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Currently in Napa picking up 21 freshly emptied cabernet barrels. :rockin:

Hey all, finally made my way back here while taking a much needed, mid-day breather, and I just have to say thank you to everyone for all the kind words. It has been an incredibly challenging and rewarding few months (my wife also opened a yoga studio in December :tank: ). Your support is...

Snags...ha. If only they were just snags. Let me tell you about a recent "snag": 1 of our 3 walk-in coolers uses the old R22 refrigerant instead of the new R44 (?) type. HVAC company wants $8k just to commission the cooler unit use R22. First company wanted $12k! It's not a floccing car, it's a...

Hey! Yes, sorry, saw the PM but haven't had a chance to go through details. We are still plowing through construction; trying to stay on track. Our framing is finished and we just passed our in-wall electrical and plumbing inspection, so we are starting to button up the walls as of today...

I removed the password and mine is back in action. I guess now I'm not sure if removing the password or the reappearance of the webpage is what fixed things. Anyone have info about why the website is back up and how we can keep it up? Not a whole lot of communication from the founders.

Finally checked on mine...out of service. Still reading temp, just not controlling it. The screen flashes periodically too. Boo.

Hey thanks! I am a contractor for the federal government, and have been for the last few years. I just negotiated a reduction to 50% time starting this week. I wasn't sure if they would take it, but they did! This means that I will be a Fed on M/T/and 1/2 of W, and a small business owner the...

Mine always worked very well. I am really disappointed by the loss of the web management side. It is holding a fermentation at 63 right now, as far as I know. Now though I am a bit nervous if other Brewbits have bricked!

Okay, you asked for it. Where do I begin... On the construction side, we (and our builder) have made a ton of progress. The overall theme is still over budget and late, however. People aren't kidding when they say, "take your budget and timeline and double it." In this market in particular...

Yes, definitely. The seamers are pricey but the cans are so much more portable. Yes, always in the plan. My brothers own and (will) operate the liquor store. It will be craft beer focused, including a large walk-in bomber cooler, but they will also have a wide selection of wine and spirits...

Welcome to another installment of "over budget and behind schedule." It is a little frustrating to be at the mercy of subcontractors and their schedules, but a lot has happened recently. We have finally received our federal brewing license...around 150 days after submission, so pretty close...

Excellent! There are a few people in the area that collect and post brewery news. It's really helpful. We've made a lot of progress over the past few weeks, including the arrival of our equipment. I'll get some pictures up shortly. :mug:

Latest and greatest is that construction is behind, which is not really that unexpected. Part of the problem is that there is a ton of concurrent construction in our town, including a massive new football stadium. Subcontractors are not desperate for jobs and can overestimate their time and...

It has been awhile, so here is a quick rundown of where we are currently sitting... The TTB (agency that licenses and regulates alcohol) has had our application for about 90 days so far. It was submitted for final approval about 2 weeks ago. If it takes another 2 weeks to receive our license...

Get some butter extract from the grocery store and make a tasting series for yourself.

I know that Oskar Blues spent a significant amount of time trying to match the water at their new plant in Brevard, NC with what they have been using here in CO.

Yes! Do it. That goes for everyone else here on HBT as well. There isn't much to see now, mostly dirt and concrete, but if anyone wants to meet and have a look around our space as we build out, I'm more than happy to do so. After we are open, I'd love to show you guys around the brewhouse and lab.

You nailed it. We are currently using computer information science (CIS) students to build a database and UI to help us manage inventory, brewing parameters, and quality metrics on a per batch basis, which will be searchable by recipe, batch #, etc and produce reports by recipe/batch/raw...

You both bring up good points. Once we have some sort of operational consistency, we will be offering classes. A few of us in the group have a lot of teaching experience. We would really like to offer classes of varying depth, if there is interest. Anywhere from basic brewing to complex...

True. He dismissed my question a bit, saying that their POS platform keeps track and they use that for the brewers report forms, so their paperwork is probably okay, I am assuming. I was mostly asking about revenue and hitting weekly numbers (or if they even have benchmarks like that), not...