USA, NC: Lynnwood Brewing to take over Blackjack Brewing Company’s Wilmington location in an expansion move

Raleigh-based Lynnwood Brewing announced it will be soon moving to Wilmington, an apropos location for a pirate themed place, The Independent Weekly reported on September 8.

Lynnwood Brewing is buying out Blackjack Brewing's Whitaker Mill Road location. Lynnwood Brewing has been looking for an opportunity to expand its operations for quite some time. Lynnwood Grill has been on the Raleigh scene since 2004, though they only added the brewery in 2013. Still, it already offers a wide range of craft brews, including the Hubris Imperial IPA, Once You Go Black IPA and the Kiss My Irish stout.

The purchase will allow Lynnwood Brewing to increase its output by 200 percent and also expand its experiments with barrel-aging by October. There are also plans for the new location to feature a tasting room and beer garden.

Fans of Lynnwood Brewing's Grove Barton Road location shouldn't worry, as its owner Ted Dwyer says this is an expansion, not a move.

“We will continue brewing operations at the restaurant and will make the same beers and more at the Whitaker Mill location,” Dwyer says. “The goal is to expand slowly and maintain our quality and standards throughout. We hope to be canning early next year and meet the demand that we haven't been able to,” he added.

Dwyer says head brewer Bill Gerds has already secured hops contracts well into the future to meet the needs of their increased production.

11 September, 2015