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I agree with the labels. They could do a better job puting them on.
My brother works for Tree Of Life in St. Augustine. I'm going to ask him what store carry Rush products.
Have a good weekend.
Pete
Great,
I have to order mine through the web site, and we just love it. My stepson is in the band and he he drinks it like water.(E-Water). Oh, it is water.
He also drinks the RushXXX, we both love it.
This stuff is so great, it's hard to explain how good it is.
I think the Rush products are WINNERS.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Pete
QUALITY IS THE KEY
Whole Food Market, Quality Standards
We carry natural and organic products because we believe that food in its purest state — unadulterated by artificial additives, sweeteners, colorings, and preservatives — is the best tasting and most nutritious food available.
Our business is to sell the highest quality foods we can find at the most competitive prices possible. We evaluate quality in terms of nutrition, freshness, appearance, and taste. Our search for quality is a never-ending process involving the careful judgment of buyers throughout the company.
We carefully evaluate each and every product we sell.
We feature foods that are free of artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, sweeteners, and hydrogenated fats.
We are passionate about great tasting food and the pleasure of sharing it with others.
We are committed to foods that are fresh, wholesome and safe to eat.
We seek out and promote organically grown foods.
We provide food and nutritional products that support health and well-being.
Whole Foods Market's Quality Standards team maintains an extensive list of unacceptable ingredients. However, creating a product with no unacceptable ingredients does not guarantee that Whole Foods Market will sell it. Our buyers are passionate about seeking out the freshest, most healthful, minimally processed products available.
Unacceptable Food Ingredients
Body Care Quality Standards
Nutritional Supplements Quality Standards
Farm Animal and Meat Quality Standards
Animal Compassionate Standards
If Whole Food Market has excepted our products, then we must have some great products.
They have some tuff quality standards.
This is plus for Rushnet.
Pete
This came from SI.
From: rushlong 9/1/2006 2:26:50 PM
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Brewery deal now not expected to close until early to mid september. On a positive note, Rush just got approved for another region of Whole foods Corp and new website should be up and running in week or two.
I hope the Brewery deal closes soon. This is needed.
Pete
Larry,
Nice find, but a day late,
He only reported this, he did not sell any at this time.
Pete
You might have a point there. Maybe that's why we haven't heard anything lately.
Just my opinion.
Pete
Investors,
I have posted a couple of post lately, which have came from other poster (People). One in particular. This is concerning the one from SI. After thinking about this and not knowing the poster, I believe this might be just a way of this person to Pump up the PP's. I might be wrong, and he may be correct.
Anyway, I just thought I'd let everyone know, how I feel.
I am in this, for the money, but I do not want to lead anyone in the wrong direction either.
I think everyone needs to do there own DD, before making any major dicision.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
pETE
I hope sept. brings us a lot of joy.
Pete
THANKS,
AFTER READING IT AGAIN, IT DIDN'T SAY WHETHER HE SOLD IT OR NOT.
THAT MAKES MORE SENSE,
THANKS AGAIN
PETE
This came from SI Board.
To: peterush who wrote (2653) 8/30/2006 8:17:53 PM
From: rushlong of 2660
Peterush, I spoke to HQ yesterday and its quite clear things are about to explode. Lots of great news coming real soon. Also the company is adding to its extensive road trip schedule with a beverage convention in Argentina and Canada to name a few. As noted on this board, a second financial partner is coming on board besides Lynch and he is very influencial in the beverage market especially in Wisconsin with many connections and tons of experience. I think the brewery deal could close any day now.
Getting close Guys and Girls
Pete
If you can't click on the link, than go to victers stock research and go to insider trading.
Pete
This is what is printed on that site
to Sign Up for an Account. 8/30/2006
Miscellaneous Report: Insider Trading (24 Month Free Access)
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Ticker: RSHN
Security Name: RushNet Inc
Security Type: Common, Ordinary Stock
Price: 0.002
Description: N/A
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Insider Index Date: N/A
Shares Outstanding: 1,000,000,000
Main Industry: CYCLICAL | GENERAL RETAILERS
Industry: RETAILERS e-COMMERCE
Country: Domestic
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CORR, ROBERT PR IL 5/7/2006 N/A Form 144 N/A 53,000,000 N/A N/A 103,800 N/A / N/A N/A
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Pete
When I seen this, I couldn't believe it. I checked it out myself.
http://www.argusgroup.com/reports/free/results.asp?rid=27&view=
The question is WHY. Maybe he needs the cash to close on the Gray Brewery deal. I bet that's it, why else would he sell that many shares at this price. He know the importants of the Brewery to the stockholders. He has plenty of shares left.
