Another Round

VOL. 129 | NO. 162 | Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Some time in October, lovers of local craft beers could enjoy a cold brew in a new tasting room at Memphis Made Brewing Co.s facility in the Cooper-Young district.

Carpenters Dave Harris, left, and Eric Fields sand and stain baseboards inside what will become Memphis Made Brewing Co.s new taproom.

(Daily News/Andrew J. Breig)

Memphis Made Brewing, which launched its line of local libations last October, is adding a roughly 2,000-square-foot tasting room inside its 6,400-square-foot space at 768 S. Cooper St. In addition, Memphis Made Brewing is building a roughly 1,000-square-foot covered patio facing York Avenue.

Andy Ashby, the head of sales for the local beer maker, said the new additions, which will cost around $150,000, will allow Memphis Made Brewing to make deeper connections with beer lovers.

The tasting room will really allow us to reach out to the community, he said. It will allow folks to come up here and get a pint of beer, or half pint of beer, and drink it on the premises, or they can get a growler to go. Well also have events so we can meet the people who like our beer.

In addition to providing a place where people can enjoy a beer onsite, the new taproom inside the old Keathley Pie Factory building will give the public a better opportunity to understand the brewing process, Ashby said.

You go in, see the equipment and talk to the brewers and learn about the process, he said. Were really excited that when we open our taproom well be bale to educate more people in Memphis about brewing and the brewing process.

The additions come after Memphis Made Brewing doubled its production capacity. Earlier this summer, the brewery added three 30-barrel fermenters, which can each hold 930 gallons of beer.

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