Saturday, May 11, 2013
No, the St. Louis beer makers aren't moving--but they will be offering their products in New York starting Monday.
Schlafly is branching out--the St. Louis craft brewer's beers will make their debut in New York City starting May 13, Evan S. Benn reports for Esquire. "Outside of a small distribution footprint in the D.C. area, New York is the first place to get Schlafly beers beyond a 300-mile radius of St. Louis," according to the report. "For Schlafly co-founder Dan Kopman, this will be his second foray into selling beer in New York. He tried it back in the '80s, when he was a stateside salesman for Young's Brewery in London. It didn't go well. He got lost on the subway and had beer equipment stolen from his rental car." Find out which Schlafly styles Benn recommends to first-timers on Esquire. Catch up on the latest Brentwood and Maplewood business…
Saturday, April 20, 2013
The St. Louis craft brewers new space will be bigger than Schlafly Bottleworks.
St. Louis beer fans have likely heard the good news already--Urban Chestnut will be able to dramatically increase their barrel production with a new craft brewery in The Grove. They are investing $10 million into the former Renard Paper Co. building at 4465 Manchester Ave., St. Louis Business-Journal reports. An opening is not slated until early 2014, according to the report. Keep up with the latest news by subscribing to our free daily newsletter! Urban Chestnut has been open just two years, according to our partners at FOX2. When finished, the new space will be the largest craft brewery in the St. Louis area--an honor currently held by Maplewood's Schlafly Bottleworks, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. It will allow Urban Chestnut to …
Friday, April 12, 2013
That's according to The Daily Meal website, which ranked Schlafly Bottleworks as one of the top 10 American destinations for brewery tours.
Most of us in Maplewood already know that Schlafly Bottleworks is a great destination for all St. Louisans, but the craft brewery has been gaining recognition from an even wider audience for the past few years. The most recent acknowledgment comes from The Daily Meal via FoxNews.com. Bottleworks was ranked fourth on the website's list of America's 10 Best Brewery Visits, right next to Hopworks Urban Brewery and BikeBar in Portland, OR and Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, MD. "When Belgian conglomerate InBev acquired St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch in 2008, beer enthusiasts feared for the fate of American brewing," the website notes. "Schlafly Bottleworks, the Gateway City’s proudly independent craft brewery and tap room, presents a bold …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
The brewpub is on Clayton Avenue near the intersection of Tamm Avenue.
Brothers Jarid and Justin Safell expect their Dogtown brewpub, Heavy Riff Brewing Company, to be open by St. Patrick's Day, Feast Magazine reports. The maple wood bar is built, and will soon have the finish of an old violin. It will also have electrical outlets within easy reach of anyone on a bar stool. That's so anyone with a low cell phone battery can plug and and stay for another beer, Justin Safell told Patch. Jarid Safell told Feast about some of their beers. “Every Halloween we release our Evil Pumpkin Imperial Porter, and we're really excited about that, of course,” Jarid Safell says. “There's also our American Slang with orange peel and honey. It's our unique vibe on classic style American pale ale.” Eight or nine of the pub's 15 …
