This is gonna be hype. A local brewmaster, who I usually trade yeast/grain with for homebrew, has been building this place for the past 8 months or so. He's hoping to be open to the public by October 1. We stopped by on Saturday and Taylor gave us a tour of the current facilities. To say I was jealous was an understatement.
They were installing and hooking up the brewstand when we were there. The boiler is 15bbl capacity, and each conical is 30bbl, plus a few brite tanks of the same size. He says his yearly output capacity is going to be about 3000bbl, but they should break even around 1500. But what a great concept...all these wineries around here have nice tasting-bars and cute little places for people to come have picnics and stuff...but there's nothing like a beer garden in the middle of wine country. He's got a bunch of cascade vines with nice cones on them too. They'll serve cheese/meat plates and little gourmet pizzas and stuff, and there's a fireplace with couches, and a deck with a spectacular view of the Blue Ridge.
If you're ever up VA way, you should drop by and support the place...though, given the popularity of his brews at South Street, I think they'll do just fine.
.planned:
•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier .primary | bright:
98: Moss Hollow Soured '09 72: Oude Kriek 99: B-Weisse 102: Brett'd BDSA 104: Feat of Strength Helles Bock 105: Merkin Brown .on tap | kegged:
XX: Moss Hollow Springs Sparkling Water 95: Gott Mit Uns German Pils 91b: Brown Willie's Oaked Abbey Ale 103: Merkin Stout
98: Yorkshire Special 100: Maple Porter 89: Cidre Saison 101: Steffiweizen '09 (#3)
Ahh....excuse me, I have to wipe the drool off my keyboard.
What a sweet setup. Hope he does well.
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Primary: Apple Honey Cyser
Secondary:
Secondary: Apfelwein
Bottled: Broken Arrow Bitters (got a case and a 1/2 gal)
Drinking: Grolsch
Up Next: SMaSH ESB of my own creation
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Primary:Empty Today Full Tomorrow
Secondary One: Old Rasputan Clone
Secondary Two: Empty
Conditioning: nothing yet
Drinking:Wheat Ale, Brown, Imperial Honey IPA, A couple of HB IPAs, a whole lot of Stone, Sam Adams Winter Pack, and plenty of BevMos 22oz stock beers
.planned:
•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier .primary | bright:
98: Moss Hollow Soured '09 72: Oude Kriek 99: B-Weisse 102: Brett'd BDSA 104: Feat of Strength Helles Bock 105: Merkin Brown .on tap | kegged:
XX: Moss Hollow Springs Sparkling Water 95: Gott Mit Uns German Pils 91b: Brown Willie's Oaked Abbey Ale 103: Merkin Stout
98: Yorkshire Special 100: Maple Porter 89: Cidre Saison 101: Steffiweizen '09 (#3)
That brewhouse is the same as ours in capacity (Lazy Magnolia...did I mention I work there now?)
However, I'd question the placement of the control panel. I'd hate to have to climb to the second level to start the pump each time. Ours is at ground level. Also, most of our fermentation tanks are 30BBL, but we do have two new 60BBL tanks...takes four brew sessions to fill one!!!
That equipment does look nice and new and shiny!
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American Red Keg Conditioning:
Gruit On Tap:
ESB Bottled: Nada... On Deck:
Porter, Belgian Abbey Ale
Blue Mountain Brewery...nearing completion
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