Progress, Progress, Progress
It’s been a crazy month. Between moving equipment, brewing beer, preparing for the private tasting and building walk through, consulting on architectural design, and meeting potential investors, it’s hard to believe we made it out alive! Yet, here we are and things are moving right along.
The month kicked off with deciding we needed to move the equipment into it’s “forever spot” in the brewing area. We had originally planned to wait, since the floor was going to need some work (epoxy, trough drains, etc.), but in lieu of the private tasting and building walk-through, we figured the last thing our potential investors would want to see was a pile of stainless steel. Cue the heavy equipment movers and anxious brewers.
The equipment still needs some fine tuning as we try to line up all the piping and valves but nonetheless, the result is beautiful, especially after Shawn spent three days scrubbing and polishing the brewhouse.
Meanwhile, as Shawn was working on the equipment and Tiffany was generally organizing the event, I was putting together the presentation and going over the architectural design with Bruce (our architect). Now let me just say, we’ve essentially given Bruce a color scheme and some very general direction and he has consistently knocked it out of the park and nailed our aesthetic vision. Case in point, the video below…
Aside from everything I just mentioned, we also had one more small concern…the beer. I say it was a concern because we only had two kegs of beer for the event and it was ready to go the week before. This means I had to keep it under lock and key and shoo away the local beer buzzards (myself included). Luckily, we protected the beer and made it to the event with kegs intact. As it turns out, we had just enough beer and the feedback was what we knew all along…DELICIOUS! We had a great turn out for the event and not only did our investors and potential investors get a chance to get up close and personal with the brewhouse, they were also the first to taste Shelby Dog IPA and D5 Amber Ale. Now, it’s time to get prepared for the next step, renovation, which should begin in mid-October
While we’re waiting for renovation to start, you can bet we ‘re still brewing! We’ve got a double IPA currently getting carbonated, an oatmeal porter in the fermenter, and a cider getting ready to head from the fermenter into the keg. All should be ready just in time for Halloween! Next beer on the brewing schedule: My Girl Blonde Ale!
In the meantime, my beer recommendation for the Fall is Brecken’s Vanilla Porter. It’s one of my all time favorites and drinks smooth and rich. You might also check out Flat 12’s porter which is one of the finer local examples of the style.
Lastly, we continue to field questions about investment in the brewery. Options are still available and you can email us at jeremy@blackdogbrewingcompany.com for details.
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