Alesmith Expansion

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  1. tjensen3618

    tjensen3618 Maven (1,391) Mar 23, 2008 California

    Since nobody's posted it, I got this from BeerPulse.com

    "(San Diego, CA) – AleSmith Brewing Company, based in San Diego, CA, has leased a 105,000 sq. ft. building at 9990 Empire Street, San Diego, CA and will begin renovations on the existing building in order to build a brand new production facility, tasting room and gift shop. The space will also give AleSmith room to grow into other ventures down the road. AleSmith has retained Urban Contracting, Marcatects & Pacific Rim Mechanical to facilitate the complete build out of the new facility.

    Owner Peter Zien expressed his passion for the expansion in the following words, “It has taken many years of hard work, but I am excited to guide AleSmith into the new future with this move to our new facility. As an artisan brewery where quality, respect for the brewers art and customer service are paramount, our new facility will enable AleSmith beer to reach more people and maintain our status as one of the world’s great breweries. Although we will miss our original facility, we will be taking our passion, commitment to excellence, and the AleSmith soul to flourish at our new Miramar location.”

    The $10 million project is expected to be completed by January 2015 with the brand new brew house, cellar and bottling line from Krone’s having already been ordered in January of this year. Plans call for an increase in capacity from 15,000 barrels projected in 2014 to 25,000 barrels in 2015. AleSmith plans on steady growth with careful scaling and a continued commitment to quality that will allow us to reach a capacity of 150,000 barrels annually.

    AleSmith is hoping to add up to 25 new positions in production, retail, sales and management within the company in 2015 and looks forward to the continued growth of the brand both locally and nationally while maintaining the extremely high standards AleSmith set for itself when the brewery opened in 1995. With AleSmith’s increased capacity, they’re looking to add up to five new distribution areas in 2015 and are extremely enthused to bring the AleSmith to more states around the country."
     
    #1 tjensen3618, Mar 20, 2014
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  2. tjensen3618

    tjensen3618 Maven (1,391) Mar 23, 2008 California

    150,000 barrel capacity and a brand new bottling line, this must mean they have plans for six packs, yes?
    My Alesmith IPA intake would increase tenfold if they sold in six packs.
     
    #2 tjensen3618, Mar 20, 2014
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  3. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
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    Maybe some sours? Fingers crossed.
     
    #3 StoutSnob40, Mar 20, 2014
  4. JohnCassillo

    JohnCassillo Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2013 California

    This. Would love some Alesmith sixers. Much preferred to bombers. Plus an expanded facility will be fun to go down and check out.
     
    #4 JohnCassillo, Mar 20, 2014
  5. iluvBA4life

    iluvBA4life Crusader (449) Jan 18, 2009 California

    No thanks. I'm glad they haven't so far. They make perfect AleSmith style beers at AleSmith.
     
    #5 iluvBA4life, Mar 20, 2014
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  6. SageO

    SageO Pundit (825) Jul 13, 2010 California

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  7. FrogOut69

    FrogOut69 Initiate (0) Sep 24, 2013 California
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    Can't wait for 4packs of Old Numbskull and Speedway.
     
    #7 FrogOut69, Mar 20, 2014
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  8. jamex

    jamex Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2010 California

    Hope everything isn't in 4-packs.
     
    #8 jamex, Mar 20, 2014
  9. grilledsquid

    grilledsquid Initiate (0) Jul 10, 2009 California
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    You prefer bombers?
     
    #9 grilledsquid, Mar 20, 2014
  10. ChazMania

    ChazMania Savant (1,028) Jun 13, 2006 California

    I have loved Alesmith for years- we just haven't been since they made their "no kids" allowed policy- is that still in place?
     
    #10 ChazMania, Mar 21, 2014
  11. HeavySpeedway

    HeavySpeedway Initiate (0) Jul 8, 2013 California

    I don't think so - maybe it was a short term thing while they worked on some things? (though I'm betting that AlesmithAbby will correct me [grin])

    I've seen babies in there since then, but perhaps that was OK because they weren't walking? I dunno.
     
    #11 HeavySpeedway, Mar 21, 2014
  12. HeavySpeedway

    HeavySpeedway Initiate (0) Jul 8, 2013 California

    I think that once moved, they should spin off a sour program in their old space, with entirely different brewers and such.
     
    #12 HeavySpeedway, Mar 21, 2014
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  13. HeavySpeedway

    HeavySpeedway Initiate (0) Jul 8, 2013 California

    How many breweries of that size in San Diego do sours, or have solid plans to do so?
     
    #13 HeavySpeedway, Mar 21, 2014
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  14. theconductor

    theconductor Zealot (739) Nov 4, 2008 California


    You do realize that if the did brew sours, they couldn't actually force you to drink them right? It could be the "same old" Alesmith to you...
     
    #14 theconductor, Mar 21, 2014
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  15. HeavySpeedway

    HeavySpeedway Initiate (0) Jul 8, 2013 California

    A lot of people like sours; a lot of people don't. Nobody would be forcing you to drink them, as theeconductor says.

    I suspect that their primary interest is ramping up production in the new facility, and probably won't be doing crazy new stuff for a while.
     
    #15 HeavySpeedway, Mar 21, 2014
  16. Melman

    Melman Crusader (437) Dec 5, 2013 California

    I wholeheartedly agree with you. I wonder though for some of the breweries, if they've always wanted to make sours and just never did because they didn't have separate facilities. Since the craft beer industry is growing, now they're able to with larger production facilities/separate tanks.

    This might be moot point though because most of brewing is about sanitation. Someone might be better able to chime in if it's no big deal to brew sours on the same system. Let's not use Bruery as an example though because the contamination could've been simply from mixing up a barrel, they're just separating now as preventative measures, but I could be mistaken.

    In terms of this thread, I'm definitely excited and looking forward to the 12 oz bottles so I can crack one open on a whim. In regards to the article, has anyone tried Zien's other venture Cheesesmith?
     
    #16 Melman, Mar 21, 2014
  17. DougOLis

    DougOLis Initiate (0) Aug 15, 2008 California

    Speaking of Alesmith sours, has anyone had any 2008 Barrel Aged Decadence recently? I wonder how that one is doing.
     
    #17 DougOLis, Mar 21, 2014
  18. Earlycsquid

    Earlycsquid Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2013 California

    I think someone is still in line outside of Alesmith waiting for it.
     
    #18 Earlycsquid, Mar 21, 2014
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  19. SpecialAgentDaleCooper

    SpecialAgentDaleCooper Initiate (0) Aug 27, 2013 California

    AleSmith has a no kids policy? That's fantastic
     
    #19 SpecialAgentDaleCooper, Mar 21, 2014
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  20. tjensen3618

    tjensen3618 Maven (1,391) Mar 23, 2008 California

    No, I think he prefers 6 packs, that's why he said "Hope everything isn't in 4-packs."
     
    #20 tjensen3618, Mar 21, 2014
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