USA, MO: Wellspent Brewing open in former movie theater in St. Louis

The building where you'll find Wellspent Brewing was home to a movie theater a hundred years ago, KSDK reported on March 12.

Now you'll find a new scene playing out at 2917 Olive Street in St. Louis.

Kyle Kohlmorgen, brewer/owner, said, "We focus on what we call yeast driven beer. Beer that is inspired by our trip to Brussels."

There is still some evidence of the old movie theater at this new brewery. When you walk in, you'll still find the marquees.

"It opened in 1907 that it was called the Bonanza Theatre. We restored the marquees here," he said.

Kyle is yet to find a photo of the Bonanza Theatre.

"It's not really something you can Google. We had some people do some research but they came up empty," he said.

Where the theater's balcony was, is now where the tanks are.

"They actually found pieces of balcony when they bought the building so we don't think it was a whole lot of anything from when the movie theater closed till now," he said.

Right now, there are 3 of Kyle's beers on tap. The bread and butter at this brewery is beer with lower alcohol content. For example, the house Saison is 3.5%.

"I like the challenge of brewing a beer that has same alcohol by volume as a bud light or something but has a lot of flavor," he said.

Whatever you choose to drink at Wellspent Brewing, Kyle hopes your time will be well spent.

13 March, 2018