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brewery profile SMART GROWTH: THE RISE OF KNEE DEEP BREWING CO. Knee Deep Brewing Co. has recently relocated to historic Auburn, CA. In a relatively short amount of time, they have blown up from a modest 15 barrel system to a 40 barrel system in addition to doubling their space from 960 square feet to 18,000 square feet. last year of college bored just writing recipes in every class and studying raw materials. I just got real frustrated. The first batch I did, an IPA, had two plastic buckets, some hops and yeast with some instructions basically telling me how to boil water. It didn’t say when to add the hops; it didn’t tell me when to do anything. The first one came out really well, and I didn’t even know how to chill my wort. I just left it in the garage, and it didn’t get infected. From that point on and for about three months after, the beer never tasted good. Instead of getting frustrated and walking away I just kept at it. Warren: Trial and error. It was never enough information. I just wanted to keep learning and progressing. How big is your brew system right now? Warren: We currently brew on a 15 barrel, two vessel brew house. We only have seven 15 barrel fermenters. We are expanding to a five vessel, 40 barrel brew house with 60 barrel tanks and 90 barrel tanks. We will have 120 barrel tanks in operation by March. And we will also be operating a two vessel, three and a half barrel pilot system with three and a half barrel and seven barrel tanks. Is this in Auburn? Will you have a tap room and food available? Moore: Yes, we are opening up a taproom. It will be all about our beer and introducing people to our beer and having them available so people can try them. We will not be involved with a restaurant at all, although we will have food trucks come out there and will schedule it based on how busy we are. 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