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I love that the first beer to be packaged is a porter. A cool and contrary move. Seeing more Russian River beer will be great.
FYI – the opening date has been set as October 11th!
What you are looking at is not some country-fied mall but the long-awaited and even more anticipated larger Russian River Brewing facility in Windsor, CA.
And big it will be with close to 15 acres of empty land to utilize in the town of Windsor. The new Russian River facility will include: the bigger production brewery with the capacity to brew up to 50,000 barrels, a tasting room, a brewpub that is bigger than the downtown Santa Rosa location plus a gift shop.
I assume a Disneyland style line for PtY will be part of the grounds too.
Good News and Bad News from the Russian River Brewing Company. The Santa Rosa brewery has chosen nearby Windsor, California as the future home of its much anticipated second location.
A 16-acre plot in the city will house a new brewery that will contain a 175-seat restaurant, a tasting room and a gift shop. Plans for a hop yard and a garden to grow ingredients for the restaurant’s kitchen are also on the agenda.
Sounds great, but they also plan to swap out their Santa Rosa production facility for the Windsor one and brew up around the same amount of beer per year. So supply will still be thin on the ground and you can bet that the restaurant will be as packed as the downtown Santa Rosa spot before too long.
Maybe they will utilize their friendship with Firestone Walker more to keep supply flowing.