Evan!
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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. :rockin:
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. :rockin: