I inched a bit closer last week starting with meeting the general contractor for the construction of the Revolution Brewing production facility. I believe I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was able to hook up with Helios Build + Design, the GC for the Revolution project, thanks to my friend Jeff [...]
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You come to a website/blog about opening a brewery and there are no damn images or logos or nothin’! Not even a picture of beer! What’s the deal? Don’t you know about branding? Yeah, I know, I know, the cupboard could use a coat of paint for sure. Well, it’s in progress. I’m working with [...]
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One milestone accomplished as of today: All the quotes I’ve requested have arrived! More info to come. That is all.
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Last week was a hodge podge of productivity. I spent quite a bit of my time collecting and submitting all the documentation for my home refinance and had the home appraisal completed last Friday. Everything is done and submitted. Just waiting to hear back from the bank. I was also distracted by a minor income tax [...]
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One of the biggest psychological barriers for me to overcome to get the level of determination I have now to open this brewery was m-o-n-e-y. As a technology worker for large corporations for the past dozen years, I’ve been well compensated. I’ve never made lawyer or doctor money, but I’ve always made enough to support [...]
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Another busy week this week, but for different reasons than last week. My plan last week was to get all my construction costs ballparked this week. Well, that didn’t happen but I definitely made progress and I had two other equally important issues to address this week, one was income taxes, the other will be [...]
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Let’s finish up on the brewhouse. In my earlier post I went over some of the basics of a brewhouse but didn’t quite cover everything. In a two vessel system, the boil kettle usually doubles as the whirlpool but as a brewery expands capacity, the whirlpool is moved to a separate vessel allowing the boil kettle [...]
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As someone who has been employed in the Internet technology field for many years, I rely on various web services and gadgets to help keep me organized. If you’re starting up a brewery, you will have lots of tasks/to dos to take care of. Here’s a rundown of how I am using technology to get [...]
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This will be a quick update. This week was a bit crazy. First, I managed to get some firm numbers and technical info on glycol chillers. They are expensive. My hope is to find a used one somewhere. I finally received the latest malt analysis sheets from Country Malt Group, and now I know how [...]
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