Pete
thanks, jStellar
I missed that post.
My fault
MadTony, please excuse the re-post. I didn't see yours.
Not so Perfect Pete
Sure
THIS IS FROM SI, THINKING BIG
From: ThinkingBig 8/30/2006 2:40:17 PM
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"2006 Water Buyer's Guide".
http://www.bevnet.com/biz/dwnld/d/default.asp?downloadcode=2213F6977FA84B158B9CE63409D09775
WOULD BE NICE TO BE ON THE FRONT COVER, OR NEAR THE FRONT.
PETE
LoL
Just learn how to disagree with someone, in a positive manner.
Pete
not pet
Have a great day.
Mike,
Do not let some of these know it all's get under your skin. You have put out some great post, and with that said, continue. There's always going to be a _ _ s, out there.
You can't please every one.
If they like your post, fine. If they don't, then let them do there own.
Sometimes I wonder If some of these people need to go back to grade school. Mainly to learn manners.
Pete
Here's some additional Info. on Gray Brewery
Gray Brewing Co. toasts 150 years of success as family-owned Janesville company
(Published Monday, August 28, 2006 11:28:42 AM CDT)
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By Jim Leute
Gazette Staff
When you've been in business for 150 years, you realize that one of the constants is change.
Through economic highs and lows, World Wars, deaths, prohibitions and fires, Janesville's Gray Brewing has reinvented itself over the last 15 decades to continue as one of the community's oldest family businesses.
"We've been resilient because we've always been small," said Fred Gray, who represents the fifth generation of the Gray family to own and operate the company. "We've always kept it at the right size to feed our families."
That philosophy has served many family meals since Joshua C. Gray founded the company in 1856.
Empty bottles wait to proceed down the fill line at Gray's Brewing in Janesville on Thursday. The family owned company is 150 years old and plans to start a new venture with a brew pub in Verona.
Bill Olmsted/Gazette Staff
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But later this fall, the philosophy will be tweaked once again as Gray starts feeding other families. The company will open Gray's Tied House, an "American Bonfire Grill and Brewery" in Verona.
"It will be a brew pub with a great menu where people can go and relax and feel at home," Gray said.
"Is it a leap of faith to get into the restaurant business? You bet, but it's a gift to the business," he said.
The Gray name has often been served up when discussions turn to brew pubs in Janesville. And why wouldn't it, given the brewery's long local history?
"It came down to being a competitive thing," Gray said. "We sell our product to a lot of businesses in Janesville, and if we opened a brew pub here, I'd be in direct competition with all of my customers."
Filled and capped bottles of beer line up for their turn at being labeled at Gray Brewing Co. in Janesville. The family-owned company, which is celebrating its 150th birthday, produces a wide variety of beers and sodas. Each year, the company produces about 200,000 cases of Gray's soda, the most predominant of which is root beer. It also contracts for about 150,000 cases of soda for other labels and brews about 45,000 barrels of a variety of beers.
Bill Olmsted/Gazette Staff
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That's not to say that Gray doesn't sell sodas and beers in Verona. But the market is expanding in the Madison area, and Gray believes he'll get more bang for what is turning into a lot of bucks to the north of Janesville.
"We're not exactly the first folks to come up with idea, but we'll be able to test a lot of new products at the brew pub," he said.
In the meantime, Gray's operation on West Court Street will continue to churn out soda and beer, both under its own labels as well as those of others.
Gray Brewing recently became its own distributorship, which will allow the brewery to better focus on its core brands. In addition, it will allow the company to better meet the needs of its local retailers and customers with better service, promotions and product availability.
"Brewery self-distribution has been, and will continue to be, an integral part of brewery growth, so it's a natural step in our continued growth model," Gray said "It lets us take control of our brand and serve our core customers."
Gray plans to distribute its products to all of Dane, Iowa, Green and Lafayette counties. It will maintain relationships with wholesalers in Rock County.
