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This Here Project.

That's us!

So we heard something tragic the other day. Some tactless tourist dared call our proud state of Rhode Island a Beer Desert. The Cheek. The Nerve.

Rhode Island is a lovely drinking town with a slight sailing problem and we have plenty of brew loving folk in these parts.

But you know, he wasn’t exactly wrong. Rhode Island isn’t yet exactly spoiled for choice. Looking around, our friendly neighbors have a plethora of choices and some pretty big, founding-fatherly names. And if there’s one thing we know us RI-er’s can do, it’s enjoy beer. So why not make beer, too? Not just any beer mind you, but truly great beer. The kind of beer people talk about, you know, places North of The Tower and over The Bridges.

Anyway, we’ve been working this here project for a little while. We think it’s just the ticket and we like to call it Whaler’s Brewing Company. We think we’ve got a pretty good thing going, actually. But here’s the tricky part…

The Tricky Part

See, we are in the final few stages of putting together our pokey little operation and we realized something. With just a little bit of funding spit and capital shine, we could turn this thing into something really special. And you guys deserve that. In fact, we'll only be able to serve a small part of Rhode Island to start (which is very small) unless we get a little help.

So here’s the deal.

We actually did a lot of the work for you. We’ve been quite busy gathering lots of the necessary bits and pieces, papers (we just got licensed, yay!) and we even have a really great lair…err.. facility right here in Wakefield in the Historic Palisades Mill. Our experts are currently putting together the puzzle pieces.

"experts"

But if we can get the right puzzle pieces this whole thing will come out much more quickly and frankly be much much better.

Where you come in.

As you can imagine, some of these pieces don’t come cheap. We need parts machined, connections galore, a fleet of kegs and a couple more shiny tanks if we are ever going to be something to be proud of. The kind of things we need to quickly and effectively get you our great products. What you can do is contribute to help us build your brewery. We are doing this for all of you wonderful people after all. We’ll do the heavy-lifting; you just have to click that ‘Back This Project’ button.

What’s more, we are looking for your support. We only want to build the brewery because we know you want it there. Every backer is one more vote of confidence that we’ve got the right idea and that you want to see more fantastic locally brewed craft beers in RI. Seriously, we’d much rather see 5000 backers at $1 than 10,000 dollars from a single, eye-brow-raising source. The more support we get the more motivation we have to really bring this project to life. So show us some love.

In fact, shoot us an e-mail, drop us a line, send us a letter or write us a lovesong... We’d love to hear from you. We might even post your vote of confidence right here on the Kickstarter page and on our lovely website to let the world know that your voice has been heard and YOU SUPPORT WHALER’S!

The nitty gritty.

We are launching a microbrewery in Wakefield, RI and have assembled a 6 barrel brew natural gas fired system for the task. We will produce primarily ale style beers with bold flavors and interesting ingredients, with a focus on community involvement.

The funds from this Kickstarter will primarily be used for equipment and buildout to finalize our facility and provide a means of distributing our product. This will include but not be limited to brite tanks, kegs, temperature controlled space, fittings, hoses and connectors, CO2 handling equipment and associated costs.

What we're asking for will give us the bare bones of what we need to accomplish this. Our costs actually range into the multiple tens of thousands. So don't be shy! We can and will effectively use any penny we can get and continue to further the blossoming RI craft beer movement.