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We purchased our brewhouse and fermentation vessels this week. We ended up going with a new 30 barrel brewhouse from Newlands Systems, Inc. located outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We chose Newlands Systems because we were very impressed with their quality. They have a great reputation for crafting well-designed, durable brewhouses. Jester King’s brewhouse will be built in British Columbia over the next six to eight weeks then shipped to Austin. Here’s a picture of what the mash tun should look like when it’s finished.

Michael Steffing at Jester King has been working on the plans for outfitting the brewhouse once it arrives. Here are a few designs he created of the brewhouse with hot and cold liquor tanks, a grist case and brewhouse piping.

We also purchased four 30 barrel conical fermenters from Pacific Brewery System Technologies to begin making craft beer. The concrete foundation for the warehouse will be poured later this month, and the warehouse is scheduled to be up by the end of March. We should have some pictures up of the warehouse here in Austin soon!

--Jeffrey

We finished the blueprints for the Jester King brewery, which is scheduled to begin construction next month. Here are a few sketches of what it will look like from the outside:

At the front of the brewery will be an entrance to the tasting room with some rocking chairs out front on the porch. We’ll have some picnic tables out front too. The loading dock is on the side of the brewery next to the grain silo. It should be a great place to come relax, visit with friends, listen to some live music and enjoy some craft beer!

--Jeffrey

It’s not much, but the first piece of Jester King’s brewing equipment has officially arrived in Austin. It’s a 15 horse power pump that will be used to run our glycol system, which among other things will keep the beer at proper temperature during fermentation. Although it’s a small first step, it feels good to actually have something tangible in place now.

--Jeffrey