Fred Gray
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Each year, the company produces about 200,000 cases of Gray's soda, the most predominant of which is root beer. It also contracts for about 150,000 cases of soda for other labels and brews about 45,000 barrels of a variety of beers.
About 90 percent of Gray's business is in soda production.
"We sell more root beer than everything else combined," Gray said. "Over the years, we've done just about every soda pop under the sun, including bottling Coke in the 1970s."
Small or "micro" breweries enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and Gray was no different.
In 1976, Gray said 48 operators had 26 different brands of beer. These days, hundreds of breweries produce thousands of different brews, he said.
Brewer Rick Cook stirs water, malted and unmalted barley during the lauter process as Chad Raby adds barley to the mix.
Dan Lassiter/Gazette Staff
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"It's like in the 1970s when people learned that not every wine coming out of Napa Valley was labeled Gallo," he said. "The micro breweries have bought their shelf space and gained market share at the expense of the major brewers.
"It all comes down to the quality of the beer. A Budweiser is a Budweiser whether you get it in Orlando, Janesville or Spokane. Same thing with a Big Mac."
And as alcohol laws have become more restrictive, people are drinking less, "but they're drinking better," said Gray, who is active at the local and state levels with alcohol licensing and regulation issues.
A major catalyst for Gray's resurgence was a fire in 1992 that devastated the business on Court Street.
"That was a real time of reflection and transition for us," Gray said. "My dad (Robert) and I discussed it a lot: Do we close up shop or do we grab ourselves by the bootstraps and go on by getting back to doing business the way this company was started?
"It was started on quality."
Whether the company moves to a sixth generation remains to be seen. Gray's 10-year-old son works occasionally around the brewery, just enough hours "to wonder where his last paycheck was," Gray said.
"It's been an interesting experience," he said. "Being able to work with my dad has been great. Like anything, you have differences in family and business.
"I hope my kids will do what they want to do. They're around here; I was around here. There's no doubt it gets in your blood."
Knowledge is Exciting to know
This is my DD, I hope you like it, if not do your own.
Pete
Hi Bochelle,
check out the web site.
http://www.bevnet.com/news/2004/11-12-2004-vnet_allimax_water.asp
Pete
Where's mine.
Thanks jSellar,
That's where I seen it.
I know I seen it before, about Lynch being arrested.
Thanks,
I have seen this before. I will DD and let you know. Where.
Pete
Thanks, I'm trying to find out as much about our comapany as possible.
Pete
This is an email that Brendan sent me, concerning a R/S. Brendan sent a email to Bob Corr with his concerns.
This has been posted before by Brendan.
I asked him if I could post it again.
On 6/29/06, Brendan Bird <civicbird@webtv.net> wrote:
> I hope a Reverse Split never happens....some have implied one will
> happen. This is why I sent this attached message. R/S are always
> detrimental for investors and companies. Some may not mind until RSHN
> gets on an AMEX listing.....meaning the share price would have to be
> much higher than it currently is(much higher than .10 a share). Many
> would want one to happen until a $1.00 a share. Please get back to me
> regarding this issue and plans of getting the share price much higher.
> This is my best source of contact since I have 2 jobs, so I hope to hear
> from you soon. Thanks again.
HERE IS BOB'S RESPONSE:
Why does this type of posting always come out ? We are in this to
build a company . If people start to talk to you about a reverse
split, please tell them to call me ! They are the ones that make money
off the fear of R/S . We are all shareholders and the company has the
money it needs to grow, so stick with us, it takes time and the sales
are building. Bob
This is not intend to pump up the PP's
This is a fact, that needs to be known.
Remember what Bob said in his email.
If people start to talk to you about a reverse
split, please tell them to call me !
Pete
To all investors:
Fred Gray is selling the brewery, but he will stay on as the brewmaster. This is good for him and Rushnet. The one thing you don't want to do when buying a brewery, especially one that's 150 years old is go in there with blinders on, not knowing the operation, the in's and out's. With Fred staying on, will help eliminate those problems.
When buying a 150 year old Brewery, your buying a reputation that is experiance and well know.
(below is taken from the article I posted earlier)
"The brewery operation also will help test Gray's products, which include sodas".
I love this statement, because this will be a way to introduce Rushnet products too.
Pete
Where have you been. This is old news.
It's time for you to go to bed.
