E-Malt.com News article: USA, OH & MA: Boston Beer’s Samuel Adams Brewery expanding in Cincinnati

Boston Beer Co. Inc. is expanding its Samuel Adams Brewery in Cincinnati’s West End, as reported in the Cincinnati Business Courier’s exclusive. According to documents filed with the Cincinnati Department of Planning and Building, the brewer is planning a 6,700-square-foot expansion. The contractor is listed as Cincinnati-based Reece-Campbell Inc. The building permit application applied for but not yet issued is for a “beer storage building addition.”

Jessica Paar, senior public relations manager for Boston Beer Co., said the company is continuing to invest in its capability and capacity at the Samuel Adams Cincinnati Brewery. She said the company has added several tanks that will be used for aging and fermentation, enabling the brewery to increase production.

“Our brewing team continues to work hard and is excited about the additional capabilities,” Paar stated in an email.

Boston Beer would not disclose the amount of the investment it is making in its Cincinnati brewery, and the application filed with the city is for only the foundation, valued at $700,000. Boston Beer’s full year 2013 capital spending was increased at the end of July to between $100 million and $140 million from $85 million to $105 million. That spending includes investment in the company’s breweries.

Boston Beer Co.’s Cincinnati brewery, located at 1625 Central Parkway, produces a full range of the company’s core brands and, along with its Pennsylvania brewery, produces most of the company’s shipment volume. The Cincinnati brewery is the primary brewery for the production of most of the company’s specialty and lower volume products.

In addition to the upcoming expansion, Boston Beer Co. is currently hiring for six positions in Cincinnati.

Boston-based Boston Beer Co. brews more than 50 styles of beer. Sam Adams is the country’s largest-selling craft beer. The company also brews Twisted Tea and Angry Orchard.


18 October, 2013