We made the news!!

For those of you that do not know, the brewery has received some media attention recently! We were featured in an article in the Tennessean on Monday and we appeared in the 10 o'clock news that night on WKRN. Both interviews were very thorough and well done. I would like to thank the two journalists for their interest in the brewery. The following links should take you to the written and video interviews.

The Tennessean
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120319/NEWS01/303190013/Nashville-craft-beer-scene-hopping-these-days

WKRN
http://www.wkrn.com/story/17195960/middle-tennessee-sees-surge-in-micro-breweries

As far as construction goes, the electricians have been very busy getting power to all the various lights, fans, and outlets that will be in our building. We will be insulating the walls and hanging drywall starting next week. That means we will finally be able to set the brewhouse into place and stand up the walk-in coolers. We also received the glycol chiller (photo below) on Tuesday and its huge. This unit will deliver glycol refrigerant to the fermenting tanks and the brite beer tank. It keeps the beer at the desired temp and is crucial in the brewing process.

This is a photo of our brewhouse control panel. I just had to post it here since it is frickin' awesome!

Stay tuned, I'll be posting a lot more photos after the drywall is hung and the brewhouse is placed.

The brewery is taking shape

It has been a little while since I posted any info. So I thought today would be a good day to bring everyone up to date.

We have made a bit of progress since we stood the tanks up a couple weeks ago. We have spent a lot of time (and a lot of money) transforming an empty warehouse into what will be an awesome brewery and taproom.

These first couple photos were taken during the first or second day of framing. From left to right, there's my office, women's room, men's room, and then the janitor's closet.

In this next photo, I'm standing behind our future bar and looking down toward our janitor's closet. Once the sheetrock goes up, those tanks to the right will be moved within a couple feet of the wall (the one between the two ladders laying on the floor) to form the brewhouse.

There's a lot more work to be done but we are making solid progress every week. Next week, we will be getting started on the electrical work. I can't express how excited we are to start brewing beer! More info to follow.

On a side note, I want to wish everyone a wonderful and safe visit to the Franklin Beer Festival next weekend. There will be a lot of great beer and a lot of great people there as always. We will be there next year.