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Some Thoughts About Stepping Out There Start up

Some Thoughts About Stepping Out There

If you've been to the BARn, you've seen a little saying we have tacked up on the wall behind the bar--"A Doer. Not a Dreamer." with the words attributed to Tom Asacker. Brian and I have been reading Tom's blog www.acleareye.com since before we dug a new well to build a brewery in rural Missouri in July of 2010. He frequently has great things to say to those in leadership positions, to entrepreneurs and to anyone who's interested in doing something that may seem a little crazy to everyone around them. Every week Brian and I are approached by people…
Piney River Brewing Company
August 7, 2013
Tap Room Tweaks The BARn

Tap Room Tweaks

Many of you were at the BARn last weekend. A lot of you were not here, but it was nearly standing room only. And there were so many empty kegs at the end of the day that we wondered what we would serve in the upcoming week. Even now, I am thinking of this person and that person that came in...and many of you stayed awhile, too. On a fluke, and since it was Labor Day weekend, Brian and I got some brats and grilled them to give away to those that came in, too. ; We had two new…
Piney River Brewing Company
September 6, 2012
Gimme an "E". Gimme a "V". Gimme an "E". Gimme a "N". Gimme a "T". Gimme a "S". Events. Events. EVENTS! Beer Events

Gimme an "E". Gimme a "V". Gimme an "E". Gimme a "N". Gimme a "T". Gimme a "S". Events. Events. EVENTS!

It's been a little insane around here for the past month...more insane than the usual insanity.  But don't worry, we're still having the time of our lives. In addition to brewing beer, we're continuing to work on the various construction needs of the tap room at the BARn--walls are almost complete, cherry hardwood floor is soon to begin to go down.  I know, I need to blog about it.  It's not easy to blog when you're the one running the chop saw, though! Here's the most important thing to pass along to you--EVENTS!  Dates, hours, times, events!  If you follow…
Piney River Brewing Company
April 22, 2012
Craft Beer Shoot at the BARn* The Beer

Craft Beer Shoot at the BARn*

*There were no beers injured in the making of this blog post. There comes a time in every beer’s life where a professional must be called in.  In this case, the professional was once again Brooke Hamilton of Grindstone Studio. This time, Brooke brought her camera, a whole carload of “stuff”, and her mentor and teacher and our friend, Marian McKinney.  Here’s how it went down: The Star:  Piney River Beer The Professional:  Brooke Hamilton, Grindstone Studio The Assistant:  Marian McKinney, McKinney Forge & Design Studio The Beer Runner & Other Assistant:  Me (Joleen) The Beer Pourer :  Brian (while…
Piney River Brewing Company
February 9, 2012
A Doer, Not a Dreamer…Piney River Brewing Style Start up

A Doer, Not a Dreamer…Piney River Brewing Style

It started early in the week...we spent our evenings wrestling with white pine boards for the walls of the tap room at the BARn.  We knew we needed to just "take a day" and work non-stop on our construction work. My mom was coming in for a visit, and we knew that we would have a little childcare for Andy available.  I also shoved my regular five day a week job into four days this week and took Friday off. The Piney River Brewing "weekend" started on Thursday evening.  Brian, Andy, my mom and I went to the Midway Bar…
Piney River Brewing Company
January 29, 2012
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