Hair of the Dog Brewery Potluck April 4, 2006

What could be better than beer, good food, and the smell of hops in boiling wort? We had it all with a potluck at Hair of the Dog brewery.
You can see some photos of a previous tour here, with a bit more techincal description of the brewery operation.
Alan at the bar Alan, the owner, is behind the bar. The beer on the bar is homebrew brought in for Alan.

Stirring the brew kettle. Craig stirs the boil kettle after a recent hops addition. Alan stirs grain in the mash tun in the background.

boil kettle The steam coming off the boil kettle filled the air with a great hops aroma.

cleaning spent grain from the mash tun Removing spent grain from the mash tun.

cleaning spent grain from the mash tun Removing spent grain from the mash tun.

adding grain to mash tun Adding grain to the mash tun.

food The potluck feast stacking up admid the brewing equipment.