Minhas Brewery

The brewery was a vanity project of a son of a wealthy merchant. Sadly, his lack of knowledge about everything relating to building and running a brewery caused it to go out of business in late 1167. The owner ran out of funds during construction, and attempted to use what he had to brew and sell to finish the work, but there was almost zero brewing capacity and he went broke.

The main building is medium size, but of good quality. The brewing hardware is almost non-existent, except the actual tanks, which there are enough to maximize production, if the ancillary hardware had been bought. The flooring of the brewery, which needs to be specially constructed in order to allow runoff and prevent rot, was barely begun. The drainage system is very good. Ventilation is adequate, unless the manufacturing is pushed beyond about half of what it could conceivably do. The water supply, which is key to such a business, is excellent, and quite clean; a water purification system using charcoal was installed and is of size to handle perhaps 2/3 of maximum output. The fermentation room is too small for the size of what the brewing room would have been able to produce, had the intended hardware been installed. The packaging area is more than sufficient for what the business could produce, unless pushed it to its limit. Storage is only fair in size, being able to hold perhaps a quarter of what could ideally be brewed. There is an attached tavern which could hold enough drinkers to serve about 40 people, with suitable tables, chairs, trays, cups, and so on. There is some stock left over, leaving storage about one-quarter full – about 400 barrels, each holding about 30 gallons. The quality of this brew is below average.

The main brewery and fermentation building is 80x100 feet. It is constructed of stone, and one story high. There are two double doors on each wall, and four windows on each wall. The packaging and storage building is 60x50 feet. It is constructed of wood, and is one story high. There are one double door and two windows on each wall. The fermentation building is about 40x40 feet, and would need to be enlarged to handle the input from the large brewing room. There are one double door and two windows on each wall. The living quarters building is 80x60 feet, and is one story high. It is constructed of wood. The basement could comfortably seat about 25 people for meetings or dining. The building has four double doors and eight windows.  There is a small barn, with an adjacent field where mules are kept. There are three wagons. These are used to transport the brew.