A walk in cooler!

On Friday last week, we shot over to Lake Placid and picked up a walk in cooler from a preschool.  They no longer required the cooler and needed space for other things.  The old 8' x 8' Hobart cooler was in pretty good shape (aside from the floor) and came with working condensing unit and evaporator.  It also had display doors on one side (which we learned later).  We will be using our chiller to run a fan coil in the cooler, so we won't need the refrigeration for this project.  We are going to lend it to an organic farm in Grand Isle.  Ironically, we are installing this cooler exactly where I took another out almost 4 years ago.

We have been hard a work planning the glycol and co2 systems and finishing any last minute carpentry projects.  This Friday, we plan to brew our second test batch (about 40 gallons) on our pilot system.  This one will be an IPA.  

Next week, we plan to pick up the two 5BBL fermentors from Green Empire Brewing that we paid for a while ago.  Other than the possibility of acquiring a few 2-3bbl tanks in the near future, that is about all the equipment we will need to start this thing off.  

We are still hopeful that December will be the month that we start things off.  There is still a lot of work to do before then, but we have confidence that we will be able to sell our first beers soon!

Clearing a space for the Walk in Cooler

The floors were a bit rusty and needed a tune up

Floors set up with two coats of paint

Rebuilding the Walls

Structure Complete - chiller pump and tank to reside on top

A panoramic of the space

And we have water!  Filling our storage tank

The Walk in cooler in pieces, fills up the space

Almost complete the register counter, complete with compartment for the condensing unit on the kegerator.


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