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Welcome to (512) Brewing Company. We are a microbrewery in Austin with plans to bring this area a unique selection of locally handcrafted beers that are both full flavored and easy drinking using as...
View Article1st Brewery Update
We started throwing sketches together of the brewery layout in late June with the hopes of finding and purchasing the major equipment in July. On July 25th, the equipment was ordered and the process...
View Article2nd Update
We have drain canals! The slab was cut today in preparation for the install of floor drains and general plumbing. “That concrete is hard!” is what I heard all day long from the cutting crew. 6″ of...
View ArticleProgress Report – We’ve got walls!!!
Friday there was nothing. By Monday lunchtime the walls were up! What a crew! With the design tweaked to perfection, the team plowed through each of 17 walls with little hesitation and minimal head...
View ArticleMore Construction
One week later and it was time to put up the ceiling joists and decking. With lots of heavy lifting and ladder work, the joists slowly went on…. Once the joists were up, the ceiling decking was placed....
View ArticleHops Shortage
The 2007 hops crop is average. Combine that with a fire in Yakima last October that cut into the 2006 crop and an average, to below average, crop coming from Europe and you get a HOPS CRISIS!! Well, a...
View ArticleCelis
I was lucky enough to have a chance to meet Pierre Celis recently. Pierre is a world renowned brewer most famous for creating the Hoegaarden Brewery in Belgium in 1966. He dusted off some nearly...
View ArticleThe (512) Brewhouse Cometh
Here’s my first glimpse at THE (512) Brewhouse. It’s sitting in a warehouse waiting for shipment…..
View ArticleBoiler
The boiler will be used to create the steam that boils the beer in the brew kettle. I got a call Wedesday at 3pm from Greg, the driver, saying my 35 ton (5000 lb) boiler is on his truck and that he is...
View ArticleInspections and Concrete Backfill
We kicked off the first two of about twenty(?) inspections on Thursday. Although I pissed off the inspector with the brewery destiny in his control by not being present when he first came by, all’s...
View ArticleBeer Sneak Preview: (512)IPA
Have you ever had an India Pale Ale (IPA) that is just amazing? One that is bursting with hops but still very drinkable and enjoyable? If you have, you know what I mean. If you haven’t, or even if...
View ArticleFermentation is Groovy
Here’s a picture of the fermenters that are in transit. I’m so used to seeing photos like this all the time, but of other people’s equipment! This is where the yeast will do their thing, and what a...
View ArticleProgress Report…
We’re making great strides towards closing up the walls, wiring the brewing areas and running water lines… It’s all coming together, and hopefully just in time for the big brewing equipment delivery...
View Articlewalls…
In an effort to get as much done as possible before the big equipment arrives, we’ve started on the walls!!! The industrial look is in full effect. Next we need the floor drains installed to be ready...
View ArticleMore Amazing Family Help
While in town for the Holiday, I coerced my wife’s family to work in the brewery. We finished the metal, paint the big wall, and put up the tap board…Such amazing help!!! Thanks guys! I had trouble...
View ArticleThe Eagle Has Landed!
Yesterday, the (512) brewhouse and cellar tanks arrived in two large cargo containers. What a sight it was to crack that first door… With the live unload clock ticking, we quickly started unloading the...
View ArticleWalls and a SEALED Coldroom
Drywall went up this week and the coldroom walls were insulated with sprayed foamed to create a good seal. We have to make sure those coldroom walls don’t leak so the beer stays cold!! A little extra...
View ArticleSystem details: (512) Brewhouse and Cellar
More details of the system are in order. Here’s a whole system shot: The equipment used to brew the beer is called the brewhouse: The brewhouse consists of one tank used to mash and lauter...
View ArticleNew Year’s Update
It’s been a busy few weeks at (512) Brewing Company and we’re steadily getting closer to being ready to brew the first batch. With some luck, we’ll be brewing in only a few weeks!?! The brewery is...
View ArticleGetting Closer…
More equipment has arrived – and nearly the last pieces of this brewing puzzle: The grain mill and auger . Whole grains are fed into the mill to be carefully cracked by the rollers. The cracked grains...
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