There's still a lot of work to complete, but it's not impossible that we'd be ready for the propagation batch on the 22nd. The key areas to finish are in welding, electricity to the brewing equipment, auger installation, utilities (gas/electric) approval, and City / Health Department approval.
It's not really about the yeast, but more about setting a deadline and doing everything in my power to meet that deadline. It's about getting this brewery up and running after a long 9 months of trying to get this off the ground.
Despite all of the tasks remaining, The Bruery is finally looking like a brewery. The brewhouse and all tanks are leveled and anchored, almost all equipment is in our possession, and my enthusiasm about running a brewery is as high as ever.
It is hard to believe that a year ago I was putting together a business plan and looking around aimlessly for a location that would be perfect for a brewery-- mostly I just wanted floor drains already there. Finding floor drains already installed was my goal, because I thought that would be the most expensive part of the construction process. It's funny looking back on how little I knew. It is humbling and frightening to realize that I'll think a year from now and have the same thought on how little I knew a year ago about running a brewery. It'll certainly be a learning experience.
I look forward to sharing my failures and successes with you.
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Hi Patrick, I realize this post is old so hopefully you notice this comment, I was just looking through old posts of the brewery planning. Can you explain a bit more about your flooring, I probably know less than you did about finding a location/opening a brewery, finding draining floors to me seems like a money saver...
I see from your other posts that when you found a location you did eventually install flooring, can you give a bit of an explanation of what you needed for flooring that wasn't there and what the costs associated with the new floor were... ballpark
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