It has been a crazy, fun, exhausting week. After getting the process piping done for the brewstillery, the Hungarians and our contractors got busy connecting the water system, glycol system, steam piping, and electrical. It took countless trips to the pipe stores, returning incorrect orders, driving up to St. Pats in Austin, and learning how to curse in Hungarian. We worked 12 hour days (minimum) and through the weekends. It was exciting and tiring all at once.
Ultimately, we got almost everything hooked up and were able to run some cold tests using water. Very cool! Flip some valves, press some buttons, and bam. CPS energy wasn’t able to get our gas finished in time, so we weren’t able to do an actual brew, but that will come this week. What would an installation be if something didn’t get delayed, right?
After everything was hooked up, the Hungarians took the protective film off of all of our stainless steel tanks. It was the first time we have seen them naked, and they looked gorgeous.
In our spare time this week, we also got a great van and converted our 20 foot shipping container into a malt smoker. We can smoke a lot of malt (or barbecue) in that puppy.
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