I have been cleaning for 5 hours and then I had a beer. No, I wasn’t cleaning at home. I have cleaned 12 kegs, which is much more fun than cleaning house. After all, at the end of all this
Brewing from a woman’s perspective episode 2
I am beginning to learn that I have no control over the forces of nature or the rules of the universe. Water will only flow at a certain speed. Boiling will only occur at a certain temperature. Pumping must be
Brewing and Creating the Brewery from a Women’s perspective
Lisa here, the other half of the brewing and brewery team. One of the few intrepid brewers of our sex. The experience of starting this brewery and beginning to brew beer has been one of various emotions. At times I
Tin Dog Brewing health exam.
We passed our Seattle Health inspection on Friday with no issues Yea! A milestone among many for this project. Now we can get on with the whole point of the project..BEER! In honor of the occasion here is one of
We’ve got Exhaust!
Yes, our vent system was installed this week. Next week we have a couple of inspectors scheduled. One of whom will be a city health inspector, so that means we are on the final stretch.
Venting
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