Pete
ATTENTION: Gray's Opening Brew Pub
THU., AUG 10, 2006 - 12:04 PM
Hopping into brew pub market
BARRY ADAMS
608-252-6148
badams@madison.com
Beer aficionado Pete Kroll is getting his wish, but he's also patiently waiting.
Brew pubs - businesses that combine beer production with a restaurant - are on the rise, though owners say keeping them viable is a constant challenge. By the end of the year, three more will open their taps, giving Dane County eight brew pubs.
Two are being built near malls, while the other will open in Verona, one of the fastest- growing cities in Wisconsin.
But Kroll, 59, of Sun Prairie, another of the state's fastest- growing cities, is hoping that his city of about 25,000 people will be next in line for a brew pub.
Kroll owns a business called Glasses, Mugs & Steins and sells glassware. He's also an avid beer drinker looking for unique flavors.
"I don't think we have too many," Kroll said of the area's brew pubs. "I'd be happy to see more because I like to try different things."
According to the Brewers Association in Boulder, Colo., 42 brew pubs opened in 2005 to bring the number nationwide to 979.
But the better news, according to the association, was that fewer brew pubs closed - 58 last year, compared with 83 in 2004. Brew pubs also increased their production, producing 651,623 barrels of beer in 2005, almost a 3 percent increase from the year before.
Association Director Paul Gatza believes the restaurant industry has finally recovered from the effects of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. And he notes that many of the new brew pubs are being opened by already established brew pub companies.
"Things have turned around the last two years, but before that, it was a very difficult time for brew pubs," Gatza said.
In December, Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. will open another location near Hilldale Shopping Center. In 2005, the company's Downtown brew pub ranked 10th in the country in beer production for brew pubs.
Granite City Food & Brewery, a Minneapolis-based company, has 13 locations, all in the Midwest, and is building five more, including one at West Towne Mall. The company brews its beer a bit differently than most. It starts the process at a wort house in central Iowa, where malted barley is mashed and hops are added. The wort mixture is then shipped to the brew pubs, where yeast is added and fermentation begins.
"When you get into a chain atmosphere, consistency is key," wort house brewmaster Larry Chase told the Brewers Association publication The New Brewer. "The wort house allows us to better control our consistency in the beer, but it reduces up-front and ongoing costs of having a brewery on- site. You have to sell a lot of beer to keep up a brewery in a restaurant."
In Verona, Gray's Brewing Co. of Janesville will open its first brew pub this fall to help mark its 150th anniversary. The brew pub, part of the Vincenzo Plaza development at Highway PB and Whalen Road, will feature an outdoor fire pit and wood-fired pizza ovens. The brewery operation also will help test Gray's products, which include sodas.
"This is an entity that has its own taste, smell and feel. This will really represent who we are," said Fred Gray, a fifth- generation brewer. "I think there's definitely more room (for brew pubs) because each one is a different entity."
This will be the place we hold our first stockholders meeting.
Every day I do some DD and I keep finding good reason, why I am convinced that Rushnet has so much potential.
Pete
This maybe another reason for the purchase of Garden Beverage, who knows.
I bet you Bob and Michael knows.
Beer Sale Battle Brews
November 7, 2005
MADISON, WI -- Wisconsin’s growing craft beer industry is raising red flags about legislation before the state senate.
The Capital Times reports that legislation has moved on to the state senate that would require small craft brewers to build or lease a distributing facility separate from their brewery if production exceeds 100,000 barrels during a calendar year.
Deb Carey, founder and president of New Glarus Brewing Co., told the newspaper that the bill would cause great harm to the state’s craft beer industry.
“This is about small brewers retaining the right to transport beer,” Carey said, stressing that most craft brewers have built their businesses from meek conditions and therefore making them construct a warehouse would be costly and unfair.
“Beer wholesalers are the only ones who benefit,” Fred Gray, president of Janesville-based Gray's Brewing Co., said in a written statement, adding, “This bill would limit competition among beer wholesalers, increase distribution costs for small brewers and ultimately result in higher prices and fewer choices for consumers.”
State Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, (R-Horicon) introduced the legislation in October. The newspaper writes that he believes the bill is necessary to “protect the state legally in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in May in Granholm vs. Heald, which found that Michigan and New York laws granted in-state wineries a competitive advantage over wineries located outside those states.”
