E-Malt.com News article: USA, OH: Listermann/Triple Digit Brewing Company expanding tap room and brewing capacity

Listermann/Triple Digit Brewing Company is expanding both its tap room and its brewing capacity, Cincinnati.com reported on August 19.

Knocking out a wall will double the size of the Evanston brewery's tap room, which currently holds 40-50 people, said Jason Brewer, distribution manager/social media director for the brewery. Current restrooms will be updated, and more will be added.

Paving and sectioning off an area in front of the building will allow the brewery to add outdoor seating.

On the brewing side, two new fermenters will increase capacity about 40 percent, Brewer said.

"Those two fermenters are going to give us the ability to have Chicow! and Nutcase going at all times," he said, adding that the brewery has a wait list of bars and restaurants that want Triple Digit's hazelnut double brown ale and Listermann's peanut butter porter.

The additional capacity will also let the brewery do more experimental beers, he said.

Brewer said construction could start as soon as Labor Day. He hopes to see it complete in time for the brewery's Oktoberfest event, set for the second weekend in October.

Listermann owner Dan Listermann got a loan from the Hamilton County Development Company (HCDC) to finance the expansion. Listermann originally started his homebrewing supply business in HCDC's Business Center, the Norwood business incubator.


22 August, 2014