And I must say, the tables are looking particularly badass.

The assembly actually turned out to be one of those projects that is mildly difficult, but nothing insurmountable comes up, and everyone ends up having a good time joking around and getting it done.  Zero trips to Home Depot also contributed to the overall level of fun. And in the end, there was an enormous cooler to gaze upon - a monument to our hard work and future cold beer.

But it took a trip to Asheville, NC the following year for one of us to utter the words “we should start a brewery”

The real question any brewery should be asking is this - who’s your customer and why are they going to buy your product over some other brewery?  After all, there are quite a few breweries making fine libations without us in the mix.