![]() the rough equivalent of 12,000 full kegs, 336,000 six packs, or 186,000 gallons of beer. In 2011, with the help of our many loyal customers, we should reach nearly 6000 barrels sold. Our brewery went from 2500 square feet to 8100 square feet in a facility which will support many years of growth. With construction complete in the winter of ’07 we moved the brew house and commenced brewing on April 1, 2007. ![]() In the summer of ’06 we found a new building and began the necessary work to turn a warehouse into a production brewery. In 2006 it became clear that our original location at the waterfront would no longer support the kind of growth we were experiencing. Since then our capacity has grown and we have broadened our product line to include more than 20 styles of hand-crafted ales. ![]() We brewed three styles of beer and finished out that first year with 170 barrels sold. 100 of net proceeds will be donated to the cause. KEXP is undergoing a large construction project of their new home at Seattle Center. The beer will be available in 6-packs and on. Transistor IPA is a beer created and brewed by Washington’s Scuttlebutt Brewing Company exclusively for Seattle’s KEXP radio station. We brewed our first beer on Jwith a 20 barrel system in the brew house, two 20 barrel fermenters and one 20 barrel bright tank. Brewed with Columbus, Chinook, Glacier and Nugget hops, Transistor IPA weighs in with 68 IBUs and 5.6 percent ABV. A business plan was established in 1995 and we grew our operation from 5 gallon buckets to a 20 barrel system. To maintain our marital bliss we decided to move out of the kitchen and into a larger operation. As thoughtful as the gift was, it was also a source of strife - she wanted to use the kitchen for preparing meals for the family while I was crowding her out in favor of homemade beer. My wife, knowing that I never wanted to run out of beer, gave me a homebrewing kit for Father’s Day 1990.
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