Brewed in Michigan: The New Golden Age of Brewing in the Great Beer State (Painted Turtle) by William Rapai

Author:William Rapai [Rapai, William]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

Salt Springs brewer Ed Borsius.

Once the papers were signed, the new owners spent five months on renovations. They put the kitchen in the old choir room, reinforced the old organ loft for seating, removed and replaced part of the floor with a concrete slab to support the fermenters, and overhauled sewers and water lines to meet the needs of the brewhouse in the basement.

Meanwhile, an eager community followed their progress through the newspaper and social media. People who walked in to check on the status of the brewpub often volunteered their services as laborers. And when a local painting company heard about the renovation, the owners donated their services just to be a part of the project.

The result was a beautiful brewpub. Stained glass windows on the south and west side filter the sunlight entering the pub and bathe the interior in pastels. The walls gently curve into the ceiling, and in the center of that ceiling is a painting of a hand with an extended index finger reaching or pointing to hops cones on a vine. The image is intended to evoke Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

That description may make it sound as if Schofield and Zadvinskis are being irreverent, but the opposite would be true. The mural is intended to pay respect to the former church, life itself, and the creation of beer. The owners take pains to make sure that they are not being disrespectful to the former place of worship. They temper their pride with humility because they know that this building is special to people in the community; they frequently hear from customers who were baptized, married or used to worship in this space.

“Everybody working on the renovation gave a little bit more because they knew what this building was, what it was going to be, and what it meant to the community,” Schofield says.

Patience, it seems, has its virtues.

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