Bagtown Brewery – Green Shops profile
Beer Making
The sinks in the back were left in the space by a previous owner.
Blueberries come from Blueridge Blueberries in Sackville
Honey comes from two local Sackville farmers
The pumpkin comes from Murray’s Farm Fresh Vegetables
Rhubarb and grapes come from local folks in the area and is also grown by the brewery
*Borrows a wood crank press for processing the rhubarb, blueberries, etc.
Gets raw sweet cider from Belliveau Orchards in Memramcook
Spent grain, used in the beer making process, is then given to Roga Farm, a dairy farm in Melrose, New Brunswick and the cows are fed with it.
All non-Bagtown product comes from New Brunswick.
There is a fill station exchange program for their grunters, growlers, and other reusable containers, not just from Bagtown.
The cardboard flats that cans/bottles arrive in are reused.
They also use reusable can clips. These can clips are returned by customers and reused.
Water
Energy efficiency, when it comes to brewing, hot water is used, and they use a heat exchanger to heat a second kettle. The heat exchange uses cold water to cool down hot wort (unfermented beer) as it is added to the fermenters. Output is hot water which can be reused in a second batch of beer if brewing back to back.
Does not give out bottled water, bottled water is not an option. Tap water only.
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The hand sanitizer comes from Moonshine Creek, a New Brunswick company.
The Covid shields that hang between the bar and the customers are windows that came from the side of the road.
Interior Décor
The coat hooks are railroad spikes that were picked up from beside the railroad
The walk light that is used to show if the bathroom is occupied or not is from a Saint John area town in New Brunswick that was replacing their walk light.
Appliances and other things came from a company in Truro that refurbishes fridges: fume hood, fridge, stainless steel table, walk in cooler insulation panels and door.
Live edge wood table – tree from New Brunswick. The brackets for the live edge wood table are made from a scrap bed frame metal.
Metal wind turbine parts and old car brake rotors were used to make the stools. Spare lumber from a Dieppe construction site was used for a table leg and patio construction.
The brick came from a pile of excess materials that was created during the construction of a new Swiss Chalet.
The new table was made with sections of a metal tower that was once used for landing strip lights at the Moncton airport.
Exterior Décor
The black planter barrels came from the Roga Farm dairy farmer that takes the spent grain and feeds his cows.
The picnic tables are made exclusively out of the wood that was the patio in the old Bagtown location across the street. All was second grade decking lumber from a mill in NB.
The Bar
The orange tower was a stand for a light at the Moncton/Dieppe airport landing strip.
The countertops are made from reused scrap sheet metal
The 2×4 lumber that builds the bar is from an old wall in the back that was demoed
The bar foot rail is old oil piping from an oil refinery
Section of the old brewery bar is incorporated into the new bar.
Seating
The base of the bench in the corner is made from pallet block spacers
Part of the bench by the window is made from an old shipping container
The wooden stools are made from pallet wood, the metal base of the stools are old brake rotors from vehicles.
Bathroom
Wall décor comes from an old shipping container
The paper towel dispenser came from the Commons/old fire station
The mirror came from a hotel in Halifax that was auctioning everything off.
Goals
To have an EV truck
Permeable pavement
To be able to sort waste
Solar panels on the roof
To use more local grain and hops