STL Today just posted an article about Schlafly's beer production expansion that includes contract brewing with out-of-state breweries. I had heard a little bit about this during the
Schlafly Bottleworks tour I went on.
St. Louis Brewery Inc. has tentative agreements with brewing sites in Stevens Point, Wis., and Latrobe, Pa., company co-founder Dan Kopman told the Post-Dispatch. The brewer will begin making some lager-style beers in Wisconsin as early as this summer in an effort to keep up with booming craft-beer sales.
The arrangement allows Schlafly to act as a tenant, renting brewery equipment and space from the out-of-state beermakers. The move is more cost- and time-efficient than building a third local brewing site, Kopman said.
Since there is a canning line at the Latrobe facility, there may be an option to can some Schlafly beers. This would be a great addition to the canned craft beer trend.
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