Inspiration.

[Mrs B]

Who will man the barbecue when you are behind the bar?

It looks amazing, your Mrs must be very pleased with you.

[manda]

Oooo Al that looks lovely...a row of optics up behind and you'll be set

[Linda S]

You are a very creative and talented man well done. Youre party will be lovely to celebrate youre hard work Linda

[Mad Chick]

Al, that really is a brilliant job

[AL37]

Thanks again for the comments.
I am pleased with the way its going. Total cost so far for materials is still zero.
This is this afternoons work.

[jemberelli]

Amazing - it looks absolutely fantastic! I only wish I had your skill and imagination!

[HappyBob]

That looks great Al, I can see that its going to get some hammer this summer when finished

[AL37]

Hasn't the weather been great? I have made loads of progress over the last few days.
I do believe there is light and the end of the tunnel.

Previously there was an open trellis arch at the entrance to the yard, I wanted that area to be a bit more private so a pallet and a half was stripped to make these gate and a bit of fencing beside them. The old trellis with tha bamboo screening to the right of the gates will be going eventualy but I will need a few 2.4 metre pallets for that.



We have treated the wood on the front of the bar with a liming wax, to be honest I am not that keen on it. Hopefully in time it will weather and show a bit more of the woods natural colours.



I have made a cupboard inside the bar to hold a water drum, the wood is a hard wood and has realy nice grain and colours. I wish I could get hold of a trailer load of them pallets. The water drum will gravity feed the tap to the small sink. there will be a drum the same size under the sink in a similar cupboard for the waste water.

[HappyBob]

Looks the part now Al , will you be putting any beer pumps/fonts, optics or a beer fridge in or will it be used mainly for cans/bottles etc ?

[AL37]

Funny you should say that Bob. I our kitchen we have a fullsize carling black label fridge. How it got there is a long story but at the time the price was right.....£0.00.
So the plan it to have tat out there somewhere.
As for the draught beer I am in discussions that could end up with me having a four way chiller a full bottle of gas, the fonts and a full installation at a hugely discounted rate.

[HappyBob]

The chiller sounds good Al and does make a difference . I have a full gas system and knocked myself a gas dis board up, which can feed four kegs if needed. also have a chiller and a nice snazzy double lager font which condesates via the chiller . The amount of boozers closing down has greatley decreased the price these can be obtained for.

[AL37]

You sound clued up Bob, this will be my first time getting to grips with running a proper system. Guess who I will be shouting for if I have problems.
There is a three way font on ebay at the minute, nice brass one. I was watching it and missed it but it was relisted. It had a 99p starting bid but didn't get a bid.
I clean forgot about it.
Whats the betting it makes good money this time.

[HappyBob]

If I can help in any way Al i will. I,m no expert and it took me a long time to get to grips with it and I spoilt a few brews in the process. I started making home brewed beer about 4-5 years ago using kits then slowly progressed to all grain brewing, and the difference is like day and night. I use stainless steel cornelius kegs or corny kegs as they are known to store the the beer each keg holds 19 ltr,s and I have 8 kegs hence the need for a gas system of sorts. When I became reasonably competant at the all grain method, thats when the bar idea evolved as a bit of fun. I dont have as many brewdays as I used to now as grain prices/hops, electricity have shot up, also need to use lots of water to cool the wort down quickly via a home made heat exchanger, and since were now on a meter adds to the cost.

[Orfy]

Good build. I've followed it on pintrest.
The corny kegs area great. You can fit 2 side by side in a fridge disposing of the need for a flash chiller.

[julie62]

Al, it is truly inspirational - it's amazing what can be achieved - the bar is great - cant wait to see the whole thing done and dusted