Brewery Expansions

Anchor Brewing to Expand in SF Bay

Anchor Brewing has announced plans for a new facility on the San Francisco waterfront. In conjunction with the San Francisco Giants, Anchor will add a second location in the $1.6 billion Mission Rock development area. The 212,000 sq ft facilities will Continue Reading →

Posted in Brewery Expansions, Terrapin Beer Company, Videos

Beer Street Journal Video: Inside Terrapin’s New Brew House

Terrapin Beer Co (Athens, GA) is now brewing on a spiffy new 100 barrel Rolec brewhouse. Thats a big step up from the 25 barrel they have been brewing on. About a year ago, we had a chat with Terrapin founder John Cochran about the constraints with the brewery. At the time, the brewery was producing about 21,000 barrels (672,000 gallons) a year. The orders however, totaled more than 30,000 barrels. Not a bad position to be in.  Expansion was imminent.

Setting up for a big 2013, Terrapin is finally able to brew enough beer to meet the demand. Treehugger, and German style alt bier just promoted to year round status was the first beer brewed on the new equipment. Beer Street Journal tagged along with “Spike” on the brew day.

See: Terrapin’s First Can Art

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Brewery Expansions, Troegs Brewing

Tröegs Discusses Future Plans with Beer Street Journal

After receiving news from Tröegs Brewery (Hershey, PA) regarding a few expansion items coming to the brewery, Beer Street Journal got to chat with the crew and get a feel for what is going on. According to statements from brewery manager Ed Yashinsky, Tröegs has been under constant construction since their inception in 1997. They are currently at capacity. Here is the rundown of changes:

– This year we are automating our packaging line, installing two new bottling lines
– 6 new fermentation tanks by Summer, 2013
– 2 Smaller Fermenters for “Scratch Beer Series”
– 4 (300 Barrels) for year round beers
– New automated bottling line for 750ml or 325 ml corked & caged bottles.
– Small bottle filler will give the option to do test bottle runs, like barrel aged beers.

With the installation of these tanks, the building will be full – no more fermentation space under the current roof. Next stop will be fermenters outside the building, or a potential addition to the current building.

Second location? The thought has come up, but no immediate need. Troegs did admit the have shopped around for another building around Hershey.

Read more: Troegs Brewery

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anchor Brewing, Brewery Expansions, Videos

This Is Where Anchor’s New Brewery Will Be [VIDEO]

Anchor Brewing announced a second brewery today, as a part of the waterfront redevelopment with the city San Francisco and the San Francisco Giants. The video below shows where it will go.  The build will push Anchor’s production from 120,000 barrels a year to 600,000.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brewery Expansions, Duclaw Brewing

DuClaw Brewing Follows the Yellow Brick Road

Maryland’s DuClaw Brewing has announced their move from Abington MD to a new location on Yellow Brick Road in Baltimore County MD. The new 60,000sq ft facilities will allow them to double their production size and meet the ever-growing demand.

As of this past week, DuClaw was completely out of 4 of their beers, 3 of which being part of their year-round line up (Hellrazer IPA, Serum 2x IPA, and Mysterium Belgian Spiced Ale). According to Brad Klipner, DuClaw’s Sales Manager, the increased tank space is “exactly what we needed as we grow our reach and try to keep up with demand.”

DuClaw hopes to have the new place good-to-go by mid-March

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anchor Brewing, Beer News, Brewery Expansions

Anchor Brewing to Expand in SF Bay

Anchor Brewing has announced plans for a new facility on the San Francisco waterfront. In conjunction with the San Francisco Giants, Anchor will add a second location in the $1.6 billion Mission Rock development area. The 212,000 sq ft facilities will house production and distribution facilities as well as a restaurant, museum, and other public attractions.

The expansion will quadruple the brewery’s yearly output. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2014 with hopes of completion in 2016. Anchor is expected to create at least 200 jobs with this expansion.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Brewery Expansions

Beer Street Journal Video: Meet Jackalope Brewing (Nashville, TN)

Bailey Spaulding and Robyn Virball met in a Scotland while studying abroad in 2002. Less than a decade later, they, along with Steve Wright had opened their own craft brewery. Jackalope Brewing Company is nestled in “The Gultch” area of Nashville, Tennessee. The success of the brand has recently lead to the need to expand.

New 60 barrel (1,860 gallons) fermenters were just put into place, expanding the brewery’s capacity 3 fold. In addition to more beer, the brewery plans to package in cans this summer.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Breckenridge Brewing, Brewery Expansions

Breckenridge Boasts Growth, Announces Expansion

For the third year in a row Breckenridge Brewery is happy to boast growth and sales exceeding their annual goal. This is a trend that seems to be concurrent across the industry and definitely something to be proud of. In conjunction with this growth Breckenridge also announced their upcoming move:

 “12 beautiful acres along the South Platte River in Littleton, just south of Denver. The property stretches between South Santa Fe Drive and the Mary Carter Greenway Trail (also known as the Platte River Trail), a trail system enjoyed by bikers, walkers, and explorers of all ages.”  

The new property will feature a field of hops, a farmhouse, a sunny beer garden with in/outdoor seating, a general store, and a to-go growler fill station. The groundbreaking on the new facilities is scheduled for fall 2013 with hopes of opening and serving guests in fall 2014. The new facilities will create around 60-75 jobs.

by Reid Ramsay