I’m going to vent about venting. Not really, but venting and exhaust are holding up the final portion of our brewery build-out. Seattle Planning Dept. has taken 4 weeks to approve the plans and it will be another week or
Brewery control system
Two weeks ago we installed our control panels in the brewery. This was the culmination of several months work. First I researched for days before I settled on a design and the functions I wanted in the control system. Then
Tin Dog in the taproom.
This weekend we put up the giant decal of our logo on the wall of the taproom. Lisa preparing the decal for hanging. After much water, soap and squeegeeing, task complete. Tin dog is
Taproom progress
We made a lot of progress this week on the taproom. The counter is practically done except for a protective finish. Lighting is installed. We still need to put up our logo on the wall. The taps will be installed
Taproom – under construction
This last week we started build out of the Tin Dog Brewing taproom. Here is our front counter being built. The facing of the counter is going to be from our wooden brew house crates. We are going to use
Fermentation Room Construction
Last week Hammer and Hand Construction built out our fermentation room. This week my wife Lisa painted the inside of the room. My best friend Max helped me install wallboard on the outside of the walls and then Max taped
The Brewhouse
The time was right to break down the crates this week and let the stainless vessels move into their place. In the interest of wood conservation I’m hoping to reuse the wood crate parts for the bar facing. We will
Spaghetti Pipes
These last ten days have been very busy. We had a channel drain installed for our brewing area and in the fermentation room. At the same time all the plumbing was done. A waterproofing team also came by to add
TTB Approval
We received our Federal TTB approval for a Brewer’s Notice on July 11th. The US government now recognizes us as Brewers. Yea! The paperwork for the Feds was daunting but it appears that the city of Seattle permitting will be
Trip to Portland
A couple of weeks ago we made the trip down to Portland to pickup our brewhouse. All very shiny stainless steel vessels just waiting to make wort. But that has to wait…We are still waiting on the TTB. In the