St. Arnold Hosts AHA Rally and Shows off Newery

Over 200 people showed up for an AHA rally on Sunday. Alas no sign of Charlie this year, but Brock Wagner gave personal tours of the shiny new brewery, or as they labeled it, their “newery”. The 120 bbl brewhouse obtained from a 12th century monastic brewery in Germany was operating while we were there and it was possible to see the batch go from mash, lauter to whirlpool. In the picture of Brock you can also see a glass canister where the grain is doused with water on the way into the tun so that it is completely saturated (that’s the kind of thing the beer geek in me loves). Brock said the old system was sold to a startup in Oregon that submitted the highest bid. He also added the new system should improve the overall quality of their product and alleviate other issues such as the production of DMS which some people claimed affected the pilsner they produce. Check the website www.saintarnold.com for expanded tour dates and go see what 240 bbl fermenters look like. Good job Brock!

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