E-Malt.com News article: USA, OH: New craft brewery may open in Nelsonville by May

If all goes as planned, a new craft beer brewery will be in production by May in Nelsonville, woub.org reported on January 14.

Three Columbus-area residents — including Jason Warren, who is originally from Albany — plan to open Multiple Brewing Co. at 82 W. Washington St., according to Warren.

"I think Nelsonville is a community that's ready for a craft beer," said Warren, who is a home brewer and will serve as brewmaster at the Nelsonville facility.

"I've been brewing since 2005," Warren said, adding that he's gotten positive feedback on his beers from people in the craft beer business.

"I love to see people react when they try my beers," Warren said, explaining that it's not unlike the satisfaction a cook gets from making a meal that people enjoy.

Four beers that Warren currently makes — an American amber ale called Fat Chris, an India pale ale (IPA) called Citra Slobber, a Russian imperial stout and a lower-alcohol session IPA — will be the brewery's year-round beers. Warren said seasonal beers also will be produced.

Warren said the operation will be a nano brewery because of its small size. The equipment will be able to may one barrel of beer at a time, or about 440 barrels a year. (By comparison, Jackie O's in Athens has the capacity to produce 10,000 barrels a year.)

Warren said the Nelsonville brewery will include a tap house where people can try the beer, although initially it will only be open on Fridays and Saturdays and Warren will run it. It will not be a bar, and will only sell beer made there, he explained.

If the business proves successful, the tap house will be open more days and additional employees hired to run it, and another brewer will be hired. Currently, two sales people are on board, he said.

Warren's partners in the Multiple Brewing Co. are Jack Patterson of Upper Arlington and Brooklyn Simmons of Worthington.

Much needs to be done before the brewery can open. Renovations need to be made to the building before equipment can be moved in. The operation must pass state and federal inspection, as well as meet Nelsonville codes, Warren said.



16 January, 2015