Author Archives: pchou
What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
By Phil Chou Dirty Hands Brewery Now that we’ve been open for 6 months, it’s time for some reflection. Number one; please accept my apologies for being a slack blogger. Many other tasks always seemed to push blogging down the priority list. That said, it’s been quite a journey! Many adventures were experienced in all […]
If it was easy everybody would start a brewery (Part 2)!
By Phil Chou Dirty Hands Brewery Sorry about the delay, lot’s of stuff going on! Anyhoo, as promised, here are some thoughts on our equipment install day. It started out with a drive down to our vendor in Camas, OR, Global Stainless. We got those good folks to load up the brewhouse and cellar tanks […]
Guest post: If it was easy everybody would start a brewery! (Part 1)
By Phil Chou Dirty Hands Brewery Now that there’s a bit of a lull in fixing leaks (more on that in a subsequent blog!), I’ve finally found some time to put some thoughts down on the build-out portion of starting a brewery. As we were searching for the right location, we learned one important lesson, […]
Guest post: Dirty Hands, beer and downtown Vancouver
By Phil Chou Dirty Hands Brewing My name is Phil Chou and along with my business partner, Grant Merrill, we are in the process of opening up a brewery in downtown Vancouver. The goal of this blog post is to give you some insight into the making of a craft brewery. Hopefully, in the process, […]