Beer lovers, today is a good day: Reuben's Brews is bottling their beer, and they just finished their first batch yesterday.

The first batch -- which consists of 225 cases of American Rye, Imperial Rye IPA, and the Roggenbier -- will be made available at Whole Foods, said owner Adam Robbings. There's one in Interbay at 2001 15th Ave W.

From there, Robbings said they will brew again, and that batch will be made available at specialty beer stores in the area.

Photographer Erik Haugen went out to the brewery to take some photos of the bottling process. Ever wonder what bottling looks like at a small brewery? Well, here's your chance.

Preparing the pallets the cases will be stacked on

Last minute checks

Empty bottles ready to be filled

Opening the lines from the brewery tanks

Boxes the bottles will be shipped in

Moving boxes to make room

Stacking the pallet

Hard at work bottling and labeling

Boxing the first batch

The first pallet is about half done

Boxing more bottles

Work in progress

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