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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
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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
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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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