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Building a Brewery

Building R.Shea Brewing: Week 12, Oct 20-Oct 26

Oct 31, 2014

It's been three months since we signed the lease to seriously start R.Shea Brewing - we're about at the halfway mark, maybe even a little bit past it. This was a week of paperwork and lining a few things up for the next 'big push' to get some projects done.

Walk-in Cooler materials

Last week my Dad and I got the 2" thick insulation for the walls of the cooler.  This week we got the wood and rolled insulation.  Now we have everything needed to build this thing.

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Cooler materials.

Ohio Brewing Application - DONE AND MAILED!!!

It is done.  Whew.  The last big push of paperwork.  I had many calls to the Ohio Department of Liquor Control for clarification on several items.  The last thing I want were delays due to my assumptions.  Once again, this state government agency, much like the feds, were very responsive in answering my questions.  I never was on hold.  I thank them!

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Ohio Brewing Application done!

Though one thing about the Ohio Brewery application, I needed it notarized in a few locations.  I thought with my lease I was done with notaries for awhile.  Not to worry though, First Merit, my bank, has this free service for customers.  I headed up at the tail end of lunch and was in an out in less than 15 minutes.  The Ohio Brewer's application was NOW ready to get mailed.

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Thanks Meghan!

Security

Being that next week the fermentors will be in along with moving some other equipment in, I needed security installed so I contracted with ADT to wire the place up.  I got a few other quotes the weeks before but at the end of the day, they had the cheapest setup cost by half of the nearest competitor.

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Rodney, my ADT representative, going over the security layout and package. Yes, he is setup on the mock bar – little did he know he was being experimented on!

Phone and Cable

With the security system, I needed phone and cable for internet.  I contracted with Time Warner - they have a few 'bar' packages.  I got setup with free customer WiFi too with a WiFi hotspot.  So you can come in, drink beers, and rate them on untappd using my data minutes!

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Gary and Eugene, the Time Warner installers, were nice and quick. Thanks gentlemen!

Next week

  • Next week the fermentors will be in.
  • Start the walk-in cooler build.
  • Possibly move the rest of the equipment in (mash tun, hot water tank, boil kettle)
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