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News November 27, 2017 They’re Finally Here. On a glorious, sunny, Fall morning, two large flatbed trucks rolled up with our brewing tanks in tow. It was truly amazing to finally see them in person, glistening in the sun and ready to be placed in our space. Our tanks were custom made for our space by Rocky Mountain Vessels in Colorado. For… Read more →

News October 1, 2017 Evolution of a Trench Drain A trench drain is a long, low sloped drain much like a narrow trough submerged into the floor. Instead of having to drain liquids from just one round drain in an area of the floor, a trench drain allows for continuous drainage along a straight line. While not required for breweries and a little more Read more → News September 29, 2017 How To Start A Brewery: Selecting The Right Property It took us well over a year of searching properties before signing a lease for Wooden Hill’s location. During that time we attempted to lease three other properties that didn’t work out for various reasons. We even considered buying a building and nearly put in a few purchase offers. Breweries are c Read more →

News August 30, 2017 Watch Your Step It’s starting to look like we’re on an archaeological expedition at the brewery. There’s a maze of holes neatly cut into the concrete floor and huge piles of dirt everywhere. No, we aren’t starring in an episode of “Bones”. Since water doesn’t drain up we have to dig down to lay the network of pipes Read more → News August 21, 2017 Breaking Down Walls Week two of construction proceeded as scheduled and is now in the books, but nothing was actually constructed. Rather, walls came down, floors were scraped up, and other various materials were removed as part of the demolition process before any building can take place. So yes, the article title is Read more →

News August 12, 2017 All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go Surprise! We received our brewing tanks! Except they can’t live with us yet. Last Friday, August 10, two trucks made it from the long drive from Colorado to deliver our shiny new stainless steel vessels. Since our brewery space is currently full of construction obstacles such as half-broken dangling Read more → News August 10, 2017 Construction Update: Construction Permit Issued! What It Takes There are many layers of issues that need to be addressed before a construction permit is issued. We started by reaching out to Edina’s Economic Development, Bill Neuendorf. Mr. Neuendorf arranged for a meeting with the leaders of all the major city departments that would play a role i Read more → News May 18, 2017 More Space Back in January, we announced our lease of 4,755 square feet of space in an industrial building in Edina. Originally, we thought this would be just enough space to fit the brewery and taproom. However, during the initial design phase it became clear that more room would be ideal. A few months later, Read more →

News March 22, 2017 Design Update: 3D Modeling Earlier this month we introduced our architect, Gregg Hackett and showed a sneak peak at the initial layout of our space. Several iterations later, we’re getting closer to the final layout. Gregg has started working on 3D images of the taproom and adding in design features so we can start truly visu Read more → News March 9, 2017 Brewing Equipment Ordered We’re excited to announce our brewhouse, fermenters, and brite tanks have been ordered from Rocky Mountain Vessels! The anticipated delivery date is June, 2017. What We Ordered After a great deal of research and interviewing other brewers, we decided to order a 10 barrel, indirect fired brewhouse (1 Read more →

News March 9, 2017 The Mysterious Depths of Plumbing One of the first setbacks we’ve faced in the construction of the brewery has been whether the existing sewer drain running through our space was deep enough. Breweries need drains and taprooms need extra restrooms – all of which need to connect to a sewer line. The depth of the main sewer line runni Read more →

News March 9, 2017 How to Select Brewing Equipment We researched brewing equipment for about two years before placing an order. There are so many factors to consider such as size, number of vessels, type of heat source, cooling the wort, as well as country of manufacturing and engineering origin. Here’s a summary of the main issues that were conside Read more →

News February 26, 2017 Brewery Architect It’s probably obvious that choosing the right architect is important when building a brewery. But contrary to what most may think, an architect is not typically used for designing the layout of the brewery equipment. This is mostly accomplished in consultation with the equipment manufacturer. Rather Read more →

News January 31, 2017 Lease Signed We’re excited to announce the official home of Wooden Hill Brewing Company! After over a year of searching, we finally found a great location for the brewery in the industrial area of Edina, MN. It’s a great start to the year with the lease commencing on January 1, 2017. The Space The space is a… Read more →

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