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#Brewery Upgrade 🚧 Welcome to our #construction site. We are starting the year with little #expansion and some #renovation work at the brewery.  Apart from #remodelling the brewery, we are using the opportunity to get new #tanks and #machinery: finally bigger tanks so we do not have a thirsty summer 2024. (unlike ’23, where we ran out of beer) Who would have thought that our #nonalcoholic focus will lead to us needing a brewery upgrade? Considering the uncertainty at the time of deciding to go for the non-alcoholic focus, this is a huge #milestone and a great moment to reflect on the past five years. Do you want to get more updates on the brewery construction? 🚧 #NONALCOHOLICCRAFTS #CRAFTBREWERY

Brewers Quay is a former brewery in Weymouth, Dorset. Much of the current complex, with its distinctive red brick ‘North German Renaissance’ style frontage, dates from a 1903–04 rebuild, but the site has been used for brewing for over 700 years. Its final operator, Devenish Brewery, ceased beer production in 1985. It re-opened as a shopping centre in 1990, but has had a mixed history since then, with nearly a dozen different owners and almost as many failed schemes to find a viable new use of the building. A scheme for conversion to apartments as well as a new home of the Weymouth Museum was finally approved in 2016, but the site was again sold and the consent lapsed. A new, similar scheme has been submitted, but the museum space is to be consolidated on the ground floor, with more apartments proposed on the upper levels. This means that the vats and the remaining brewery equipment that were to be preserved in the museum will now be removed, leaving only the copper. Despite dating from the last phase of the brewery’s development, the vats and equipment are an important part of the brewery process and are indicative of the long history of brewing on site. HB&P have therefore called for a more sensitive scheme that retains the equipment within the building to enable visitors and residents to understand the evolution and past use of these brewery buildings. 📷: Photo by Collin West #Casework #BrewersQuay #Weymouth #Dorset #Planning #Heritage #HistoricBuildings #HistoricArchitecture

Mini wine bar under construction

How is a whisky cask made? 🌲🥃 It all begins in oak forests, where straight-trunked trees are selected for their heartwood, which is later transformed into staves at sawmills. The assembly of a cask is like a puzzle, skilled coopers assemble the cask using an average of 31 staves, creating a leak-proof vessel. The staves are bent into the iconic shape using steaming and temporary hoops, setting the stage for toasting, or charring the interior. This step is critical for flavour infusion. Oak, chosen for its strength and flavour-releasing properties, plays a pivotal role in whisky maturation. Distillers can use different oak varieties, such as American oak, European oak and Japanese mizunara. Depending on their use, casks may age for decades or undergo a rejuvenation process called STR (shave, toast, rechar), extending their lifespan. Crafting a high-quality cask goes beyond simply fastening staves together. It is a testament to the ingenious engineering. Remarkably, the timeless form and construction of these vessels have endured for centuries, highlighting the enduring brilliance behind every sip of perfectly matured spirits.

The Lochranza Distillery Extension was a unique project. In 1995, the late Harold Currie, a former Chivas Bros MD, opened the Lochranza Distillery and brought legal whisky-making back to Arran after almost 160 years. It was a bold move back in the mid-1990s. The industry was in a slump at that stage. Big companies were cutting back. Many distilleries were dormant. But it turned out to be a pioneering move. And a monumental project for Colorado to undertake! It was a 4-part success story: 1. The Challenge of Island Construction ↳ Delivering on an island isn't easy, but we mastered it. 2. Expert Teamwork ↳ Led by Angus Souter and backed by David McGinigal, David Innes, and Tracy Aziz. 3. Historical Significance ↳ Lochranza isn't just a distillery. It's a pioneer in the whisky renaissance, nearly 30 years strong. This extension was a tribute to that legacy. 4. Enhanced Visitor Experience ↳ More than making whisky. It was about creating an unforgettable journey for every visitor. You do these things right once, and it leaves a lasting impact. P.S. Ever wonder about the difference between island and mainland construction? It's all about adapting to unique environments. To find out more - DM or contact the team at info@colorado-group.com.

Simple landscaping lets the #architecturaldesign of this building take the lead. #coolbuildings

Choosing the right flooring for a brewery is critical for safety and durability. Epoxy resin flooring is increasingly recommended for its superior physical and chemical properties. Discover why it's the top choice for breweries, distilleries, and industrial settings in our latest blog. https://lnkd.in/e4xMGztM #BreweryFlooring #EpoxyResin #IndustrialFlooring

Why choose? Backyard BEST PRACTICES = Get both a Traeger Ironwood pellet grill & a Big Green Egg ceramic charcoal barbecue. Add great flavours by using Big Boy pellets and Buffalo charcoal.

New product: 1960s BBB Rare Grain 507 Smooth Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates ‘BBB’ originally stood for ‘Blumfeld’s Best Briars’, so named after Louis Blumfeld after he took over the historic Alfred Frankenau Company in 1856. Later, the pipes came to be known as ‘Britain’s Best Briars’. Though the name might have changed, the quality of the pipes did not – they really were fantastic pipes, made in the classic style of the English-French shape chart. Like GBD, Dunhill, and Barling’s, BBB are pipes with a rich history behind them, proudly holding the title of “the oldest trade mark in the [pipe] industry.” Pipe-makers like to extol the virtues of the quality of briar used in their pipes, and modern pipes are replete with claims as to how good the grain is on a particular model. This “Rare Grain,” on the other hand, from English make BBB, is more deserving of such a title. It is indeed not common to find factory-made pipes that have the level of consistency in their grain that this one does (though BBB in its prime was hardly just another factory). Its bowl is surrounded by consistent, vertical, straight grain and flame grain patterns, and even its shank has its own brilliant bird’s-eye gleam. Judging by the brass “BBB” rondelle and the stamping on the pipe’s sides, this would appear to be from BBB’s production prior to 1980, after which the make was absorbed by Cadogan Investments, like many others. The condition is great. There’s only one thing I will point out, that being the handful of scratches on the back rim of the bowl. The pipe comes with its original inner tube.   Details: Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm Bowl Depth: 1.6″ / 40.64mm Weight: 1.0oz / 30g 👉🏽👉🏽Pipe Link: https://nuel.ink/sppKxs #pipesmoking #pipes #tobaccopipe #pipesmoker #pipetobacco #tobacco #smokingpipe #briarpipe #briar #smoking #pipemaker #pipecollector #artisanpipes #mbsd