Archive for September, 2010

The cold box is up.  It took some serious heavy lifting, some cam-locking, and a little ingenuity, but we got her up.  Special thanks go to my father, Bob Sabel, who was in town to help out.  We don’t think we could have done it without him.  As you can see from the pictures, those panels are pretty big and they definitely aren’t light.  We started with the walls, locking them together, then moved onto the ceiling.  Once the shape was in place, we started in on the sliding door.  There were six sets of differing instructions, so after a few too many discussions, we just started piecing it together and the result is quite exceptional, if I say so myself.  With the door hung, we secured the structure, caulked the edges, and mounted the lights and evaporator units.  All that is left is the Condensing units piping and we have a nice cold box.  She’s a big one too, 36′ x 20′.  Soon, we’ll be installing a tasting area adjacent to it, with a nice big bar and some taps coming straight from the cold box.    Plenty more to come, so keep checking back…

The Circle Store is up and running!  Add that news with the arrival of our t-shirts and pint glasses and we’ve got a solid combo.   We’ve only got two types of merchandise for sale at the moment, the pint glasses and t-shirts, but more will come.  We’re open to input, so let us know what you want with our logo all over it.  Tshirts come in Red, Green, Blue, Black, and White, all with unique color schemes for each color shirt.  Pint Glasses have that clean etched look and make any beverage look that much better.  We’ll of course have all this for sale on our tour days when we open for business(still looking like late October).   I don’t know about you, but those cool looking pint glasses are making me thirsty…