Building a Brewery

At the October 2022 online meeting, Mick Harrison gave us an overview of how he's put together and installed his new home brewery.

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1. Mick Harrison
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   Mix Brewery - V3
   

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2. Background
    Homebrewing for over 40 years!
    Owned a Brew-It-Yourself
   outlet in mid ‘90s
    Garage brewery
   in old house
    Licenced brewery
   with HMRC
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3. I Have a Plan!
    House move makes ideal rebuild project
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4. I Have a Plan!
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5. The Build
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    Original plan was to start the refit in January but
   building delays pushed everything back 6 months
    Annex build allows for two must haves
   ◦ Dedicated electric supply for garage/brewery (10mm2)
   ◦ Proper brewery floor drainage and epoxy floor coating
   Date Action
   March New walls
   April Concrete floor/drainage
   May New stud wall between garage/brewery
   June Hygienic wall cladding & epoxy floor coating
   July/August Reinstall of brew kit incl. electric, plumbing
   September Test Brew ? October – done!
   

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6. The Build
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   Annex foundations
   New wall between
   annex and brewery
   

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7. The Build
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   Drainage and raised
   floor, part 1
   Stud wall partition
   Hygienic Cladding
   Epoxy primer
   

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8. The Build
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   Epoxy top coat
   

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9. The Build
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   Fermentation cabinet and controller
   Plumbing in progress
   

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10. The Build
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    References:
    Flooring - https://www.resincoat.co.uk/en/floor-paint/545-resincoat-
    brewery-floor-coating.html
    Wall Cladding - https://www.hygienicplastic.co.uk/product/pvc-8-x-4-x-
    2mm-2440-x-1220-x-2mm-white-wall-cladding/
    

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11. Equipment
     Mains town water in via GAC filter to remove
    chlorine/chloramine
     HLT - 100lt with 3kw heater and small recirc pump to
    keep even temperature
    Double layer camping mat insulation
     Mash Tun - 100lt, perforated false bottom
    Double layer camping mat insulation
     Boiler – Twin walled & insulated. 9kw heater but only
    use two of the elements
     Plate heat exchange to cool hot wort
     All control panels are DIY
     Just added extractor and electric bug zapper!
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12. Does it Work?
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    Yes it does!
    

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13. Question time?
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