First-time pub visitors will be encouraged to order a brew sampling. All will be brewed on site, said Runge. He has been working on the sampling place mat that will detail the process as well as serve as a sort of map for the sampling. The grist hopper looks like a large stainless steel funnel coming down from the ceiling. From there, the liquid travels through a heat exchanger where it is cooled.
Yeast is added in the fermenter and the beer is then pumped to a bright beer tank for aging.
The finished beer then will be cold-filtered, kegged and stored at serving temperature. Just malted barley and wheat.'' Mark Hastings, his brewing assistant, also is confident about the product. So you'll have a living beer,'' he said, explaining that there will be live yeast in the finished product. The beer will be served in draft form, but it may be bottled in the future, they say. Both men have training and previous experience brewing beer.