I give my wife all the props in the world when I brew. For one, she puts up with it. For two, she helps out, and I'm very appreciative of that! Hopefully we'll be in a house soon where I can have my very own brew shed, or garage to really take off with!
I jumped up to all-grain brewing about a two months ago. Found a killer deal on some water coolers on good old craigslist and converted them into a hot liquor tank (HLT) and mashtun. The jump hasn't been too hard - except for hitting my gravity and keeping temperatures where they need to be - but the main difference is it's cheaper, more time consuming (good thing in my book), and I feel you have more control over the brew.
Some pictures of the setup below. It's a pretty ridiculous operation. Dooney and I have really perfected the art of apartment brewing however - we've got it down to a science. I've got hoses running from the sink to the porch, HLT on top of the fridge, sanitizing crap running everywhere, it's really a mess. At least the beer turns out.
Couple pictures of what's in fermentation at the moment.
-'Merican Amber Ale
-'Test Batch' - More on this experiment later - will be tasting it at our annual 'Novemberfest'
-Autumn Wheat Wine
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