The large paned windows offer lots of light for the dining side of the building with its gray floor and ceiling, and white walls. A few brass ceiling fans keep the air moving but the real work is done by the serious exhaust fans that allow cigarette-smoking patrons to puff away without destroying the pleasure of adjacent beer drinkers. Walls of framed beer and wine posters set a relaxed mood for tasting the available beers. Nearby stand the ingredients of pale and dark malt extract in 660 pound barrels, while wheat and black extracts are available in smaller containers. Seven types of whole specialty grains in clear bins lie along one side of the room.
Customers get to grind their own grain using a crank-operated Corona mill.
BYO B customers make their first visit to choose a recipe from a book created by The Brew Store of Boulder, Colorado. This company also produced the turnkey system design. Water treatment consists solely of basic charcoal filtering. Once ingredients are fully boiled and Irish moss does its finings thing, the wort gets a coarse filtering prior to entering the glycol-chilled heat exchanger. Currently one-time plastic bag liners are also used to minimize contamination risks.