The Brewing location

Where to do your brewing? In your own pub ideally. If you don't happen to have one, usually its the kitchen if your spouse doesn't mind the smells or mess.

But here is all that is really needed for an ideal setup:

1. A Big Sink. One that you can fill a 5 gallon bucket in, and that has a faucet you can connect your wort chiller to.
2. Good ventilation. There is a lot of boiling going on, after all. But when you are done and the wort is in the primary, you need to be able to close the place up draft-free and maintain it at the proper temp (which is usually not room temp).
3. A heat source. One for you when you are working and some big-ass burners for your kettles. A Turkey fryer can fit this bill nicely, they are portable, stable, at a good height, infinitely adjustable, and can kick out 60,000 + BTUs.
   

Then heck, the only thing you don't have that a brewpub does is a license*!

*In NYS you will need:

• A lawyer (I guess). See if you can pay him in beer (but maybe you don't want one that accepts beer as payment?).
  
• A license from here:
• Wholesale: $900/yr microbrewery, $500/yr NYS farm winery, $600/yr ciders
• Retail: $1000/yr for all