Hello first blog!
Looking forward to commit to blogging about how things are going with our brewery startup!
It's been a long winding track to get where we are now, purchasing equipment, finalizing our corporate structure and also getting all 3 partners to agree on our mutal agreement... bah legal stufff... BUT it has to be done and it has to be done the right way from the start to prevent jeopardizing the brewery and all the efforts we have put in so far.
For those that have just learned about Cassel Brewery, this vision started 10 years ago when I started brewing with those beer kits you buy at the wine store. I quickly became bored about that process. So I skipped a couple years and went back into it, this time from scratch. That means buying the raw ingredients, crushing the grains, stepping it in water and well.. make beer!
In 2006 I thought about Cassel Brewery where I would embrace the railroad history of Casselman through a brewery right here in town. I contacted, Michel "Roots" Racine, who is now one of the partner in the brewery, to make a logo that would incorporate some of the railroad history in Casselman, which was the first stop between Ottawa and Montreal at the time.... so yes... quite a special town!
The logo presented was love at first sight and still as of today and it is what fueled our motivation toward building a nano commercial brewery.
Recipes are in place, people are amazed by our beers, we can't wait to open our store!
We plan on opening in June 2012.
Stay tuned... more exciting news to come! I want to make this blog a diary of the buildup toward our opening.
Cheers!
Mario "Grisou" Bourgeois
Brewer & Co-Owner
Michel "Roots" Racine
Marketing & Co-Owner
Benjamin "Benjy" Bercier
Finance & Co-Owner
