my new tiny brewshed

[sbond10]

Would love a shed that small

[BenB]

That's really neat! I've got a similar size shed and my installation isn't half as compact. Good job!

[Jonnyconga]

Looks great - I've got a bigger shed but store a whole load of other crap in there too.... I do brew in the door way though and refer to it as the brew-shed...
One idea for you. I keep beer in a cupboard in the kitchen. To check it never gets too hot for the beer I keep a beer bottle (flip top) filled with water and regularly check the temp - hasn't got above 16 deg yet. You could do the same in the bench cellar??
(Failing that - dig a massive hole under the shed - line with brick and you've got a proper cellar...!)

[Hogarth]

Awesome shed. Love the galvanised boiler.

[lord groan]

Awesome shed. Love the galvanised boiler.

Thanks Hogarth, the boiler is a twin skin job, galvanised steel outside, with a stainless inner and a small 3-5mm air gap between so it keeps the outer skin temp down. Managed to get it after it was thrown away, I've kept the standard Burco butterfly element but added a 2nd haden style element to give it a boost to bring it to boil. A cheapo 4000w ebay power controller on the 2nd element gives a bit more control although having tried it out I think that may have been a waste of time, Used it on full power to get to the boil, then switched it off and boiled happily with just the burco element.
Maybe in freezing weather I'll need it?

[Hogarth]

A cheapo 4000w ebay power controller on the 2nd element gives a bit more control although having tried it out I think that may have been a waste of time

Nah, a power controller is always worth it. You'll have hours of fun tinkering with it to get the perfect rolling boil.

[guypettigrew]

Lovely build, Lord Groan.

How do you get water into the shed for your HLT etc?

Guy

[lord groan]

Cheers Guy - you would pick up on the one flaw wouldn't you!
If you look in picture 2 there's a coil of blue hose and a matching spray gun below the sockets, these hook up to an outside tap and just reach to the top of the hlt, only just mind you.
In the end I decided that getting permanent power to the shed was the most important thing, and having brewed on Sunday I can confirm that getting up to an already hot HLT running on a timeswitch is an absolute joy.

Next up is trying to fit pipework to provide a flow and return feed to the water butts, I'd like a pair of male hozelock fittings terminating somewhere near the boiler so I can hook up the IC with 2 short lengths of hose rather than the 3m lengths running out the door I'm having to use at present. So if anyone knows of any wallmounting hozelock fittings please let me know!
Dave