Currently I just open the garage door when I brew. The whole thing is electric as we didn't want any open flames in the garage and while it's a bonus it's also a curse because it means extra cleaning and four more triple clamps. There are a LOT of triple clamps on this thing.



As to what I'm doing with the beer, I'm drinking some of it (probably too much) and I'm giving away "samples" so I can get feedback on my recipes. This whole thing is a trial to see if I want to quit my full time job and become a full time brewer. If not then it's just a fun hobby and I should always have beer on tap in the garage. The growlettes I ordered have a clearly written disclaimer on the back that it's a sample and they can't sell it or transfer it or come back and sue me for anything and it has the government warning on it. I have a beer evaluation sheet I modified from the BJCP sheet and they have to fill that out.



There are two stand alone pumps. Not sure what the strike pump is but it's a smaller version of the march pump for wort transfers. Then there is a dual pump that has the hoses running through it and rotating wheels to move liquid. These are used in tandem to sparge and move wort from the MT to the kettle. They move liquid pretty slow so it takes a while. They can be used in tandem or separately but are housed in one body.



I also have two external to the system pumps for moving wort and finished beer around (chugger pump)and 1 for sucking the crud out of the kettle and pushing cleaning solution through everything. That last one is a self priming job from little giant which was surprisingly inexpensive.



Kevin at Brewmation built in probes so the heaters in the kettle and HLT kick in when they reach a certain level. The Kettle has monster heaters in it, maybe too big and you can adjust the output. I had some problems with this last time and had a series of boil overs. A 55 gal kettle with 25 gals of wort and it was lifting the lid. Took me some time to get that sorted out and that is a large part of why I had such a mess the first time. That and a stuck mash which was entirely my fault because I screwed with the false bottom and limited the flow. Lesson learned.