Moving the Sconnie brewery to Mountaineer

The crew: ET, Curt, Gary, and Buddy

Brewery: 20-hectolitre capacity manufactured by Newlands Systems, Inc. Abbotsford, BC, Canada

Day One

The crew arrived at Clear Lake, Wisconsin about 10 AM. The Sconnie Brewpub is opened and tools are brought in. All water supply pipes, stainless (beer) pipes, the glycol lines, boiler pipes, instrument wires, and electrical supply cables were labeled and disconnected.

Arrive in Clear Lake, Wisconsin	At Sconnie Brewpub	Formerly the Village Hall
The grain silo will remain	The wort kettle with the boiler in back	Heat exchanger to be disconnected
Overhead view of boiler piping	Pump electrical connections removal	Pipe runs at the back of the platform

Day Two

Each tank was moved to the back of the brewery using the fork life and only lifting it a bare inch from the floor. The tanks were carefully and slowly tilted and laid onto pallets and moved out through the freight door and into the fire station parking lot. Most of the day was cold and rainy.

Buddy begins work on the boiler

Moving the wort kettle away from the platform

Temporarly locating the tanks

Day Three

Tom joined our crew. He had been the rigger who originally set up the Sconnie brewery in 2004. After ET and Curt disconnected the augers, Tom rode the fork lift tangs some twenty feet up to the top of the grist case, unbolted the guy chains, and hooked the grist case to the fork lift tangs. The grist case was then raised off the support rack and lowered to the floor. The remaining tanks were tipped, moved outside. The flatbed trailers were loaded and departed.

Tom rigged the grist case for removal from its stand	Each fermentor is rigged for tipping over	Tipping into horizontal position
Crew steadys tank	Moving the tank to the doorway	Pallets repositioned when tank is clear of the brewery
Ready for loading onto trailer	Two forklifts used to load tanks	Tanks loaded onto the first flatbed trailer
Stopping the tank sway	Malt bags seem to be good for tank support	Remaining tanks loaded onto second flatbed