Progress Report: January 2012
It's a new year and we're full steam ahead at the brewery. We have signed a lease on our building and we're cleaning it up in order to make a bigger mess when we start construction in a few week. The space is everything we could have asked for. It's a big open box. Now we just need to fill it. Our fermentation tanks and brewhouse should be arriving in the next few weeks and additional equipment has been put on order and will arrive in due time. Here are a few pictures of the building and the cleanup. Thanks to all our volunteers for taking the time to help.
FREE BEER FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
This Wednesday enjoy a taste of something special and support a good cause. Come to the Libertine Bar on Greenville and get a taste of our Temptress - Imperial Sweet Stout with a donation of a can of food to our local food bank. You bring the food, we give you the beer. Families don't go hungry this winter. Everybody wins. Starting at 7pm. Hurry 'cause it'll go fast.
We have a home.
We finally and officially have a place to hang our mash paddle. After looking in Dallas for about 6 months we decided to look in Garland for it's business friendly environment and for the pain fact that it had a building that suited our needs. So three months later here we are. It's a stones throw from 635 off of Jupiter. Only 3 miles from White Rock and easy access to East Dallas, Richardson and Plano. We signed our lease on Monday and now things are really going to start getting busy. We need to file for our licenses with the TTB (formerly the ATF) and the TABC, get our plans finalized, submit them for a building permit, start construction, get the equipment delivered and installed, get the all clear from the feds/state/city and then we can start brewing. The big question is always WHEN?! We're keeping a realistic approach and don't want to over-promise but there are a lot of factors that are our of our control. We are estimating that, if everything goes to plan without any hiccups, we'll be making beer some time in April. Could be sooner. Could be later. We'll keep you posted on our progress. In the meantime let's just bask for the moment in the thought that some very special beers will be flowing out or our little factory soon.
Double Cheers!
The LBC