Fitzgerald also noted that he worked with craft brewers when drafting the bill, which resulted in the 100,000-barrel exemption.
“They wanted an exemption at 100,000 barrels of production, and some entities did not want them to have that. The largest one in New Glarus is at 45,000 barrels. That allows for some pretty good growth,” Fitzgerald told the newspaper.
"I did not want to create an unfair playing field,” Fitzgerald continued. “But if you get up to 30,000 barrels about a half million cases a year in direct shipment, you would have to build a warehouse. You have to play by the rules.”
Pete
A little history of Gray Brewing Co.
WHERE IT'S MADE
Gray Brewing Co.
2424 W. Court St. (State Route 11)
Jansville, Wis.
608-752-3552
The Gray Brewing Co. might have named its beers Phoenix when they debuted in 1994 were it not for the rich brewing tradition already associated with the Gray name. Like the mythical beast that rose from the ashes, the brewery was built from the ground up after an arson fire swept through the family's soda bottling plant in 1992.
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"We were originally a small brewery with a soda plant. I thought it was time to start over where we really began."
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The Gray family had been operating a soda company in Janesville, Wis., since 1856, so there was no question that they would rebuild. The question instead was what shape the company would take. Before Prohibition it made beer as well as soda, but increasing anti-alcohol sentiment led to the decision to give up brewing in 1912. This judgment proved wise, because the soda business kept the company alive, while small breweries continued to feel the effects of Prohibition for 50 years after Repeal.
After the fire -- for which no one was ever charged -- the Grays decided it was time to return to beer. "I was homebrewing at the time and was interested in brewing," said Fred Gray, the fifth generation of the family to work at the company J.C. Gray founded in 1856. "We were originally a small brewery with a soda plant. I thought it was time to start over where we really began."
Fred convinced his father, Robert, to add brewing equipment when the soda bottling plant was rebuilt. They already knew how to run a beverage business, from bottling to distribution to dealing with bureaucracy, and they applied that knowledge toward beer. Robert, the president, had years of experience working with soda distributors and salesmen as well as expertise in bottling and production. Fred, who started in sales for the company, became vice president, and his brother, Tim, has since joined the brewery as director of sales. Counting them, the brewery employs 12 full time.
Construction on the warehouse-style brewery was completed in late 1993, and by January 1994 the first batch of Gray's beer was ready for sale. The brewery sold 1,800 barrels that year and took home two gold medals from the 1994 Great American Beer Festival. Despite the national attention the awards drew, the Grays decided to focus on building a strong Wisconsin base. Business more than doubled to 4,800 barrels in 1995 and grew past 7,000 in 1996. Virtually all of that beer was sold only in Wisconsin, where consumers are both loyal to local products and receptive to new things.
Gray's Honey Ale, one of the first commercially brewed honey beers, is available on draft at more than 80 spots in Dane County alone. The county is home to the University of Wisconsin and the state capital, Madison, which Fred Gray describes as "an island of its own." Madison is also the best market for two other successful Wisconsin microbreweries, Capital Brewing Co. and New Glarus Brewing Co.
The Honey Ale is made from four kinds of malt, four types of hops and locally produced honey. It accounts for about 35 percent of total sales, and the brewery goes through about seven 55-gallon drums of honey a month in making it. "The Honey is the toughest beer to brew because it's so thin," Fred Gray said. It is 4.9 percent alcohol by volume.
Gray's Honey Ale was one of the two GABF gold medal winners. The second winner was Gray's Oatmeal Stout, which is made with five types of malt, American-grown German hops and about 15 percent oats. The beer is finished with Cascades, which are balanced with plenty of roasted barley. Oatmeal Stout is a full-flavored beer with 5.6 percent ABV that has continued to win awards, among them a bronze at the 1996 World Beer Cup competition.
Other year-round beers are Gray's Pale Ale and Gray's Black and Tan. The Pale Ale is made with four malts and three hops, including a solid dose of Cascades, and has an ABV of 5.7 percent. The Black and Tan is a mixture of a pale ale and stout that are different from Gray's Pale Ale and Oatmeal Stout. "The stout is a little more of a bitter stout. I think it complements the tan part nicely," Fred Gray said. "One day we brew the tan, then when it's at high krausen we blend the black into it." It measures 5.1 percent ABV.
