Home brewery space savers and storage

If you set up a wall with pegboard and hooks, you'll be surprised at how much stuff you can hang.

 

I'm undergoing a similar process. By mutual agreement (really, I like this idea too), we are going to use our attached greenhouse as an actual greenhouse, set up shelves, get grow lights for deep winter, etc. It has served as the brewery, home gym and random storage for the last 14 years. There is a mother-in-law apartment over the garage that had a tenant for awhile, and a large storage space that has been untouched since 2010. Hopefully this will be my new brewery/man cave, but there is probably a winter's worth of work to do first, including plumbing.

For storage, hang everything you can, use open shelving rather than cabinets, consider building some vertical storage for carboys and kegs if the square footage is small. Plan ahead to make cleaning as easy as possible. Consider improving ventilation if possible. Even with an electric setup, which I also hope to have, there is a lot of water vapor to move.

There are a few sites where people show off pictures of their brewing rooms. These might be helpful to get the mental wheels turning.

p.s. The big plastic jars that pretzels and such are sold in in warehouse stores are great for smaller parts - keg parts, airlocks, etc. They are often stackable, and most people throw them out so if you ask around you might get some without having to buy 50lb of snacks.

 

This might already be on your radar, but just in case, the biggest items in my brewery are the mash tun and brew kettle which makes for good storage (inside). Mr. Mash Tun is filled with the big items related to mashing (paddle, hoses, strainer, bazooka or false bottom, etc). The kettle is filled with parts like chiller, pump(s), measuring pitchers and so on. For keg parts break down and buy a storage organizer. These are usually plastic and have two dozen or so compartments, basically a tackle box for keg do-dads. Plus, this consolidates everything needed when the keg misbehaves.

 

well,,,,, i hammer nails in the woodshed walls to hang dam near everything on, nail in shelves for non hangable shit and thats about it.

Nice going @skivtjerry . sounds nice.