Update on one of our own going pro. Man Skirt!

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Anyway, I've got a couple more questions for you, if you don't mind.

Not at all.

1) What range of ingredients do you stock?

I generally buy enough ingredients for my next planned 3-4 batches of beer (about 2000-2400lbs of grain at a time). I do try to keep extra of ingredients for my 3 flagship beers on hand at all time, just in case I want to do an impromptu brewday some time.

2) Your cold room looked nice.

Yes, I had a contractor insulate the room with 4" of pink foam insulation, then 3/8" plywood and FRP. It's about 14x11' and cooled with a 24,000 BTU air conditioner and a CoolBot. Works great! Cost me about $10k total, including electrical and construction.

3) In one video you were brewing a lager. Are all three of your fermenters jacketed and capable of lagering and maintaining consistent ferm temps?

Yes, all 3 fermenters and the brite are jacketed. I have a 7hp glycol chiller on the roof. It's oversized so I can use it in the 2-stage heat exchanger and knock out at lager temps. My last lager I went into the fermenter at 56F in a single pass. It's amazing.

The brite is jacketed so I can carbonate in it. I set it to 35F and carb at 10PSI. Using a carb stone it's done in 3 days. This also gives me extra time to let the beer clear at low temps, since I don't filter.

 

[SunnyDownSnuff]

hey for those who don't know the brewery is located in a former bank, very cool brewery complete with giant vault. Beer is excellent!

In the interest of full disclosure I have to add that I was nearly arrested right outside this building some 30+ years ago. Beer was involved in the incident.

Great place, full recommendation!!!

 

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Hah! Just for the record, that guy in the skirt is not me. That's my bar man, Danny.

I look a little more like this in a skirt:



Uh...wait, not that skirt. How about this one?



With Danny, for comparison purposes.



And of course, filthy and wet in the brewhouse.

 

[missiletech]

Bloody marvelous!

 

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Woah, hello necro thread!

We're still alive and kicking over here. Just put in a 15bbl Apex fermenter, in fact.

Check out our Instagram and Facebook pages for all the latest fun!

Also added a new Youtube video:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzt5hQYx5ac[/ame]

-Joe