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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by tangerine-jack Speaking again only about the Williamsburg, VA brewery, external CO2 is not used in the processing of Budweiser Beers, the carbonation is a 100% natural process of the beech wood ageing (yes they use real beech wood in the larger tanks). I don't remember ever seeing any CO2 deliveries, if they did get any it was an ubersecret operation well away from any public scrutiny. I did however look into the larger tanks on occasion and see nice little bubbles forming on the wood. I would suggest modeling a micro brewery, there are several in my area that are quite interesting architecturally speaking. You will then have the freedom to hodge-podge a number of buildings and styles without any issues of authenticity arising. I agree that almost all modern big name breweries are sterile looking single, but huge, buildings. Not very interesting, but golly they smell great! I would think that whatever you chose for grain storage would be sufficient. A brewery doesn't make money on storing grain or hops, so you only need enough storage to justify maybe one or two day’s worth of product brewing. At Williamsburg, the storage is almost nil as the hops are taken directly to the wort room for processing upon delivery. If anything is stored, it stays in the hopper car until needed. Anheuser-Bush owns its own farms and therefore has 100% control over deliveries of raw materials, so it is possible for them to deliver to themselves the exact amount needed for a production run. And to answer your question, in Williamsburg they only make 100% real beer, no artificial ingredients or chemical short cuts in processing. Quality is assured through high tech monitoring and highly skilled brewers (I asked the Brewmeister how I could get his job, he said "study biology, life sciences and buisiness administration, then bring me your 4.0 GPA and we'll talk, anything less and you can work for Coors, but not here"). However, beer is like stew, there are thousands of ways to do it, some ways are better than others, but it's all beer in the end. I certainly can't wait to see your project in the works! Don't make us wait too long [8D] [/quote] Thanks Jack for extra insigts as to how this is done. What I want to build would be a small reagonal brewery, However This project is still some time off yet. As I have mentioned in other posts. I was in the moddle of moving when I got laid off from my job. So all of my stuff is packed up waiting for me to find another job and get moved. However this brewer is one of the first projects I am going to do when I get things set back up. James
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