EP 3, “Sorry, no rebar…”: The Coal Shed Brewery

Battleships to beer: 10 years of Mare island brewing co.

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Bonus Episode

July 30, 2024

Crack a Coal Shed Stout and join Kent and Ryan as they reminisce—and wince—about building out new brewery in a 1901 Coal Shed that once fueled Teddy Roosevelt’s great white fleet. The renovation and restoration project from hell.

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EPISODE ARTIFACTS

Click on the photos below to learn more about each of these moments referenced in the episode!

Inside the Coal Shed Brewery before renovations.
Coal Shed Buildout: prepping for the plumbing.
Coal Shed Buildout: Exterior view.
Coal Shed Brewery with the new concrete floor finished.
Installing the brewhouse equipment.
Ryan holding lumps of coal found during renovations the Coal Shed.
One of the lumps of coal found under the original Coal Shed floor during renovation.
Original plans for the Coal Shed Brewery.
Our Coal Shed Stout label.
Our Coal Shed Brewery today.
Interior view of the Coal Shed Brewery.
Another interior shot of our Coal Shed Brewery today.
View from behind the bar at the Coal Shed Brewery.
Coal Shed Brewery beer garden at sunset.
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