Here are a few pics of the new and improved Chateau Aubin hidey hole.
This is a view from the door as you enter. This is my wine making station. I've got niagra grape and sweet cherry in the primarys and 1 gal. of peach in the secondary on the right along side of my 6 gal. of never clearing spiced apple (I'll be using some fining soon as 4 months and it is still cloudy). Just right of the pic is where I will be installing double sinks.
This is the other side of the room and will be the brewery. I've got just about enough empty bottles for 2 5 gal batches. The first will be an IPA and the second will be an Old American Ale. I've got my 60 plus a few formerly Dos Equis light green bottles ready for the first batch (My wife has struggled and suffered though the emptying of those to provide me with ample bottles for bottling of the first batch of brew).
Just a shot of my pitifully empty soon to be more stable wine rack
Some wines and melomels bulk aging. The citrus, rasberry and strawberry-rhubarb are clear and ready to bottle if I ever find the time.
This small closet will become a wine cooler aging room and possibly a nice area for lagering beer. I am going to insulate the walls and make glass double paned doors and equip with a cooling unit.
I hope to continue to upgrade and perfect the Chateau Aubin winery and brewery as time goes by and will continue to post upgrades as thy come.
Pete
![20061119_234047_from_door.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bd1/bd1ddbe7a0f1b3d0cd5b9558f97a7f5e.jpg)
This is a view from the door as you enter. This is my wine making station. I've got niagra grape and sweet cherry in the primarys and 1 gal. of peach in the secondary on the right along side of my 6 gal. of never clearing spiced apple (I'll be using some fining soon as 4 months and it is still cloudy). Just right of the pic is where I will be installing double sinks.
![20061119_235010_beer.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/f40/f40b3be52e9eeaeddc39f3689bfeec92.jpg)
This is the other side of the room and will be the brewery. I've got just about enough empty bottles for 2 5 gal batches. The first will be an IPA and the second will be an Old American Ale. I've got my 60 plus a few formerly Dos Equis light green bottles ready for the first batch (My wife has struggled and suffered though the emptying of those to provide me with ample bottles for bottling of the first batch of brew).
![20061120_000019_rack.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/00b/00b440fc1198c8de8bd416754fbd3db6.jpg)
Just a shot of my pitifully empty soon to be more stable wine rack
![20061120_000507_bulk.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0d7/0d76a1a98bbada0312f489a8c0a9c2a4.jpg)
Some wines and melomels bulk aging. The citrus, rasberry and strawberry-rhubarb are clear and ready to bottle if I ever find the time.
![20061120_001000_cooler.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/687/687a54456adb7e226076acd882d156d6.jpg)
This small closet will become a wine cooler aging room and possibly a nice area for lagering beer. I am going to insulate the walls and make glass double paned doors and equip with a cooling unit.
I hope to continue to upgrade and perfect the Chateau Aubin winery and brewery as time goes by and will continue to post upgrades as thy come.
Pete