Raley Field Beer Festival 6-13-15

Wow, I can’t believe that I haven’t updated the blog for ten days! I’ve been pretty busy and there is a lot going on to report to you guys. We got our preliminary design from our architect and are working actively to get our plans submitted to Tracy...

California State Fair Craft Beer Competition 6-5-15

Today I went out to Antioch to bottle beer for the state fair craft beer competition. Last year we took home 3 medals, two golds and a bronze, and we won “Brewery of the Year”. Not bad! Honestly, we are very proud of how we stacked up against some of the...

Outdoor Equipment 6-4-15

We are trying to put our grain silo outside the warehouse and to do so we need not only the approval of the city, but also the approval of the CC&R architectural committee that governs the parcel our warehouse is in. We want the grain silo to be located outdoors...

Planning Our Layout 6-3-15

Yesterday we all met to go over some things. We went over our beer names and rated them all in terms of how much we all like them. We feel like we have come up with some good ones but we are still searching for some good ones while we still can. We will send out our...

Our New Toys! 6-2-15

Today marks the first major equipment purchases that we have made. We put a deposit down on a forklift and a scissor lift. A forklift will be a very important piece of equipment to have. The days of rolling kegs around are no more (thank goodness). We were looking for...