I did some measuring of the brewery space on Friday.
When the space was originally designed, there were 4 "huts" which were supposed to be 9'x11'
Apparently the contractor did not have the same unit of measure I do for a "foot". The huts are actually 6'9" x 10'9"
I have been asked "Well maybe that's the OUTSIDE dimension" which, actually... no. Unfortunately, they are simply not the size anticipated.
What is a brewer to do? Well, that's part of the excitement of building a brewery- figuring it out.
The original 9'x11' would have fit our fermenters, JUST BARELY. 3, 6 bbl and 3, 3 bbl. At this point, I will just have to figure out where to put one 6 and one 3. Probably in the brewhouse.
This was GOING to be my "office" space, but I can set that up in a mobile fashion in the courtyard. Believe me there is a lot of record keeping to do, to keep the brewery compliant with Federal and State laws, along with ordering ingredients, etc etc.
Our equipment manufacturer, Bru-Gear, is local to Phoenix and Phil is helping put some drawings together and we are figuring it out together.
In other exciting news, we are ordering 75, 50l kegs from BJ's Brewery. They have had these in storage for a while and they are super inexpensive. This should save is about $7500 compared to other keg options.
Here is a hilarious article about Arizona Breweries. I think it's frikkin awesome.
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