Well, It's been a minute! We have gotten a lot of work done, but we still have a lot of work to go! The existing building that we are going to utilize was lifted and raised an extra 4 feet up with the help our friends at Arron's Lawn Service. Aaron is a great guy! Remember to shop local! 

With the new height, we will be able to insulate properly while still having enough height for out fermenters and brite tanks.  In the morning, S.L. Contracting will be out to dig and install the underground sewer line while Valor Mechanical runs the water lines and sewer into where the new structure will be. 

Once the underground is installed and inspected we will be pouring concrete! I got the forms in place this evening, and will fine tune the level of them in the morning. This underground and concrete work has been a massive weight (Pun intended...I'm a science teacher, remember?) on my shoulders since November! Once that concrete is in, I can go gangbusters on getting this brewery built! Frame it, hang siding, Run electrical, finish plumbing, insulate, hang paneling, finish floor, GET LICENSED! 

At this point, I am still optimistic to have beer for sale by the end of the summer!

For more frequent updates, check out our Facebook and Instagram pages. They get more frequent (but smaller) updates.  Realistically, they get updated more often because I can do it quickly from my phone, and the web page requires me to sit down at my computer. Give me a break though, I am building a brewery, raising three kids, trying to spoil my wife and teaching physics via distance learning! My plate is filling up! 

We are already thinking about out first brew when the license comes though. Brew number one, will be something we plan to have as a regular, or a fun one off...tough choices! 

How are we already into November?! Where did fall go? It has been a flurry and there is still lots more to get done!

Lets start with the Equipment additions. We have added three more fermenters bringing the fermentation space up to 5 vessels. The 3 new ones are 110 gallon (or 3 bbl) vessels so they can either ferment a single batch from out 1.6bbl system or we can do a double brew day to fill them full!  My wife (and Brewery Co Owner) and I had a great time road tripping down to the Milwauke area to get these. We bought them from Sahale Ale Works in Grafton WI, so of course we had to have a beer while we were there! 

The next equipment acquisition is a little less exciting, but very much a necessity. I picked up two refrigerator/freezers for hop and yeast storage. You cant make beer without yeast, and yeast needs to be kept cool!  I had one of my favorite helpers there to help me unload these two! He helped make sure the path was clear, and direct me where to go so I didn't hit anything (like my wife's car!) 

This last piece of equipment is very exciting, though! We got out heat exchanger for chill the beer after the boil. This bad boy should knock our post boil wort down to pitching temps in no time! 

Equipment is not the only thing that has been coming along nicely. Our conditional use permit with the City of Kasson was quickly and unanimously approved by the City Council. Not only did they grant us the use permit for the brewery, but it would seem the city will allow us some limited off sale for Crowlers and Growlers as well! This is a major bonus that we were not expecting! 

We are also setting up our accounts with suppliers.  We are not only going to be buying our yeast for brewing from Omega yeast, but we are set up as a homebrewing supplier with them as well! If you need some yeast from Omega for your home brew, just email Scott and let him know what you need! ​ We also got an order of malt from Two Track Malting in Bismark North Dakota delivered. This order was mostly for the RAZE Home Brew Club, but we plan to base most of our beers off Two Track malts and Civil Sass Hops! We are proud to support small local businesses! 

We also set up a site to be able to get some Chaotic Good Swag! Check it out HERE or on the Swag and Apparel page of our site!  

​The bad new....we got a very early freeze! With now! This is a major bummer because we still have some trenching to dig to run water and sewer lines, and we have concrete to pour! None of these are easy with the ground frozen. If we get a warm up at the end of the month, then we may be able to get this done yet in 2019, otherwise construction will have to wait until spring. 

So where did fall go? I guess it went into a lot of work, a lot of progress, and a few setbacks! But with each step forward we are a little close to getting beer on the shelf!