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Barncat Artisan Ales, Cambridge

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Derek wrote:Any updates? (I'll be in town in a few weeks)
Things have definitely taken longer than expected. We have had a lot of delays, and some hiccups along the way, but everything looks like it has finally fallen into place. Licencing is under control, and we have a functional brewhouse now (which we will be testing this weekend). A few more things to do before the whole brewery is completely operational, but we will be brewing soon, and selling shortly after.

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So this week we finally finished our brewery set up and we are now fully operational

we picked up our hops today and our first pitch of yeast is getting delivered tomorrow

brewing the first batch on Sunday!

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matt7215 wrote:So this week we finally finished our brewery set up and we are now fully operational

we picked up our hops today and our first pitch of yeast is getting delivered tomorrow

brewing the first batch on Sunday!
GET IN MY BELLY!!!

(Great news and congratulations!)

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matt7215 wrote:So this week we finally finished our brewery set up and we are now fully operational

we picked up our hops today and our first pitch of yeast is getting delivered tomorrow

brewing the first batch on Sunday!
Sounds awesome! Can't wait to be able to pop over from work. Do you guys know what your store hours will be?

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mahcinesquad wrote:Sounds awesome! Can't wait to be able to pop over from work. Do you guys know what your store hours will be?
Initially its probably going to be just friday evening & saturday afternoon.

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First 2 beer styles?
Growler fills?
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northyorksammy wrote:First 2 beer styles?
Growler fills?
First up is a hoppy Pale Ale, after that will be a Porter

growler fills only to start

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Full growlers only I assume
can I bring my own, lots from Premier...i can clean my own
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J343MY wrote:
mahcinesquad wrote:Sounds awesome! Can't wait to be able to pop over from work. Do you guys know what your store hours will be?
Initially its probably going to be just friday evening & saturday afternoon.
I can work with that. Looking forward to it.

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happy anniversary to this thread!

also, we brewed our second batch today!

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Thanks again for the tour guys!

If your homebrew is any indication of things to come, the local beer geeks are going to love it. I'm looking forward to my next visit (when you have some stuff on tap).

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Derek wrote:... the local beer geeks are going to love it.
as one of the local geeks I can say I don't think I have ever been more excited about a brewery opening. I predict on the second anniversary of this thread in Mar 2017, we'll be reflecting on Barncat's incredible success as an Ontario craft brewer.
Like so many, I am looking forward to this!
No pressure guys! ;-)

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Please keep us informed of available beers on
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Any chance you guys will open an online shop and ship beers like this new brewery:

http://www.canadianbeernews.com/2016/03 ... h-ontario/

Would love to try your products but I won't get out to Cambridge often.

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BakaGaijin wrote:Any chance you guys will open an online shop and ship beers like this new brewery:

http://www.canadianbeernews.com/2016/03 ... h-ontario/

Would love to try your products but I won't get out to Cambridge often.
We probably won't be doing that any time in the near future. Just growler fills at our brewery for now.

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