11 June 2005

Brewery Fantasies

I'm just daydreaming. Thinking about the progression and final product. Just getting a small space to brew would be a great start; I could basically be a one man operation like Mr Hunt. All I need is space and equipment. I can keg and bottle, distribute and pick up new accounts. Clever labelling and great beers. Eventually, open that cheese counter at the new Oakland ferry plaza. Then a full-fleged place for the hand made cheese, baked goods and beer.

As for the learning, re-arranging my apartment to allow for a sparging system would be an interesting start to try out all these recipes. Really though, I need a big ass kitchen to bake my bread and boil all this water. Otherwise, I cant see it happening smoothly and regularly. But for the time being, it's all I got, yo.

Although I like this venue for thoughts, it would be helpful to create a spreadsheet template for the recipes, documenting batch I, II, III, etc. That way I could tweak approaches in a more organized fashion. The web is a great way to record the info on the fly, tho yo.