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www.hoodrivernews.com P FRIEM Continued from Page A1 ing your own tail some times,” Pfriem said. “Every- thing has been best case sce- nario. You’d never expect that, and it’s been awesome. It’s also a little bit over- whelming, but perfect at the same time. It’s all the things you want but it creates all kinds of other problems: growing that fast, the cash flow.” Pfriem negotiated a change of lease in the Hal- yard Building with the Port of Hood River, allowing it to expand its offices and some storage space next door to where PocketFuel has been housed for the past two years. pF riem’s kitchen was closed for a week recently for the addition of new flooring and dish pit, and improve- ments to the prep area. “We try to do as much as we can with our little space,” said Pfriem. T he brew- ery employs 35 peo- ple, including about 18 in kitchen and pub staff. ■ The first phase of con- struction is well underway, and all the new equipment should be up and ready by late March. Subcontractors supervised by Pfriem have been working at the getting the floors re g raded and B RIDGE Continued from Page A1 Estimates for the project cost range from $800,000 to $1 million, although the port has not received any bids as the request for proposals still has to be reviewed by com- missioners during their next regular meeting on Feb. 19. Koch was not able to confirm that a toll increase would be needed to pay for the project, although he noted that “the concept of having to pay for that and paying for 250 other things is factored in” when the commission evaluates whether or not there would P LANNING Continued from Page A1 and land use development in a rural resort area,” he said. That experience is what compelled him to apply for the Hood River County plan- ning director position, which “aligned with my values and backg round working in rural, resort areas,” Roberts said. His role as Hood River County planning director in- cludes overseeing planning, building codes, code compli- ance, economic development and veteran’s services. “It is my job to implement pro- grams to guide balance and sustainable growth while maintaining environmental integrity and scenic and recreational opportunities,” he said. With the local economy Hood River News, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 paved, and putting in new fermenter pads, with a new drainage system. “We tore out the old floor, put in trench drains that are slanted forwards, and put in a new electrical room, as there is quite a lot more elec- trical into the building. We had to dig it and lay it; it was a lot of work. “When we get the first round finished, we’ll move the lauter tun and are having built a dedicated mash tun with steam jackets and re- place our direct fire kettle with a steam kettle,” Pfriem said. Pads are being created to make room for four more tanks. “Every round as we grow, we try to make efficiency im- provements and quality im- provements,” Pfriem said. “It helps with time and effi- ciency and efficiency of raw ingredients because there is more volume, and it lends the opportunity for a flavor increase, as well.” The expansion is costing $1.5 million, with help from CenterPointe Bank, accord- ing to Pfriem. T he expansion has brought what he calls “a lit- tle of a shuffle of tanks.” A 15-barrel tank moves to the sour area, and they’ll move a 30-barrel tank to the new section, and move the 45-barrel to where the 30 was, put in two new 45-barrels and a 45-barrel brite tank (for clarifying) will go on the north wall. Next to the brite, in a couple of years, will be four 90-barrel fermenters. pFriem started at 1,500 barrels, and less than a year later added tanks to expand to 5,000 barrels. “The new tanks gets us to 11,000 and we’re setting the groundwork in next year or two to set us up to 20,000 bar- rels capacity,” he said. That will mean “a lot more barrel aging stuff,” pFriem said. Added space “allows us to not only package what we’ve been brewing but to focus on brettanomyces fer- mentation, and brett finish- ing, and beers such as Berlin- erweisse, and other wild, lac- tic fermented beers,” he said. PFriem announced that a 30-barrel brite tank will be installed and three 1,000 gal- lon wine tanks are being made for the brewery, en- abling them to brew Lambic for the first time. ■ The pub seating area stays the same, but the brewery is making dif ferent use of space. Last spring, the brew- ery added an outside patio with a fire pit, and this sum- mer or fall, they plan to put a tent cover area over the top of the space to create more sunshade and warmth, de- pending on the season. “It will just be a more ver- satile space,” said Pfriem, noting that the upstairs meeting room has been re- A9 Zwickelmania tour returns Feb. 14 Zwickelmania is the annual one-day event in Oregon, this year on Feb. 14, when breweries open their doors to casual and hardcore beer fans from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 100 breweries, both big and small, are partic- ipating with meet-the- brewer events and beer samples. A zwickel is the “sam- ple valve” in the side of a fermenter or barrel, used to draw samples of the beer for tasting. According to updated branded “T he Library.” Guests can place orders at the bar and go upstairs and enjoy tables, chairs and couches in a relaxed