USA, MO: Boulevard Brewing continues expansion

Boulevard Brewing Co. is continually trying to keep ahead of its growth, kansascity.com reported on May, 2.

That includes putting up a glass walkway to connect a new building to the headquarters, taking the roof off an older building and adding more space upward instead of outward.

Now Kansas City’s hometown brewery has bought a 55,000-square-foot building about a block from its headquarters, and will make it part of the brewery’s “campus”.

Boulevard will move packaging and some Smokestack Series production to the building.

It has more than 1,000 used whiskey barrels that it uses to age some Smokestack beers — anywhere from three months to five years. Currently the barrels are scattered at various Boulevard facilities, but they will be consolidated in the Summit building in temperature-controlled areas.

Office space also is at a premium, so Boulevard’s marketing department could take over the Summit building’s office space.

It’s all about “keeping up with the rapidly growing business,” said Jeff Krum, chief financial officer. “There is very little room in our existing brewery, and this gives us room to grow.”

09 May, 2013