Got a new 8.7 cu-ft chest freezer to be able to condition and serve full half BBL kegs out of. Built a collar out of 2x10 fir (holy smokes, that was expensive!!). Had to build a small support platform to allow a second full keg to be able to sit above the small compressor square in the bottom right corner, but it should just barely fit two kegs. Not sure if it will allow me to tap it, but it will be close with the larger 10" collar.
Finally got a mixture of single and three way valves ordered and enough triclamps and fittings to start working on fitting routing for my two pumps to perma-mount all the brew valves to allow me to not have to swap hoses during brew, and cross pump everywhere I want. This includes incorporation of a RIMS assist heating element for HLT and strike water temp boost heating and ability to heat strike water in boil kettle while bringing the HLT up to temp as well then cross transfer into mashtun. Finally, ability to pump boil through counter flow chiller and back into boil kettle to get temp to a hop stand for aroma hop additions, followed by diverting to fermenter.
Got a BrewBuilt 31 gallon stainless steel kettle for use as my MashTun. With the upgrade to the 1 BBL BK, I wasn't going to be able to mash enough grains to fill it and MoreBeer had a sale of 10% off earlier this month, so I jumped in and got the 1 BBL kettle with TC and false bottom. It is almost identical to the SS Brewtech I got, except it is a LOT shinier and has much better/larger volume etchings (and no valves or whirlpool fittings). This came with two TC fittings (similar to SS) and was identical in dimensions.
Working on building a cheap self contained CIP pump / heater / storage cart (as well as functioning keg washer). It should be under $350 all total, as opposed to $6,000 like the one at the left, since it it mostly made out of PVC and plastic buckets. The most expensive part on here is the 1.6 hp lawn pump and the 240v RIMs heater and SS triclamp parts. Much thanks to the posts and DIY projects at HomebrewTalk Forums.
Finally got the Black Friday 1 BBL unitank on 15% off I got from SS Brewtech after they shipped it from my local city (it was "on a truck out for delivery") to Rhode Island (and then back). This thing is so damn pretty. Shiny curved surfaces and with 6" heavy duty casters, it rolls around pretty well for a top heavy fermenter. I was prepared for it to be big, so it is not too surprising there (I think I was prepped for it to be even bigger.
Got the new SS Brewtech 31 gallon brew kettle in and started working on adding the new triclamp fittings I wanted. I didn't get the 20 gallon eBrew, because, well, it cost more, didn't really need the heating element (it probably would work with my system) and was ONLY 20 gallons (they don't offer a 30 gallon one). But I needed to add some TC's for thermometers and the 5500W heating element. I had already done this on my converted kegs a couple months ago, so, shouldn't be too bad...
I just locked in on the domain name for MossyCupBrewing.com for 3 years (currently just forwarding here). I settled on the logo left and at least have some "simple" SVG images for the brewery. I like this logo because it is simple and can be mono-color for prints like on my kettle jackets and glassware and it has some "tree" context like the Mossy Cup Oak. Next is to get the LLC and the Federal TTB filings going. *deep breath*...
