Here's the view as you walk in our new front doors:
The front bar (that seats 30) has been installed and is covered in plastic so we can paint the tin ceiling a metallic pewter shade. All of the drywall work is complete on the first floor and painting should be complete by the end of this coming week. The glass wall looking in the brewery is in and we are starting to put up the finish woodwork around the dinning room, which is going to take a few weeks. The old maple floors still need to be refinished along with that structural column you see next to the bar. The kitchen is semi functional with the gas flowing to all of the equipment.
In the brewery we finally fired up our steam boiler last Friday and after using the process of elimination to complete the wiring we heated up some water for the first time. Jim has replaced all of the gaskets through the system, which is just good practice when you buy used equipment. We're still waiting for the glycol installation to be complete (the installer has the flu) but hopefully we'll brew this week. I think we're going to brew a Workingman Mild for the first brew. It's our favorite all-round drinker but at the same time it isn't too complicated a brew to kick things off when we are just getting to know the system.