E-Malt.com News article: USA, VA: AMMO Brewing to open in Old Towne Petersburg this fall

Owners Terry Ammons and Ann Adams have established AMMO Brewing at 235 N. Market St. in Old Towne Petersburg, using the former Jaguar service bay building and showroom location that has housed Studio Ammons architecture and design since 2004, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on September 11.

AMMO Brewing has received approval from the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and has scheduled a Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control final site review.

Ammons and Adams have ordered equipment and are refitting the building for brew space, a taproom and a beer garden. They plan only limited distribution, with most sales on site.

Brewing should begin in October with the tasting room to open later in the fall, when they are satisfied that the space and beers are ready, Ammons said.

Ammons will be AMMO Brewing’s brewer. He has been a home brewer for several years and is a member of the James River Homebrewers group.

Ammons plans to roll out four flagship beers: a saison (using seasonal local ingredients), a coffee cream stout, an imperial IPA and a brown ale (with maple syrup from Highland County).

Beers will pour from 12 taps brewed on a two-barrel system — four to six regular beers plus other experimental batches.

The small system will allow Ammons to explore mixed fermentations and specialty brews. He also may use the separate 2,100-square-foot warehouse behind the brewery for open fermentations or barrel conditioning.

“The beers will be made with local ingredients as much as possible,” Ammons said.


16 September, 2015