. The ultimate dream is to have my own home pub situated in the garden but until then I will need to make do with my very own tap wall. This beast will house 8 taps and will sport (at some point) a hand pull “Corny Cask” pump to feed my Real Ale thirst.
Since the last update, I have readied the brewing part – sorted out a load of junk from the “must keep” and begun the build of my bar top on the Tap Wall. Now, this isn’t just any old ordinary tap wall, oh no – I am placing not 1, not 2 but 3 fermentation chambers against it – all plumbed in with Heat Tubes and STC-1000’s. This is not an easy task for me as a Carpenter I ain’t. Below is where I have gotten to so far…
“Fermentation Chambers 1, 2 and 3 or as I will named them FV1, FV2 and FV3”
Next steps are to prepare and fit the doors, break everything down, sand then prime and then paint. I am going black for the entire wall and cabinets with the inclusion of fake panelling on the wall which I will tie into the door that I also need to fit – imagine a continuous wall look (no door) if you will. In the picture above the worktop has scaffold planks on it and I did plan to use them; however with further consideration (and of course considering my skill level) I switched to MDF and decided that was easier to cut, prep and paint. I have all the wood, brackets, primer and paint so aim to work on this as soon as I have completed fitting the doors with inlet furniture. Incidentally – in order to help me with this I watched a YouTube video recently on instruction and bought a couple of 3D Printed parts to help me out with said furniture. See pics below.
“These allow for the placement of inlet hinges and receivers without all the guess work – at least that is the plan !!!”
I have something special planned for the tap wall itself reference the splash back – I will keep it under my hat at the moment; suffice to say it wasn’t cheap and will take 3 weeks to get here !!! I really want to make the Tap Wall a key feature of the Brewery: my main purpose of brewing (besides the enjoyment of making the beer) is to share the beer. What better time can be had than to invite around a bunch of folk and feed them (hopefully) top quality beer and good chat. That’s the plan anyway.
That is it for now – I will continue working and report back with increased frequency.
Until Next Time !
Stew (aka Drunk Delilah Brewery)
Keep up the good work pal ??
Looking great so far.
Cheers Buddy !!!
Looking good very neat set up. Where did you get the SS tables from? I’d like a brewtools set up but I’d need to figure a way to incorporate a hoist or maybe a floor based lift system.
Hi pal,
I bought the SS tables online (well the taller ones); I was lucky to buy the smaller one from work which was a bespoke table. In terms of a hoist, yes – I have an electric one just above the table which will come in handy on big brew days !!! I bought it cheap from LIDL.
https://www.adexa.co.uk – I think this is where I got them – there are a few suppliers online. They do get scratched up a bit mind, but hey – they are working tables.
Well done Stew – looking good. Hopefully not too many mistakes.
Thanks – mistakes a plenty but fixing them as I go along, all in the learning I guess. Getting there slowly (very slowly)… 🙂