Organizing For Dummies (aka Drew)

[TimmyR]

The room was planned with some of my gear in mind and sort of expanded right before we finished our basement. All the shelves and such were just purchased recently after an episode of cleaning out the room to clean the floors and sideboards. That resulted in me and my wife realizing I had a lot of crap and needed to clean it up. That was also fueled by a sale at the Container Store.

I keep a fair amount of base malt and hops on hand because my schedule is pretty erratic and I try to be able to just need a few items on the fly for an impromptu brew day.

[TimmyR]

Here is my garage set up to brew

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

Drew -I may have some before photos or can get some I think. Here is my recent attack of OCD in my brew room. Shelving and air-tight containers for grain. My hops are all in my freezer above my kegerator. My chest freezer is for fermenting. I currently brew in y garage and just drag up what I need. I have one tool box dedicated to all my small brew-day items.

I will look for the before photos...some were in John's presentation at NHC. I'd be happy to e-mail you any of the pix if needed.
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Dang nice setup. Holy crap.

+1

I can imagine the hell I would have trying to do that. I'd get sidetracked and wind up surfing midget porn on the Internet. Then I'd remember that I was organizing, and go back to that until I started drinking.

[TimmyR]

A mild case of OCD seems to keep me in check from spinning completely out....I have a slightly nagging need for order at times.

[sinkas]

Hey timmy, the march pump in the tool box is a good idea.
What is the second thermo on your mash tun for , the one at the top?

[TimmyR]

Hey timmy, the march pump in the tool box is a good idea.
What is the second thermo on your mash tun for , the one at the top?

Thanks. The March pump in a box was a BYO article a while back. The small thermometer is there to monitor the temp the inside and when it gets to 100F I open the box. I am planning to mount a small computer fan to one side and splice it in to run when the pump runs one of these days. I've been told those pumps run up to about 100F normally but over 100F and they are overheating a bit (I think its 100F).

[Hessian Lake]

Hey timmy, the march pump in the tool box is a good idea.
What is the second thermo on your mash tun for , the one at the top?

Thanks. The March pump in a box was a BYO article a while back. The small thermometer is there to monitor the temp the inside and when it gets to 100F I open the box. I am planning to mount a small computer fan to one side and splice it in to run when the pump runs one of these days. I've been told those pumps run up to about 100F normally but over 100F and they are overheating a bit (I think its 100F).

I believe he means "the second thermo on your mash tun", not a thermo on the pump box.

[TimmyR]

RTFQ on my end.

That thermometer is attached to an AutoSparge so I can monitor the recirculating mash temp on the out-flow side of my MT when I direct-fire it.