A lot has happened since I wrote my last blog. My partner who I had planned to open my microbrewery backed out because he was worried it was too risky. I however felt I had a superior product and felt quite confident that my beer could sell. So I decided to do it by myself. I added a bifirma, a second company under my existing business and called the company 'South Plains Brewing Company', the region I'm in , söderslätt, means south plains in English, anyway, I liked the sound of it. I have arranged to rent a small workshop on a farm, it's set up like a kitchen, previously used to smoke fish so it's a perfect place for me to set up equipment, fermenters & tanks.However, I needed a way to finance my equipment so I took a full time job running a company's restaurant, Icopal, located in the port of Malmö, doing a international/Swedish menu daily. I do breakfast & lunch for 30-60 people everyday. It's been working out great for me. Since then I've been purchasing equipment every month. This month I'm purchasing two 600 liter fermenters from Germany, they are very cool with a floating lid that hermetically seals.
Here's a photo... It looks small but is actually pretty large, 72x150 cm.
So I expect to be producing 1200 liters a month by Christmas, and I am
very excited about it. Last month I entered a competition for microbreweries
and Artisan craft brewers here in southern Sweden, and I had been sick and didn't think I would be able to go but ended up going anyway. I had a booth with two kegs, my Pale Ale & my Imperial IPA. I gave out about 200 10ml
samples and at the end of the night, much to my surprise, I won.My IPA took the bronze medal. I know everyone always liked it but I never expected
to win the competition. Here's the label I made for the competition. The IBU figure is the level of bitterness, this amber ale is very bitter, a fairly high alcohol percent, 8%, with a wonderful floral hoppy aftertaste, very well balanced, completely organic, a absolutely fabulous beer!
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