Much of our work over the last six months has been behind the scenes and not very “sexy” as far as breweries go.  In an industry as highly regulated as the beer industry, you can imagine the process – meetings, paperwork, and more meetings.  But now, that methodical march through the minutia of business preparation has finally brought us to a couple of critical way points.  

First, if you follow us on social media, you know that we officially opened the head brewer position a couple of weeks ago.  We posted the opening on the Brewers of Indiana Guild website and Probrewer.com and the response has been overwhelming.  Turns out, people are dying to get to Mooresville, Indiana! 

It’s the home of the state flag, people. 

In all seriousness, when the candidates are taking a look at the Black Dog Brewing Company opportunity, there’s a lot to love, especially once we’ve taken them through our business plan and vision.  That being said, the talent level and experience many of these brewers possess is amazing.  As a beer lover, it’s hard not to “geek out” when I’m supposed to be interviewing.  Don’t worry though, even between sips of the brewer’s finest brews and discussions on European beer trends, we’re still looking to find that perfect fit for Black Dog Brewing Company.  The head brewer not only creates recipes, he/she also manages production schedules, yeast propagation, orders ingredients, handles staff (and sometimes consumer) education, and generally has a hand in everything.  That’s why finding the right person is a critical step for us.  Although we have quite a few interviews to get through, we’re hoping to have our head brewer position filled in the next month or so.

The other critical way point is location.  Now this is something we’ve been working on since day one and finding a suitable location in Mooresville has been a lot more difficult than I imagined.  Our first target was an old single screen movie theater in the heart of the retail district.  With proximity to a number of restaurants and visibility from the “main drag” it was a pretty solid location.  

The problem? The building was about to fall down and unfortunately the property group that owned the building didn’t want to repair it. 

So we were back looking elsewhere.  

After some offers from a neighboring city, meetings with the county, calls to the town council, knocking on doors, and here’s the brilliant part – having a number of great people from the Mooresville community go out of their way to help us search for a location, we finally came across a spot that we can call home.  It is my great pleasure to announce our future new address as 11230 N State Road 67, Mooresville, Indiana.  Those of you familiar with Mooresville will recognize that address as just south of Gray’s Cafeteria on IN-67, just passed the TOA plant.  Currently it’s home to H&R Contracting but soon we’ll begin renovating and getting it ready to brew beer and seat a couple hundred of our closest friends!