Hello,

Been quite a few months since this was updated. Been a busy time! Here’s where we currently in our process to become a licensed nano brewery:

Legal/government process:

We have officially registered as a business in the state of Oregon and are getting things in line to begin our federal and state applications. We hope to have this underway in the next few weeks. The process will likely take 3-6 months. We’re hoping to either be releasing beer to the public in January/February or else April. The state has a $500 license fee that is paid annually. This is not prorated and due in April each year. So if we get approved in March, it won’t really be financially worth it to start up before April. So hopefully the timing of everything works out for us!

System update:

We are continuing to brew trial beers to dial in our process and efficiency levels. We have a functioning (almost) 1.5 barrel system and are fermenting in a 110 gallon conical fermenter. We can brew 2 batches (either in one day or two consecutive days) and come close to filling the fermenter. This has been a huge upgrade for us with faster and cleaner fermentations. Plus its way easier to harvest our yeast to reuse (both for cost as well as efficiency).

From the fermentation side we are now pushing the beer to our other new purchase, a 3 barrel brite tank. This is housed in our walk in cooler (cooled with an AC unit and a Coolbot). This is giving us a faster and cleaner carbonation. We can keg and bottle directly off the brite tank which is much better for consistency and ease of use.

Next steps:

We will be now focusing on our bottling line and a few final upgrades to the brewhouse (in addition to our applications for licensing). As we work toward this we continue to realize the amount of work required and how big of a project this is! We look forward to creating beer for your enjoyment in the very near future!

Cheers!