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That place is too good for a brewery. I'm moving in!
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Looking good, slow process as I can attest!
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Oh boy! So close!!!

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Put a cot in there and I'm moving in.
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Sad that it took your wife leaving you to be able to finish it, but making beer comes first. :lol:
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Awesome!
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RickBeer wrote:Sad that it took your wife leaving you to be able to finish it, but making beer comes first. :lol:
Luckily she will be back soon. Once it’s functional I won’t have any issues getting in to brew.

Hoping there is an end to family emergency’s which is what has mostly occupied our weekends and time.
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Really nice setup. I'm sure you'll love every minute spent brewing there!
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hello all. Long time since my last post. But, I just had to stop in and say that looks really nice! I am utterly jealous! :-D
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YEA BABY!!!! Wet test complete! Had a few snags I had to work through but that’s why you run the tests! Probably do one more. I know I need a few other fittings so I’ll order those. It is tri-clamp fittings so those took a little figuring out. Need a few more gaskets for those. Maybe some new hoses too.

Now I just need to get things organized in there and it will be AWESOME!!

Floor drain really came in handy too!!!

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Holy everything that's holy that's sweet looking!
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That looks fantastic!
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Wow, that is surely an impressive set up. A far cry from the LBK. lol
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Wow, that is impressive, no doubt.
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Got most of the stuff in now. Only thing left that I want to do is put in a shelf above the sink and some hooks to drape the hoses after they’ve been used. And a shelf above my kegerator for other supplies.

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Might be able to get a brew session done in about 2 weeks. Have my 9 year old niece visiting next week so can’t do anything until she leaves.


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