USA, OH: Phoenix Brewing Company plans to open this winter in Mansfield

Phoenix Brewing hopes to open production brewery and tasting room this winter in the Schroer & Son building on North Diamond Street in Mansfield, according to Akron Beacon Journal. The partial federal shutdown helped push back the opening.

Phoenix Brewing will launch with a five-barrel brewing system from GW Kent. The system will be located in the basement just like those at Millersburg Brewing in Millersburg and Barley’s Brewing in Columbus. Unlike those operations, which have windows to look down into the brewhouse, visitors won’t be able to see the brewing equipment.

The beer will be available on draft only, and Phoenix plans to self-distribute at first.

The partners chose downtown Mansfield for a reason. Not only was the building’s backstory attractive, but downtown also is been booming with art galleries, coffee shops, a sports bar and martini bar, they said.

Phoenix will launch with four beers and eventually up that to six. At first, there likely will be an oatmeal stout, robust porter, English ESB and West Coast-style India pale ale.

The brewery won’t include a kitchen, but people will be welcome to bring in food, such as pizza, and they will host food trucks as many other brewing operations successfully do in Ohio.

25 October, 2013