Seasonal offerings include Irish Ale, the Bavarian-style Wisconsin Weiss, Autumn Ale and Winter Porter. All the beers except the weiss are made with a proprietary British yeast. Gray's acquired the yeast from a brewer and had it cultured at the University of Wisconsin. Only a few brewers in the United States have access to this yeast.
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"Our concern for our water stems from our soda days. It's 90 percent of everything we do."
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The brewery uses Janesville water but sterilizes and rebuilds it for brewing purposes. "The municipal water source is not always 100 percent consistent," Fred Gray said. In fact, Janesville has more than one source for water, and the brewery can never be sure which one is in use. "Our concern for our water stems from our soda days. It's 90 percent of everything we do," he said.
Gray's prides itself on producing a consistent product, which is primarily a result of blending. Head brewer Greg Hammond brews 25-barrel batches and transfers them to 100-barrel fermenters. "You can blend four batches at once, which really helps our consistency," Fred Gray said. The brewery also has its own lab and lab technician, assistant brewer Michael Cain.
A tour of the brewery begins in a small tasting room/gift shop that's decorated with photographs, bottles, trays and other memorabilia from the company's earliest days as a brewery and soda maker. From there, visitors travel into a compact brewing room, then into a massive all-purpose room that contains the fermenters, holding tanks, kegging equipment and packaging equipment. In the back room is storage and cooler space.
The brewing equipment comes from several different manufacturers, and the mash/lauter tun is a converted dairy tank. "You can call (a manufacturer), but I think it's a lot more fun to go to a farm auction and say, 'I've got a buddy who can weld. Hey, we can make that into a lauter tun,' " Fred Gray said.
Gray's has two four-arm keg fillers, and each arm is capable of filling 60 kegs a minute. The fillers were originally made for Anheuser-Busch, but A-B never used them and Gray's bought them from another Wisconsin brewery. Anheuser-Busch has since tried to buy them back. The bottling line dates to 1962 and can fill 150 bottles a minute.
Gray's still makes four kinds of soda that are available throughout the state of Wisconsin and in northern Illinois. Fred oversees the soda operation -- which uses different equipment than the brewing side -- and supervises the blending himself. The recipes aren't even written down.
"My dad and I are the only ones who know them," he told a group touring the brewery.
"Does that mean you can never travel together?" one tour member asked, jokingly.
"We do everything together," Fred responded.
Perhaps that's why the company has survived nearly 150 years as a family operation. "My dad never pushed me into the business," Fred Gray said. "I did other things and then came back into the business." However, he looks forward to the day his son, now 1 year old, becomes the sixth generation involved. "I'm more hyper on that than (my dad) was," Fred said. "I'm a big fan of Wisconsin breweries and brewing history. ... As my dad says, we're not necessarily the owners but the caretakers."
Gray's completed an expansion in November, adding 9,000 square feet of cooler and storage space, as well as fermenters and packaging equipment. The expansion boosted capacity to more than 15,000 barrels per year. With the increase, Gray's has begun to expand its distribution area. The beers are available throughout Wisconsin, in the Rockford, Ill., area and, since February, in the Chicago area.
"We're taking very small steps," Fred Gray said. "There was a demand for the product (in Chicago) and a distributor called us quite a while ago, but part of the romance of these products is the fact that people need to find them."
This is an old article.
We will be blessed to have such a seasoned person (Fred Gray) staying on with the company once we take over.
This is such a great ASSET.
Pete
NOPE R-H
false
I was the first. 1957
Pete
Dear Bob,
I am an investor with several million shares. My birthday is Sept. 22 1957. The only thing I want from you as a gift is some great PR's. This will be enough. Now, if you decide that's not enough, then you can send me some $$$$$$$$$. Just make sure there's at least a total of seven zero's on the money. That's not much for me to ask.
Pete
Well that's 3 of us with birthdays in Sept. That has to mean something. Sept. will be a great month.
It's sunny here in North Central Florida.
Pete
Might live in south florida. My birthday is Sept. 22.
I want a lot of $$$$$$$
Pete
Did you ask them to carry it?
Pete
Morgan, are you going to the grand opening for Home Depot. We got a 10 % coupon for Aug 30.
Pete
I agree. I think he's been working a lot. He's in construction.
Pete
Keep in touch with the storm.
Pete