World Beer Cup 5-7-16

Sometimes you just can’t catch a break. Today started off as just one of those days and was as high a stress day as we’ve had throughout the entire construction process. With the disappointment of not passing our final inspection weighing heavy on us, we had to keep...

Bar Top

I have to admit that as a bartender in my former life, one of the most exciting things I’ve been looking forward to throughout the process was installing the bar top. It is done and finally in place. The bar top is made out of paralam, basically glued together wood...

Mezzanine 1-15-16

While we are waiting for the concrete to cure, the mezzanine is being put up above the tap room. For those who don’t know what a mezzanine is, its basically a large platform. The beams that support it are massive. One broke a furniture dolly in half when they were...

Concrete Poured In Today 1-11-16

Concrete was poured today! What an operation it was. At one point Craig and I counted 19 people working! The concrete guys filled from the back of the warehouse to the front. They reached a hose above the rebar a hundred feet to the back of the warehouse and pumped,...

Cool Fit 1-5-15

There is a lot more that goes into installing the trench drains than I expected. I thought it was merely a matter of plopping them into the rebar and tieing them into the plumming. In actuality they need to be perfectly placed and slanted at just the right angle to...