Tractor surges ahead after another fun and productive year

Welcome back to our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series, where we recap the year that was and preview the year to come for all of our local breweries. To follow the series, simply click the category link above.

Back before the holiday madness set in, I ventured over to Tractor Brewing to talk to co-owner Skye Devore, co-owner/brewmaster David Hargis, and marketing director Jeremy Kinter. While enjoying a little Turkey Drool (what else?), they summed up a productive 2016.

“From the brewery perspective, we have three new 60-barrel fermenters that were installed in 2016, (and) a 60-barrel bright that was installed in 2016,” David said. “The boiler was installed finally in late 2015 and we really didn’t wrap our arms around its efficiency until 2016. Those 60-barrel (fermenters) almost doubled our fermentation capacity. A big win in the brewery in 2016 was we took a 20-hour double shift to a 12-hour double shift. We picked up eight hours o

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