Brewer). He was getting the spices
ready for a brew of their imperial
pumpkin ale, Hippo Lantern. In the
past few months he has been very busy
getting set up and going. It is a big
undertaking when you are expanding
your brewery, but Chris and his gang
got everything up and running at the
new facility in about a month’s time,
getting batches of beer going right
away.
The inside of the new facility looks like
something out of Breaking Bad.
They are currently waiting for their
new brewhouse to arrive, so in the
mean time they are using their old one.
The old decoction system has not failed
them yet, and it is awesome to see how
the mash tun produces a batch of beer.
After being at capacity at their old
building and moving into the new
facility, it only seemed fitting to add
some more fermenters. The way River
Horse has set things up it will be very
easy to get new fermenters online and
filled in a day’s time.
The last time we visited I don’t recall
the bottling line running, so it was
awesome to see it run. They were up
to about 45 bottles a minute and filling
about 400 cases of Tripel Horse.
Everything - from the bottles going