After 15 years in operation, St. Arnold Brewing Co. will bid farewell to its original brewery at its annual Oktoberfest celebration on Oct. 3.
The company — which won a gold medal for its St. Arnold Summer Pils at the recent Great American Beer Festival in Denver — is relocating from its current 30,000-square-foot space at 2522 Fairway Park Drive in North Houston into a redeveloped 90,000-square-foot former HISD warehouse located at 2000 Lyons Ave. near downtown.
Construction crews are completing a $6 million, year-long renovation of the historic building.
St. Arnold’s offices are expected to move in early October and brewing operations will follow in November.
The new brewhouse, which will feature beer-making equipment imported from a defunct brewery in a Bavarian monastery, will increase the Houston-based company’s brewing capacity by 60 percent to 40,000 barrels a year. The facility also offers the ability to grow production to 100,000 barrels per year.
Saint Arnold’s brewery attracts about 50,000 visitors a year, but with a new location close to downtown, St. Arnold’s founder Brock Wagner expects to attract twice as many in future.
The company — which won a gold medal for its St. Arnold Summer Pils at the recent Great American Beer Festival in Denver — is relocating from its current 30,000-square-foot space at 2522 Fairway Park Drive in North Houston into a redeveloped 90,000-square-foot former HISD warehouse located at 2000 Lyons Ave. near downtown.
Construction crews are completing a $6 million, year-long renovation of the historic building.
St. Arnold’s offices are expected to move in early October and brewing operations will follow in November.
The new brewhouse, which will feature beer-making equipment imported from a defunct brewery in a Bavarian monastery, will increase the Houston-based company’s brewing capacity by 60 percent to 40,000 barrels a year. The facility also offers the ability to grow production to 100,000 barrels per year.
Saint Arnold’s brewery attracts about 50,000 visitors a year, but with a new location close to downtown, St. Arnold’s founder Brock Wagner expects to attract twice as many in future.
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