The last couple weeks have flown by. The most exciting new development is that the demolition portion of the renovations is in full swing.
There’s REALLY no turning back, now! We plan to knock down part of the warehouse in order to build a parking lot for the tasting room. After so many months of waiting and planning it’s super exciting to see some physical progress. We’re still working on getting permits for the work we need to do in the brewing area (Installing drains, boiler, upgrading electic service, adding gas service) and the permits for creating the tasting room.
We’re also excited to report we’ve been invited to participate in the Halfway There beer fest at the Cuban Club on September 7th. Come by our stand for the only kegs of Oxbow Coppertail Grizacca in the Tampa Market.
Also, in fun news, Coppertail just had it’s first sighting on a restaurant menu thanks to the Grizacca.
And, we had a great time pouring beer with the Brandon Bootleggers Homebrew club and talking beer at the Wazoo beer fest recently.
Lots of test brewing still going on as we hone our opening lineup.
And thanks to the demolition we got a sneak peek at the view from our tasting room:
So, in summary, we’re still mostly playing the waiting game: waiting on construction, waiting on some permits, waiting on equipment delivery. But, we’re still on schedule to be ready for our equipment to arrive starting in November. And, in the meantime we’re busy test brewing beer and trying to get some of our beer out there into peoples mouths.
Oh, yeah, and our ONLINE STORE is now open. We had lots of people asking for T-Shirts so we opened it up a few months early. The brewery isn’t done being built yet, but you can help spread the word.
Thanks for checking in on us, and we’ll write another update soon.
– Kent