E-Malt.com News article: USA, LA: New Parish Brewing Co. to release beer in February

Construction of a new Parish Brewing Co. plant in Broussard is nearing completion, and the local brewery hopes to be bottling beer by the beginning of February, TheAdvertiser.com reported on December, 1.

Andrew Godley, owner of Parish Brewing Co. and brewer of signature beers Canebrake and Biere Amber, broke ground on the new facility.

Now, the building is complete, and Godley is awaiting arrival of equipment, including special "big brewing tanks" he expects to arrive by the end of December.

"We will then spend the first few weeks of January getting everything installed and running," Godley said, noting that he hopes to release bottled beer in February. "Of course all this timing could change, but this is my best schedule plan right now."

The new facility, which is “almost 10 times larger” than the current one, will allow Godley to not only bottle beer but also to expand into markets across the state and eventually throughout the Gulf South.

“We’re going to brew more on the first day at the new brewery than we did during all of 2010 at the old one,” Godley said in August when construction on the new facility was beginning.

By mid-2012, Parish Brewing Co. beers will be available “everywhere in Louisiana,” Godley said then. Currently, his beer is served only in Lafayette Parish and only on draft.

The new facility includes bottling capabilities, and he plans to sell both draft and bottled beer in each market he enters. He said the company will initially sell six-packs of beer but may move to 12-packs if demand calls for it.

Godley’s current brewery is a small 1,200-square-foot warehouse in Broussard. The new facility will be approximately 9,000 square feet.

By the end of 2011, Godley will have produced about 150 barrels of beer. The new brewery, he said, can produce 5,000 barrels per year.

Godley said he began searching for a place to expand his business in September 2010. He initially considered renting a building in Lafayette but ultimately decided to build from the ground up after encountering problems with high rents and lacking utilities.

When the new facility opens, the company will make three types of beer — Canebrake, Biere Amber and Envie Pale Ale — before expanding to other brews.


09 December, 2011