Announcing My Brewery - Hailstorm Brewing Co

[PintoBean]

Aaahhh...all that purty stainless steel...:rockin: Nice view on the day Prohibition was repealed. 80 years ago today.

Yeah, I thought it was a fitting day to receive this equipment

 

[241]

What an exciting day!

 

[Komocabo]

It should be a national holiday... or perhaps just a religious holiday for us brewers. I will definitely raise a glass when I get home.

Keep the pics coming!

 

[PintoBean]

It should be a national holiday... or perhaps just a religious holiday for us brewers. I will definitely raise a glass when I get home.

Keep the pics coming!

I'll definitely keep posting pics. I've watched several threads on here of guys building breweries...it's better than porn Brewhouse is coming Tuesday, so watch for an update then.

 

[Komocabo]

Will do! And I'm home now, so Cheers to the 80th anniversary of Prohibition!

 

[PintoBean]

Finally got this beast of a boiler put together. This was the first piece of equipment we received way back in August, and we've been procrastinating on putting it together because lifting those plates sucks! Anyway, all that stainless we got last week gave us the motivation to finally slap this thing together.

 

[TungstenBeer]

Good stuff! Following you on facebook - best of luck!

Equipment looks great!

 

[PintoBean]

Brewhouse has arrived! Made the short trek from the manufacturer in Rock Island, IL over to us in Tinley Park, IL this morning. Nice to have the guys that built it so close.

 

[BrewCityBaller]

Brewhouse has arrived! Made the short trek from the manufacturer in Rock Island, IL over to us in Tinley Park, IL this morning. Nice to have the guys that built it so close.

Who was the manufacturer?

 

[PintoBean]

Who was the manufacturer?

http://www.crawford-company.com/brewing

 

[MonsterBrew]

Looking great! I dig the brewery name. If I ever find myself up y'alls way, I'll be sure to stop in. Keep livin the dream man! I'll be following the progress along on FB.

 

[PintoBean]

Looking great! I dig the brewery name. If I ever find myself up y'alls way, I'll be sure to stop in. Keep livin the dream man! I'll be following the progress along on FB.

Thanks!

 

[Renegades_Brew]

Seriously, if you need help over a weekend getting things built or set up I am more than willing to head over and volunteer my skills and help out.

 

[BrewCityBaller]

http://www.crawford-company.com/brewing

thanks! I was just curious. My brother is out in Rock Island and I didn't know they manufactured such cool stuff there!

 

[PintoBean]

The other day we finished epoxying the floor in the brewhouse/cellar area, pressure tested the boiler, and got about 100' of 1.5" copper up for the glycol supply/return lines.

 

[PintoBean]

Worked on the brewhouse tonight. Got the HLT, Mash Tun, and BK set in their rough locations, we may still tweak them a little. Got a bunch of piping hooked up and installed the mash tun motor/shaft/mixer blade installed.

 

[BeerGrylls]

Thanks for posting this as you go. It's fascinating.

 

[PintoBean]

Thanks for posting this as you go. It's fascinating.

No problem!

 

[jaydog2314]

Looks great, can't wait! If you guys are ever looking for volunteers for anything let me know or if there is a way to be added to some sort of volunteer list I'd be more than willing!

 

[PintoBean]

Looks great, can't wait! If you guys are ever looking for volunteers for anything let me know or if there is a way to be added to some sort of volunteer list I'd be more than willing!

Thanks. We will post on our Facebook page when we are looking for help.

 

[NickTheGreat]

ALL THAT STAINLESS STEEL!

 

[PintoBean]

Welded up a 30' long 4" steam header at the brewery today. There's (7) 1.5" ports for our steam heated vessels (HLT, MLT, and BK). Also finished up the boiler controls and started fitting and welding the return piping.

 

[PintoBean]

Boiler controls and return piping...

 

[unionrdr]

Glad to see it's finally coming together. If the steam heat my old house had is any indication,the steam you're going to use is very efficient for money spent.

 

[PintoBean]

Got the steam header hung and welded in place.

 

[Talonracer67]

id like to think it loses its home

congrats on the brewery tho, you are making a lot of us jealous and happy at the same time!

Jealous of couple couple things, mainly that they had $450k in cash laying around to spend!!

Would be nice to see all these microbreweries make it and crush the big guys and all their cost saving shortcuts, corn is for bourbon NOT beer!! lol

Good luck! Liked ya on Facebook, every little bit helps.....

 

[PintoBean]

Jealous of couple couple things, mainly that they had $450k in cash laying around to spend!!

Would be nice to see all these microbreweries make it and crush the big guys and all their cost saving shortcuts, corn is for bourbon NOT beer!! lol

Good luck! Liked ya on Facebook, every little bit helps.....

Thanks! The cost of this project would have easily been double if we had someone do the work. We have done absolutely everything ourselves (except we hired a concrete finisher for 1 day when we poured around the trench drain and a plumber for 2 days only because the city requires a licensed plumber for the plumbing between the city supply and our RPZ). Another local brewery that opened last year, same size as us, spent close to $1MM.

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[Talonracer67]

Great PintoBean not only did you save alot of cash doing things yourself, the satisfaction must be off the charts too. I'm an industrial mechanic by trade so there is very little in the way of fixing stuff/building stuff that I can't do. I make a recommendation to all young guys before you go to college, learn some trades like plumbing, welding, electrical, etc. Good paying things to fall back on if times are tough, and you can save a ton of money doing things yourself.

 

[landlockedbrewer]

Awesome. If you need anything I can help. Weather it's a name a company, actual work done or any type of assistance I'd be glad to help. Best of luck.

 

[IanJ]

This is a great thread, congrats on going pro. Looking forward to (pictures at least) the consumable results