E-Malt.com News article: USA, MS: Lucky Town Brewing Co. to move to Jackson, MS

Lucky Town Brewing Co., a craft beer company now based in Gluckstadt and getting its beer brewed under contract, has an option to buy a former Greyhound bus service building in Jackson for its own brewery, The New Chronicle reported on September, 2.

Lucky Town Brewing Co. would be the first microbrewery in Jackson, which recently adopted a zoning ordinance for small-scale breweries producing up to 5,000 barrels a year for wholesale distribution.

The option is contingent on a zoning variance and use permit from the city because Lucky Town's site would be within 1,000 of an area zoned for homes, company co-founder Chip Jones said.

The bus barn's high ceilings are good for microbrewing, Jones said.

“The space is plentiful for the next four to five years, and the 1.7-acre lot gives us room to expand for as large as we're ever going to get, probably”, Chip Jones said.

There are few manufacturers in Jackson so far, and the Business Association of Midtown welcomes the brewery, association president Andy Hilton said. Beer wouldn't be sold there, only made, he said — and its presence may attract other businesses, he said.

Midtown Neighborhood Association president Jennifer West said after sit-down meetings with brewery founders, residents are open to Lucky Town coming in and revitalizing its industrial area. While there are several nearby businesses, "a lot of it is abandoned on that street, and to bring in something that will benefit, bring more jobs, more economy into the neighborhood, we welcome that."


04 September, 2013