North Brewing

sleepyjamie · Post by **sleepyjamie** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:53 pm

anyone know their hours of operation?

website is still under construction.

Dirt Chicken · Post by **Dirt Chicken** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:55 pm

chalmers wrote:CA and P and I were there 15min early, and got to witness the sign being bolted to the building. Plus we bought the first growlers! They've also got glasses ($5+tax) and t-shirts ($13+t, S, M, sold out of L, XL (which I bought but is very form fitting)) for sale.
No license, so no tasting on-site.

Any idea of their hours seeing that they just opened at 3pm?

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CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:06 pm

they're open today from 3 until 8. not sure about tomorrow, or the future.

Post by **mr x** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:17 pm

How is the beer?

CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:25 pm

mr x wrote:How is the beer?

the gus pub 65m (belgian blonde) is good. nothing revolutionary, but nice to have something belgian in town

im not sure about the other one (farmhouse ale) - tastes like there's something off, but that could just be my bottle, or my tastebuds. i reserve judgement.

berley · Post by **berley** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:46 pm

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:they're open today from 3 until 8. not sure about tomorrow, or the future.

Must be selling well today... I see they're about to close due to almost being out of beer.

CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:52 pm

berley wrote:
CorneliusAlphonse wrote:they're open today from 3 until 8. not sure about tomorrow, or the future.
Must be selling well today... I see they're about to close due to almost being out of beer.

not surprised.

pet lion · Post by **pet lion** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:54 pm

They were taping up the sold out sign just as i showed up. My friend grabbed a growler of each so I still get to try them tonight.

Dirt Chicken · Post by **Dirt Chicken** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:57 pm

pet lion wrote:They were taping up the sold out sign just as i showed up. My friend grabbed a growler of each so I still get to try them tonight.

Faaaak, nice capacity.... NOT!!!

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Jamie D · Post by **Jamie D** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:07 pm

From Twitter
"Bridgebeer ‏@BridgeBrewing

We are closed. Sorry out of beer. Will open tomorrow 2 pm"

There was a good line up when I was there and it seemed to be getting longer.

pet lion · Post by **pet lion** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:13 pm

My friends said they were talking to the guys and they had 6 cases of filled growlers to start the day and those were gone in about half an hour of opening.

Post by **LeafMan66_67** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:17 pm

Too bad. Sold out when I got there. Won't be back downtown until Monday.

pet lion · Post by **pet lion** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:39 pm

The blonde definitively is nice and an easy to drink beer. We're working on the farmhouse saison now. Much more intense and complex. I quite like it.

pet lion · Post by **pet lion** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:44 pm

The tartness is interesting. Can you get that from just a Belgium yeast or would they also have used some sort of wild yeasts/Brettanomyces as well?

Post by **mr x** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:30 pm

Tartness can come from yeast (probably wild), infection (wild yeast or other bugs), lactic acid, or acidulated malt.

NASH · Post by **NASH** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:38 pm

Graham.C wrote:80,000 L is just over 3 brews a week, 120,000 is five. Every week of the year, every single one. Jamil Zainasheff, in his pro-gasm series on Brew Strong, said a few months ago that's around the breaking point, depending on equipment costs and other overhead. That probably doesn't hold up in Canada, but I hope they make it. If they do, I know that will be the evidence for a few more people to try it.

He stated from the beginning the system was a 3.5 bbl or 4.7 hl. Perhaps it grew, not sure.

3 or 4 brews per week is nothing in a brewery. Of course you need the proper infrastructure to keep hammering them through.

Jamils break even point in the USA is a COMPLETELY useless figure in this country. They pay a tiny fraction in taxes and fees compared to what we do which is probably the biggest reason breweries have been so slow to catch on here.

Transmitted from the hop-phone.

BBrianBoogie · Post by **BBrianBoogie** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:51 pm

Didn't like the "Farmhouse", not sure why it's called that. Under-attenuated and way out of balance. Missed any points that make a good "saison" style beer.

The Blonde was much better, but honestly a lot of guys here could make a better one. It was very green, needed more time.

Happy to see a local brewery focusing on Belgian styles, but needs work. I'll revisit in the future, and I wish them the best of luck.

pet lion · Post by **pet lion** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:34 pm

The blonde is already on tap at Gus Pub. We went over to make sure.

Post by **chalmers** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:44 am

NASH wrote:
Graham.C wrote:80,000 L is just over 3 brews a week, 120,000 is five. Every week of the year, every single one. Jamil Zainasheff, in his pro-gasm series on Brew Strong, said a few months ago that's around the breaking point, depending on equipment costs and other overhead. That probably doesn't hold up in Canada, but I hope they make it. If they do, I know that will be the evidence for a few more people to try it.
He stated from the beginning the system was a 3.5 bbl or 4.7 hl. Perhaps it grew, not sure.

3 or 4 brews per week is nothing in a brewery. Of course you need the proper infrastructure to keep hammering them through.

Transmitted from the hop-phone.

I think he's still got the same 4.7 hl system (is that even be the final volume of sellable product?). I have no doubt that he could brew 3+ times a week, but believe the bottleneck is the fermenter/brite tank situation. Though if you figure 5 days in the fermenter, that would mean 3 or 4 fermenters, and 1-2 brite tanks, so I guess that's not unreasonable.
I was in today, but he was so busy I didn't want to bug him to get volume projections or take a peak at the setup. Obviously today went better than his best projections, selling out after 2 hours.

Re: the beer, I enjoyed the blonde, and couldn't place the under attenuation until BBB mentioned it. I feel like if that was fixed, I'd really enjoy it.

FYI: One of my growlers had a pinhole leak in it.

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:02 am

mr x wrote:If anybody could buy me just the bottle, I'd like one.

I have your bottle (and bowl and Mason jar). Let me know when your in town and I'll do a drop off.

Sandy

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:10 am

Dirt Chicken wrote:
pet lion wrote:They were taping up the sold out sign just as i showed up. My friend grabbed a growler of each so I still get to try them tonight.
Faaaak, nice capacity.... NOT!!!

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Belgian is not my thing. I went out for support. I had about 2oz and Blake had about the same. The bottle is in the fridge, the contents are yours if you want.

Sandy

Graham.C · Post by **Graham.C** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:07 am

GAM wrote:
Dirt Chicken wrote:
pet lion wrote:They were taping up the sold out sign just as i showed up. My friend grabbed a growler of each so I still get to try them tonight.
Faaaak, nice capacity.... NOT!!!

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Belgian is not my thing. I went out for support. I had about 2oz and Blake had about the same. The bottle is in the fridge, the contents are yours if you want.

Sandy

That good eh!

Graham.C · Post by **Graham.C** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:09 am

I'm still excited to try it.

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:03 am

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Belgian is not my thing. I went out for support. I had about 2oz and Blake had about the same. The bottle is in the fridge, the contents are yours if you want.

Sandy[/quote]
That good eh!

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It is likely fine for the style. Really not my thing.

Sandy

derek · Post by **derek** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:05 am

CorneliusAlphonse wrote: the gus pub 65m (belgian blonde) is good. nothing revolutionary, but nice to have something belgian in town

What? Stella not good enough for you?

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