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Don't forget to caulk the storm collar on the flue with high temp. silicone. You won't like looking for the leak later on when something expensive gets wet.

Yeah, did that right after I took the picture. It was really cold when we installed that, so we'll see how everything sealed up when the snow starts melting :)
 
Yeah, did that right after I took the picture. It was really cold when we installed that, so we'll see how everything sealed up when the snow starts melting :)

I'm in Windsor,ON, Canada. My wifes from Chicago and her sister lives in Tinley Park. We come in during our summer shut down. We will drop in and check you out.
 
Huge update. We finished the construction on the brewery (not done with the tasting room yet). Received our State permit today, picked up a boat load of yeast, and will be brewing the inaugural batch tomorrow! Irish Red up first.

Will finish out tasting room construction while filling our fermenters. Hopefully be open to the public late March.

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Lzzy is going to be pissed, look for a cease and desist letter from the lawyers soon.

J/K

Looks like a great setup, good luck. Here is to having many tap handles secured in your market soon.
 
Lzzy is going to be pissed, look for a cease and desist letter from the lawyers soon.

J/K

Looks like a great setup, good luck. Here is to having many tap handles secured in your market soon.

HA HA HA I was thinking the same damn thing!

Looks KILLER!!!! That is a very well planned system! My gawd I dont even want to know how much $$$ you guys dumped into that system...
Talk to us about packaging? I only see brights no serving tanks? Are you gonna bottle or keg? Or ONLY serve in the tap room?

Well done man!

Cheers
Jay
 
Where do the bulk grains and hops come from?

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Country malt group, BSG, Niko Brew, and Crosby hop farm is who we've ordered from so far




Good choice for your first batch.. How many gallons will you be brewing?


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We ended up with 18.5 barrels...573.5 gallons




Lzzy is going to be pissed, look for a cease and desist letter from the lawyers soon.

J/K

Looks like a great setup, good luck. Here is to having many tap handles secured in your market soon.


had to Google "Lzzy" to figure out what you were talking about. Funny, luckily we're spelled different :)




HA HA HA I was thinking the same damn thing!

Looks KILLER!!!! That is a very well planned system! My gawd I dont even want to know how much $$$ you guys dumped into that system...
Talk to us about packaging? I only see brights no serving tanks? Are you gonna bottle or keg? Or ONLY serve in the tap room?

Well done man!

Cheers
Jay

We have a bottling line and will be kegging for bars, individual purchases, and for the tap room. When we get some cash rolling in we can upgrade to a larger cooler with serving tanks.

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I see the keg washer now..I just had to look closer..... How big is your walk in gonna be?

Again, nice work!

Cheers
Jay

It's small for now, 10'x8' just to accommodate kegs for the tap room. Will upgrade to a larger one for serving vessels and cold storage when we can afford it

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Need to thank Zach over at Stainless Brewing. He hooked us up with (26) 3/4" stainless elbows and pipe nipples that we used to plumb our glycol system on super short notice and got them to us quick!

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Congrats! Just read this whole thread, pretty cool seeing it all come together. Thanks for posting all the pictures and info. Wish you guys the best of luck. If we are ever up that way, be sure to drop by.:mug:
Derek
 
HELL YEAH!!! Let the brewing revolution begin for you guys!!!!! More picts...More picts...We want to see your ass working!

Congrats man!!!! Best of luck for sure!!!

Cheers
Jay
 
Any special event for the opening? I will absolutely be there!


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Any special event for the opening? I will absolutely be there!


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We'll have a grand opening of some sort, but not immediately when we open. At this point, we just need to get open and sell some beer out of the taproom to get money rolling in.

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