E-Malt.com News article: USA, CO: Odd13 Brewing announces $400,000 expansion in Lafayette by mid October

Two years after opening their doors, the owners of Odd13 Brewing are expanding into a new 3,800-square-foot production site a mile and a half away, but are keeping their downtown taproom location, BizWest Media reported on August 4.

Ryan Scott, who co-founded the brewery with his wife, Kristin, said the plan is to move production and packaging to the new site, while maintaining a smaller-scale production operation at the 301 E. Simpson St. location in Lafayette, where the brewery can experiment with new beers.

The new site is at 505 Stacy Court in Lafayette, just a couple of blocks southeast of the intersection of South Boulder Road and U.S. Highway 287. Construction is already under way on the $400,000 expansion, and Scott said he’s hoping to have the new facility producing by mid October. A taproom could become part of the new site eventually but isn’t in the near-term plans.

In addition to the 3,800 square feet leased, Odd 13 Brewing has first right of refusal on other units in the 11,000-square-foot building at 505 Stacy if other tenants leave in the future.

“We chose the building with future growth in mind,” Scott said.

For now, the new digs should provide plenty of extra capacity. Odd13 Brewing, which celebrated its second anniversary on August 3, produced 670 barrels of beer in 2014. Without any extra capacity from the new location, Scott said that figure should grow to about 1,200 barrels this year. With the new location, where Odd13 Brewing is installing a new 30-barrel brewhouse, capacity will be about 3,000 barrels per year between the company’s two sites. But Scott said there is room in the new spot to add enough tanks to grow capacity to 5,500 barrels before Odd13 Brewing would need more square footage.

“It’s been a positive surprise but not entirely unforeseen,” Scott said of the rapid growth.

Odd13 Brewing’s original location, which has a 10-barrel brewhouse, will continue some limited bottling. But most of the bottling and canning will move to Stacy Court. Odd13 Brewing cans a pair of year-round beers and will add a third as soon as the new facility is online.

For Odd13 Brewing, the new setup in more of an industrial area will create a best-of-both-worlds kind of arrangement. There wasn’t a lot of space for expansion in downtown Lafayette, but the brewery gets to keep its neighbourhood vibe at the taproom.

“There’s a sense of community at the current location,” Scott said.


05 August, 2015