New Breweries
Sceptre Arts Brewing opens in the Oakhurst neighborhood of Decatur
Armando Celentano, Benjamin Rhoades, and Donald Durant are known in Atlanta as owners of Argosy in East Atlanta. Peach State drinkers will soon come to know them in their new venture – Sceptre Arts Brewing.
The brewpub is situated in Oakhurst, just a few minutes from downtown Atlanta proper, nearby Three Taverns Craft Brewery, Wild Heaven Craft Beers, and Twain’s Brewpub (for those planning drinking ventures).
Sceptre Arts features 20 taps, with nearly 10 by the brewery itself. The food is described as “Southern Picnic” by the brewpub, featuring charcuterie by local Spotted Trotter, Hawaiian roll cheeseburgers, pork butt, hot dogs and mesquite fries.
The pub is open from 5 pm to 12 AM daily.
Sceptre Arts Brewing
630 East Lake Drive
Oakhurst, Georgia
A full Beer Street Journal feature to follow.
Lo-Fi Brewing launches in Charleston in January
LO-Fi Brewing will be ready to pour in Charleston, South Carolina in January. LO-Fi is the vision of founder Jason Caughman, who is knee deep in test batches as you read this.
LO-FI Brewing is setting up shop in a former car dealership in North Charleston. The renovated building will house a 20-barrel (620 gallons per batch) custom brew house.
First brews include LO-Fi Lager, LO-Fi Blueberry Wheat, and LO-Fi IPA all available on draft initially.
“In today’s beer scene, you really don’t see many lagers around because they are a timely commitment and can be difficult to get just right. At LO-Fi, we’re putting an emphasis on the other half of the beer world that’s gone largely ignored in the craft beer boom,” – Jason Caughman
LO-FI has chosen Lee Distributors to bring their launch lineup to South Carolina’s low country. A tap room featuring the the brewery’s lineup, live music and more is planned in 2016 as well.
The brewery is located at 2038 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Zeroday Brewing Opens in Harrisburg, PA
Zeroday Brewing Company has officially opened in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The brewery hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony with Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse this week. (I hear a stormtrooper was in attendance too.)
The brewery’s name Zeroday, pays homage to a hiking term that refers to a day spent exploring a town, off the trail.
“We want Harrisburg to be a zero day town,” Theo Armstrong, brewery co-founder said. “It’s a place worth stopping and exploring.”
Zeroday’s launch beers include Firstborn, a dry stout; Wits End, a Belgian Witbier; Cheap Date, American Blonde ale; Dolce Vita, Chocolate Hazelnut Sweet Stout, and Zeroday IPA. Light fare is also served at the brewery, and soon, food trucks on the weekends.
Zeroday Brewing Company
250 Reily Street, Suite 103
Harrisburg, PA 17102
4-11 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Last Stand Brewing Opens in Austin, Texas
Last Stand Brewing Company opens this weekend in Austin, Texas.
The brewery is the brainchild of Texas Native Kerry Richardson, his wife Mandi, and home brewer turn brewery owner, Mignonne “Migs” Gros. The three join forces to open Last Stand Brewing closeby to another craft beer trendsetting brewery, Jester King.
Launch beers include BPA (Belgian-style Pale Ale, Coffee Porter, Pale Ale, IPA and Wheat, all draft only initially.
Last Stand Brewing Company is located at 12345 Pauls Valley Rd, Unit I, Austin, Texas 78737
Image via Last Stand Brewing
Mikkeller & Alesmith to Partner on New Brewery
Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, better known at gypsy brewer Mikkeller, is forming a partnership with San Diego, California’s Alesmith Brewing Company.
Initial details indicate the Alesmith and Mikkeller will be forming a new partnership, creating a brewery (not yet named). The new brewhouse will be located in a building that Alesmith currently owns.
This isn’t the first time Mikkeller used this approach. Bjergsø also owns Warpigs, a Copenhagen brewery with Indiana based Three Floyds. Additionally, Bjergsø/Mikkeller owns Mikkeller Bar in San Francisco, California.
The new brewery could be operational as of Summer, 2015. Mikkeller currently produces various offerings for the United States at craft breweries across the country. No word if that will continue after the new brewery is online.
You almost saw this coming, as Alesmith & Mikkeller recently released a collaboration, Beer Geek Speedway.
Beer Street Journal has reached out to Alesmith and Mikkeller for more information.
Torn Label Brewing Co. launches in Kansas City, Missouri
Torn Label Brewing officially launches this week in Kansas City, Missouri. The brewery was founded last year by Rafi Chaudry, Travis Moore, Carol Troutwine and Chad Troutwine.
The brewery is located in the southern section of the Studios Inc building in downtown Kansas City’s Crossroads neighborhood. Torn Label brews on an all-stainless, 15 barrel system, with a 2,500 barrel annual capacity. Additionally to the production facility, the brewery plans on opening a tap room on-site later this year.
Some of the initial beers include Hang ’em High (IPA), Quadjillo (Chili beer), and Monk & Honey (Belgian-style Ale).
Upper Hand Brewery Celebrates Grand Opening
Upper Hand Brewery, the new division of Bell’s Brewery is officially open.
Upper Hand broke ground in October, 2013 on an 11,500 square foot facility on Michigan’s Upper Penninsula. Three beers are ready with the launch, Upper Penninsula Ale, Escanaba Black Beer, and Upper Hand Lager. Expect draft from now until December, when bottles arrive.
“To be able to open a brewery in the U.P. fulfills a lifelong dream for me. I couldn’t be prouder to open the doors of this great facility here in Escanaba,” said Larry Bell, founder and president of Bell’s Brewery in Comstock.
Upper Hand beer will only be available in Michigan’s upper penninsula, with parts of the west to follow. Upper Hand will not be available to purchase below the Mackinac Bridge.
A public open house is planned at the brewery on December 6th, 2014.
