Time flies! Le temps passe vite!

Hey!

Wow que le temps passe vite! déjà au delà d'un mois que j'ai pas écrit dans notre blogue. Disons que le temps avancent de façon pas mal rapide. Surtout avec la construction qui va de bon train. Nous avons complété la peinture en fin de semaine merci à Julie, Yvon, Nicole et Darquise d,avoir pris du temps pour venir nous aider, Michel et Ben ont aussi fait parti de l'équipe de peinture. Les couleurs choisis sont absolument MAGNIFIQUE! et rend justice à 100% envers notre thème. Nous sommes très content!!!

De mon coté j'avance sur le control panel un gros merci à mon beau frère Frank d'avoir consacré du temps pour l'electrcité en générale ainsi que me guider dans la construction de ce control panel, voici un aperçu de l'intérieur :

Nous sommes "on target" avec notre ouverture en juin 2012 vous allez être en mesure de voir des affiches au courant du mois d'avril.

Je compte alterner entre français et anglais pour le blog :)

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Cheers!

Mario

The Build Part 1

Morning!

Needless to say the feeling we had upon entering for what will be our brewery location for some years to come, was literally WOW! We have worked so hard to finally enjoy this moment.

 

We got our fermentation tanks in the very first, yep we lose no time! 

The article in Le Reflet and also in Le Droit fueled A LOT of talks around town and beyond. Although everyone believed our brewery would become reality, it wasn't confirmed since we had no location. Now this is thing of the past! Kind of funny how some get so excited about our brewery that they read halfway the article and drove to our store to hopefully get a hold of our beers! Unfortunately we have none for sale right now, hold on people! :)

The past weekend we framed our cold room, yes it is big considering the brewery sq. ft. but for a small brewery cold space is always an ongoing issue, we will outgrow it there is no doubt, at this size we will be good for hopefully at least 1 year.

 

Brewers Association of Canada has accepted our application and we are now a member along with other breweries in the country, it gives us chills to now be part of this family.

Cheers!

Mario

First station!

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