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A Visit to Metro Brewing

Posted: May 9th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

On Tuesday, I went over to Metropolitan Brewing to check out their brewery and get to know Brewer Doug Hurst and Business manager Tracy Hurst.

The brewery itself is small, but mighty:

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When I arrived, Doug and volunteer Dave Bleitner were working on transferring wort from the brewing kettle to the fermentation tank to start fermenting. While they were doing that, I was free to wander around the small industrial building they call home.
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