E-Malt.com News article: USA, FL: Playalinda Brewing Co. to build production brewery and distillery in 2016

Nearly a year since launching Titusville’s first craft brewery, the founding partners behind Playalinda Brewing Co. have announced plans to build an offsite production brewery and distillery, both co-branded as The Brix Project, SpaceCoastDaily.com reported on August 19.

The production brewery will allow the company to fulfil the increasingly high demand for its beer locally, while paving the way to distribute its products across Florida.

The distillery leg of the business will introduce a first-of-its-kind liquor production facility to Brevard County that will specialize in small batch spirits.

Slated to open in 2016 if terms between the project’s partners, Brevard County and the City of Titusville are agreed upon, the production brewery and distillery will occupy 16,000-square-feet at 5220 S. Washington Avenue in Titusville.

The deal calls for the project’s partners to invest $3.65 million for building refurbishment, construction costs, machinery, equipment and furniture.

Bryan Scott, co-founder of Playalinda Brewing Company, estimates the The Brix Project will add approximately 38 new jobs to the local economy by the end of 2016.

Playalinda Brewing’s Co-Founder and Brewmaster Ron Raike will also assume lead brewing and distilling efforts at The Brix Project.

At its helm, Raike will oversee production upwards of 30,000 barrels of beer annually, as well as distilling small-batch gin, vodka and whiskey.


22 August, 2015