Thanks to new MNBeer contributor David Duffey for this one. David joins a handful of new contributors whose work you’ll see over the coming months. We’re glad to have them onboard and feature their work! -ryan

If Quincy Street, from its intersection with Broadway, north to 15th, were anything but a patchwork of asphalt, concrete and bricks it would feel out of place. The work of resident artists spills from the warehouse studios lining the street and a smooth, manicured surface just wouldn’t be the same. Indeed Brewing sits wedged at the end of this rugged brick road, bound by railroad tracks to the north and east and opening to the neighborhood to the west.

A work in progress
I made my way to an open garage door, around a pickup half-full of wet grain when I was greeted by a smiling Tom Whisenand who may have sweat more in his life than he had that afternoon, but no one would have suspected it. The place was a mess. He apologized for the mix of grain, and water  which covered the floor but enveloped the brewhouse with the fresh smell of a young beer. This was the first of two batches being brewed that day – the third batch ever prepared on their equipment – and plans had been interrupted when grain clogged their system and made pumping the fledgling brew to the fermenter challenging, to say the least. Brewer Josh Bischoff explained that they were still discovering the nuances of their equipment and he already had a solution in mind for the next batch.