USA, IL: Old Bakery Beer Company to open in Alton next year

After getting the go-ahead from the Alton city council, plans are fermenting to open the Old Bakery Beer Company early next year. The brewhouse and restaurant will be located on the site of at least three bakeries over the last century, STLtoday.com reported on March 17.

James Rogalsky, a homebrewer and former assistant brewer at Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, will serve as the head brewer. The plan is to make four beers all year — a wheat IPA, a rye pale ale, a mild brown ale and a Pilsner style beer — and to supplement these with a rotating schedule of seasonal beers. Beers from other local breweries will also be on tap.

The company plans to brew 15 barrels at a time, 465 gallons, with the capacity to brew 10,000 gallons in a year.

19 March, 2014