We got a new toy! 15 Barrel Fermenter
Earlier in the week a special delivery arrived at Hapa's Brewing Company: a brand new 15 barrel fermenter! After some dicey maneuvering with a forklift we managed to unload [...]
Open for Business
This is it, we are open for business! The post four years in the making. Hapa's Brewing Company is opening to the public! We passed our final building inspection [...]
ADA Bar Remixed
We finished the bar weeks ago but discovered a problem: The ADA section of the bar is required to have an 18" overhang. We built the section with the [...]
Beer Has Been Brewed
Last week was a huge week for Hapa's Brewing! One that we will remember forever as the week we brewed our first beer. There were a lot of moving [...]
We Have a Brewery!
Remember in the last post when I said we had "a HUGE week" coming up? That was no joke! Our brewing equipment arrived! We hired a rigging company to [...]
Concrete Bar Top Gets Poured
After all the measuring, cutting, and drilling the Hapa's Brewing Company bar was ready for its crown jewel: the concrete bar top. The team got to work early Saturday [...]
Not Always Smooth Sailing
Opening a brewery is a lot like life: sometimes you hit a rough patch. In our case we literally had several rough patches in our taproom floor. Last week, [...]
Walk-in Cooler Gets Built
Everyone knows that beer is best served cold and to keep beer cold you need a refrigerator. In our case we got a HUGE 600 square foot refrigerator! This [...]
Cargo Ships, Landscaping, and Basketball Hoops
It was a relatively quiet week at Hapa's Brewing Company. There are several large projects that need to be completed now that our new concrete pads are in. These [...]
Concrete Pouring for Tank and Walk-in Pads
Concrete pouring at the brewery construction site! We now have brand new pads to place our brewing tanks and cold storage box! It took a crew of eight, seven [...]