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The cellar is full! That is, we don’t have any empty beer tanks! We have been doing lots of 24 hr brewing to try to get caught up in the last few weeks. This has worked very well, I think we can thank our new assistant, Buckley for all of his work in making ends meet. The main reason for this, other than it is just a good thing, is that both Chris and I are taking vacation in the Summertime, which is normally something that is verboten in our profession. I’ll be gone for a week on RAGBRAI next week, and Chris will be gone for a week in August. I think everything will be fine without me, but I hope that nothing BREAKS while Chris is gone! Unfortunately, there is no way to get caught up on fixes!

It would be nice if it would cool down in August. Brewing in this heat is not cool, heh heh. It was 104 degrees in the brewhouse yesterday, and at 3 am it was still 98 degrees. Yucky!

They are finally done pouring concrete and have started framing our new expansion. Apparently this is all taking longer than anyone thought, but it is a pretty tricky little building to build. There really is nothing like building a brewery, there are many requirements, such as drainage and cooling to consider. The important thing is that they are doing everything right, which is what we need. After all, this building is going to be heavily used, we are sure of that!

Lastly some really good news!

Millie, our malt room kitty, has caught her first mouse! I don’t think anyone caught the monumentous event on film, but we are all so proud of her! Good mouser! She didn’t seem to proud though, mostly she was upset that her new toy was broken.