By: Heather Galanty
MARCH 21, 2016
With the number of American craft breweries at an all-time high and an average of two new breweries opening each day, you’re bound to find beer being served in some unusual settings:
Argus Brewery | Chicago, IL | stable built for Schlitz Brewing Co. in 1907
Old Firehouse Brewery | Williamsburg, OH | retired firehouse
Kellys Brewpub | Albuquerque, NM | 1939 Ford dealership and service station
Breaker Brewing Co. | Wilkes-Barre, PA | former Catholic school and convent
Urban Artifact | Cincinnati, OH | historic St. Patrick’s Church
Yes, you read that right—a church. In fact, there are several craft breweries that have found homes in now-defunct religious institutions, and these holy taprooms are serving up a whole lot more than meager sips of wine on Sundays.
Bicycle races conducted in front of a crowd sipping boozy drinks. A brewery with its own dog park. Until recently, such activities likely weren’t the first thing industrial building owners in the Twin Cities imagined happening on their properties.
Breweries, cideries, wineries and distilleries seem to be opening with every new season in the Twin Cities. Many have found their homes in neighborhood industrial buildings or are making industrial parks destinations for people seeking a good drink and a good time.
The latest batch includes Royal Foundry Craft Spirts, a British-themed cocktail room that opened in December in a 59-year-old warehouse at 241 Fremont Ave. N. in Minneapolis, and a yet-unnamed brewery that will occupy 9,000 square feet of space in a former World War II armaments plant in Fridley’s massive Northern Stacks industrial park.
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — As Equilibrium Brewery opened for business here on a recent Saturday morning, fans were already lined up outside for a fresh batch of its hazy-colored ales.
The travelers, who came from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, snapped up as many cans and bottles as they could buy, at $16 a four-pack. After a sip or two by tailgates, some headed out in search of a meal, their tourist dollars funneled into a downtown betting on a rebound.
Minneapolis, Minn. March 11, 2019 – Minneapolis-based commercial real estate startup Craft Buildings is proud to announce its launch into the U.S. market.
Craft Buildings is designed to provide craft beverage manufacturing companies, including breweries, cideries, wineries, and distilleries, professional help and guidance through the process of locating and securing a commercial building suitable for their business.
MINNEAPOLIS— Minneapolis-based commercial real estate startup Craft Buildings is proud to announce its launch into the U.S. market.
Craft Buildings is designed to provide craft beverage manufacturing companies, including breweries, cideries, wineries and distilleries, professional help and guidance through the process of locating and securing a commercial building suitable for their business.
