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Building a Brewery

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.

London Amateur Brewers

October 16, 2022
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  1. Mick Harrison
    1
    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
    2

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  3. I Have a Plan!
     House move makes ideal rebuild project
    3

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  4. I Have a Plan!
    4

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  5. The Build
    5
     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
    6
    Annex foundations
    New wall between
    annex and brewery

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

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  8. The Build
    8
    Epoxy top coat

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  9. The Build
    9
    Fermentation cabinet and controller
    Plumbing in progress

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  10. The Build
    10
    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?
    12
    Yes it does!

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  13. Question time?
    13

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