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  1. Guy, Thanks for your reply, Do you have a dedicated retail space? Is it separated from your production floor by a fire rated wall? Is your building sprinklered? Cheers.
  2. We are planning on building a new brewery/distillery in a commercial industrial zoned area so the zoning is not really an issue. I've also been doing research and found that storage of distilled spirits in oak is an exception to being classified as a hazardous material and also frees us from storage limits. NFPA 1 Chapter 60 Hazardous Materials, 60.1.2.1 “Buildings and portions thereof containing high hazard contents that are limited to the following need not comply with chapter 60: …(5) Beverages, ...and distilled spirits and wines in wooden barrels or casks.” Therefore barrels of distilled spirit cannot be classified as hazardous. Also, if we are not storing our spirit in any containers other than said barrels NFPA 30 Chapter 4 pertaining to containers and portable tanks cannot be applied. NFPA 30: “4.1.1.2 This chapter shall not apply to the following: …(7) Distilled spirits and wines in wooden barrels or casks.” I feel like we should be okay defending this to the fire marshal and be able to legally store whatever we need for volume in our facility. What I am hoping is that we can get away without sprinklering the building and have the public in for retail and tours at the same time. Who out there has already gone through this and has advice on public in the production space? I don’t want to have the public peering through a 3hr rated fireproof portal to see our still...
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