E-Malt.com News article: USA, DE: Twin Lakes Brewery to relocate from Greenville by August

Twin Lakes Brewing Co. is moving from its Greenville home to a new, yet-unnamed Delaware location, according to Jack Wick, a company founder, The News Journal reported on July 8.

The tasting room and tours at 4210 Kennett Pike, Greenville brewery have been closed to the public since June. In a Facebook post on July 7 to the First State Brewers' group, former head brewer Rob Pfeiffer said he and another brewer left the operation "a couple of weeks ago."

Wick said the brewery is moving because its lease was up in 2013. He said several Delaware locations were considered and a lease has been signed.

An announcement about the new site is pending, Adam Doherty, the company's CEO, said in an email.

Wick said he hopes to reopen by August.

On July 7, John H. Cordrey, Delaware's Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner, said Twin Lakes Brewery has contacted his office about moving the brewery, but has not yet filed the required $1,000 application paperwork.

He said the process takes at least 30 days. Cordrey said notice must be given to property owners anywhere from 200 to 1,000 feet of the new location.

Delaware now has at least seven microbreweries, Cordery said, and two more applications are pending.

Cordery said he was glad to hear Twin Lakes Brewery was staying in Delaware. "They're a good brewery."

Twin Lakes Brewery has been in operation since April 2006. It was co-founded by Wick, Matt Day and Sam Hobbs.

For nine years, the operation has been located inside a Greenville barn retrofitted into a brewery.

The historic barn, dating back to about 1826, originally was an art studio.

The brewery's name comes from two ponds, known as the "twins," that were on either side of the driveway of the 252-acre family farm.

Twin Lakes Brewery’s beers are named after local sites and historical figures.


10 July, 2015