The journey has begun....

Ok, so we're finally getting around to starting a blog to get our thoughts and experiences down for people to share our adventure into the exciting world of starting a craft brewing company.  We hope you find it mildly interesting and probably more amusing as we feel our way through this, and hopefully end up with some excellent beer to experience here in Lake Bluff.

Things have been moving along pretty fast for the past 6 months or so.  Everything started with Beer Hoptacular, where we received great reviews on our home brewed recipes for Hard Tail IPA, a Bohemian Pilsner, and Black Squirrel Bourbon Stout.  With this support, a love of beer, and a desire to chart our own course in life, we decided to take the plunge to officially start the brewing company.

Before we knew it, we were zoned in Lake Bluff to open the tap room and had placed our deposit on our brewing system from Premier Stainless out of California.  We signed our lease at 16 E. Scranton in Lake Bluff and submitted for our Federal brewer permits.  We received our building permits back in October and it's been petal to the metal from there on getting the Tap Room space built-out and prepping for our first brew.  I'm happy to say that the drywall is being installed right now and the brewing system is scheduled to arrive this weekend.  After the drywall goes in, Dave and Rodd still have some work to do on the tile floor in the kettle room and get the walls painted before we drop the system in and connect it up.  Should make for a fun and busy weekend!  Hopefully we'll get the system up and running by mid-week and can get the brew on.

We can't tell you how excited we are to see things moving along.  What started out as a crazy idea is really coming to fruition now, and we are really appreciative of all the support we're getting in the community and beyond.  Stay tuned to our progress and before you know it, March will be here and the Tap Room doors will be open!

Cheers!
Rodd and Dave