Latest Pipeworks Releases and Updates (2018)

cans are coming... we'll have some great 'lower' alcohol hoppy offerings in them next year... we've been held up with our loan for the new facility for a little over 2 months now since our initial bank approval... we haven't been able to close because of some minor hurdles that we are working on every day... and then down payments will be made on canning line and new brewhouse!

we've already contracted hops for 6,000 barrels next year where we expect 4,000 barrels of that to be in cans. this year we'll do roughly 1,800 barrels in bombers and we're thinking bombers numbers will stay about the same for next year. so cans are definitely coming...

 

Glaucus cans?!

 

I hope so, along with a standard IPA (lowered abv NvU?) and Close Encounter would be my preferences. Also love the way Bell's has packaged their cans, hope @Pipeworks follows suit - and what better way to showcase the art of @paintbomb on the larger "canvas" of a cardboard box! Higher packaging expense I suppose but well worth it. And no can rings to suffocate any grouper...........which would be amazing canned as well.

 

I think they should forget the cardboard and do like Half Acre

 

RTA coming up again anytime soon?

 

Pdubs just tweeted a pic of TNA and Galaxy Unicorn bottles...

 

Love me TNA

 

I've been staying away from bombers but I have to come back for that delicious Galaxy Unicorn. One of my favorite PW beers.

Also pretty excited to see what I can only imagine will be some fantastic artwork for that cat margarita beer.

 

Tons of TNA and Galaxy Unicorn at binny's Downer's. Got 2 of each.

 

Grabbed some Galaxy and TNA at Bottles & Cans this evening. Enjoying my first Galaxy now and man, that is a killer beer. Debating hanging on to my second bomber of it for my bachelor party in about three weeks.

Also debating when the right time to crack open the TNA is. Part of me wants to also bring that with for the bachelor party, but I'm also a terribly, terribly selfish guy who wants it all to myself.....

 

Why not just pick up a couple more?

 

Good luck with that marriage thing!

 

I'll believe this when I see it. Just remember these guys have been promising a brewpub/Taphouse/storefront for how long? Going on 3 years now.

 

Bought a few of each yesterday and there were around 6 cases of each, some guy bought a whole case of Galaxy Unicorn right behind me in line haha

 

I'm sure they would love to serve you, but....
It's actually going to be "easier" to build a whole new production facility then it would be for them to call a mulligan on the current facilities licensing, so that they can serve and sell where they are currently producing. With actual reality in place, I don't foresee them opening a taproom nor being able to do any kind of sales at their current location until they are able to take a break from producing there so that this revision of their current buildings licensing and insurance is something which won't cause a hiccup in production.
A brewery in expansion has a huge number of moving parts, and you stop the main one which brings the money in when there are other parts, and the future of the company demanding it. See ya Pipeworks.

 

Also on shelves now: Sam vs. Unicorn and Mocha Abduction.

 

- we've never promised a brewpub or 'tap house'....

- we signed a lease on the store front last year but the current tenant never vacated

- the lease on the production space has been in place since february, architect is drawing plans currently, permits coming soon, and like i've said before we've already contracted the hops for next year's cans (over a quarter million dollars worth)... so yes we'll be canning...

it's a bit more difficult than just waving a magic wand...

 

Lagunitas 'taproom' in Chicago.... a company with gross sales in the hundreds of millions:

- April 23rd 2012 - Tap room announced
http://beerpulse.com/2012/04/lagunitas-aiming-to-open-taproom-ahead-of-chicago-brewerys-completion/

- Fed 23rd 2013 - Tap room slated for opening in April 2013 pushed back to "maybe June"
http://beerpulse.com/2013/02/lagunitas-brewings-chicago-taproom-may-be-delayed/

- June 12th 2014 - Tap room not opening June 18th 2014
http://beerpulse.com/2014/06/lagunitas-wont-open-chicago-taproom-on-june-18th-after-all/

eventually opened June 25th 2014.... over a year and half since it was supposed to (Nov 2012 was the first guess if I remember right).

we're trying our best but we don't have the same resources available to us as other VC backed business... remember that we're frustrated with it too but were working on it.

 

Haters gonna hate.