USA, TN: Mill Creek Brewing Co. to open in Nolensville by the end of October

Williamson County is getting another craft brewery this fall, Nashville Business Journal reported on July 7.

Mill Creek Brewing Co., which launched from a Kickstarter campaign last year, is aiming to open its production facility and taproom by late October, assuming the brewery’s build out stays on track and the company’s brewing equipment arrives on time from Slovenia.

The brewery, co-founded by Chris Going (CEO) and Michael Krewson, is slated for a 27,000-square-foot warehouse located at 2008 Johnson Industrial Blvd, Nolensville. The building is located about one-fourth of a mile from Mill Creek, which explains the brewery’s name, and includes about 5,000 square feet for a taproom.

In the interim, Going and Krewson have enlisted another brewery (which Going declined to disclose) to contract brew limited quantities of Mill Creek Brewing beer to introduce the name to the local market.

When Mill Creek Brewing opens in the fall, Going plans to run a 30-barrel system with four 60-barrel fermenters.

“What Michael and I say is, we’re making approachable craft beer,” said Going. “It’s stuff that’s pretty easy for people to get into.

In 2014, Going launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a full production facility. He was aiming to raise $110,000, and while he fell short, 233 backers did pledge just over $67,000 total.

Although Going wasn't able to cash in on the Kickstarter campaign, he was able to tap into several of those backers outside of Kickstarter to raise money and also secured a bank loan to help open the facility.

Going will sell beer on tap only when Mill Creek Brewing first opens, with plans to enlist Toucan, a portable canning line, to begin packaging in November.

10 July, 2015