setting with waterfront views, board games and, as the name sug- gests, a supply of reading material. ■ The Feb. 7 “The Ale List” article on pFriem misstated the age of the brewery — it’s two-and-a-half years — and production volume — current- ly 5,000 barrels, not bottles. Also, bre wmaster Josh Pfriem and Ken Whiteman are co-owners. need to be a toll increase. If the port discontinued bridge tickets and charged an extra 25-cent fee to non- Gorge residents — the latter scenario having been dis- cussed by commissioners be- fore in a previous meeting — net revenue for the Bridge of the Gods would increase $186,000 a year, assuming 1.6 million annual crossings, ac- cording to an analysis by an unnamed firm in the report. For fiscal year 2014-15, which started July 1, 2014, the port budgeted for $1.5 million in toll revenue. Additionally, the report noted that the electronic tolling vendors “indicate a history of increased annual revenue after installation” for the agencies, with the rise in revenues ranging from 2 to 4 percent. The re- port also suggests that “the ability to view and fund (toll) accounts online will be valu- able in increasing the com- mercial traf fic of the bridge.” Koch noted that toll booth staffing adjustments may take place as the port will likely be “transitioning to more full-time toll takers as opposed to part-time toll tak- ers.” Currently, the toll booth is staffed by three full-time, four part-time, and two sea- sonal employees, according to the report. The port commission may make a decision on the re- quest for proposals at its Feb. 19 meeting. Koch also said a discussion re g arding changes to tolls will likely also be on the agenda, with a possible decision to be made as early as the port’s first meeting in March, typically scheduled for the first Thurs- day. The port’s maintenance and operation plan for the Bridge of the Gods mandates that the price of tolls are re- viewed on an annual basis. The exact project deadline hasn’t been set yet, but the port anticipates installation of the new system would start at the beginning of July and be fully operational by November. doing well, “planning and building permit activity re- mains robust,” he said. “A challenge in 2015 will be to continue to process planning permits in a timely manner in light of existing staff re- sources.” Hood River County was one of four recently selected by the Department of Land Conservation and Develop- ment to participate in their “model code update” project, and that’s an undertaking he’s looking forward to. “The project will look at updating the county’s forest and agri- culture zoning districts,” he said. “We will be working with a consultant and advi- sory committee to bring sug- gested changes to the plan- ning commission in three or four months.” In both Hood River and Wasco counties, planning and community development departments “are challenged with effectively managing growth issues and balancing individual verses communi- ty interests,” he said. “Work within the framework of the statewide planning program and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is also very similar between the two counties.” The main differences be- tween the two comes down to size and population density. “Wasco County is much larg- er in area, less dense and contains a lot more agricul- tural zoned land, which means there was more focus on very, very large parcels zoned agricultural. Mean- while, there is more residen- tially zoned land in Hood River, and it is more densely populated, which means more reviews on properties that are much smaller and require more attention to property development stan- dards.” Roberts earned a BS in forestry from the University of Idaho, a MS in manage- ment with a concentration in public administration from Northern Arizona Universi- ty, and a MA in geography from Western Illinois Uni- versity. He served as a Peace Cor ps volunteer in Cameroon, Africa, from 1993 through 1997, working in sus- tainable agriculture and tropical forestry. Roberts may be new to Hood River County Plan- ning, but he isn’t new to Hood River. He and wife Katie, a freelance writer and editor, and children George, 7, and Mary, 5, moved to Hood River when Roberts was hired by Wasco County, where he commuted to work every day. The family chose Hood River “for the same reasons so many other peo- ple are here — the quality of life and appreciation for community, outdoor recre- ation, family and ‘sense of place,’” he said. information on Oregon Craft Beer’s website, par- ticipating local breweries are pFriem, Full Sail, and Lo gsdon Bar relhouse and Taproom in Hood River, and Thunder Is- land in Cascade Locks. ■ Full Sail Brewing (downtown, Fifth and Co- lumbia), will offer guided brewery tours at 11 a.m., noon and 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. and will be offering its Bourbon Barrel Aged Im- perial Stout paired with Moonstruck Chocolate. Tours and tasting are free of charge and each tour participant will re- ceive a complementary glass. ■ Logsdon Farmhouse Ales will present their Belgian-style ales at their new downtown Hood River Barrelhouse and Taproom, 505 Cascade, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 14 and noon to 4 on Feb. 15. The farmhouse brewery loca- tion will not be open for Zwickelmania. 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