The Starting of the Brewery

We apologize that it has been a really long time since we have posted and update.  The brewery is knee deep in excellent progress towards our goal of finally selling beers.  We have not yet been given to go ahead to sell but have made progress in getting all the details worked out.  Larry of course didn't want to just wait around especially with so many of you being interested in our company (thank you again for sticking with us).  He went ahead and ordered the system.  A few weeks passed between ordering and delivering of the system and the system had a grand tour of the area before arriving at Larry's house.

Larry decided that he was going to begin brewing at his Center Street house in Bloomsburg simply to get a good grip on the system and how his techniques would change upgrading to larger batches.  He spent the better part of a week sorting through the junk in the basement, checking gas lines, running electricity, and of course sanitizing the area and building a shelf.  At last a spot was available for him to begin the first real beginning for Purple Healer Brewing Co.  Larry had rounded up the troops (Adam and Craig) to help move in the system into his basement and had them ready for a scheduled delivery time and the truck carrying it had to make stops all across PA first.  After a few concerned phone calls and glances down the street a truck pulled in at about 7:00pm on Wednesday July 27th with the biggest box any of the boys had seen.  I never saw such hard working determined men as I did watching the boys unpack the big box into several small boxes and carrying each heavy part around the house and into the basement.  They set everything up and stood back drank water (and beer of course) and admired the 700lbs of pure beer making stainless steel sitting in front of them.
They system has been tested and the lines have all had water run through them.  Larry has spent the past week locked up with the machine and the directions studying his craft and finally this Sunday he is scheduled to brew his first batch in the new system.  Even though we make biscuits out of the spent grains we also share them with local farmers chickens who will be extremely happy to receive 40 lbs of yummy feeding goodness to their free range diets.  I also am including the first snapshots of the brand new brewery in its temporary home.

Happy Brewing Larry and Cheers to Purple Healers first baby steps into what is sure to be a beautiful beer making business.

The very first picture after all the fermenters were put into place and the boxes unpacked.