USA, WI: Working Draft Beer Co. submits application for a conditional use permit
After 10 years of home-brewing and two years of business planning, Ryan Browne is ever closer to opening his own brewery on the Near East Side in Madison, WI, Madison.com reported on June 9.
Browne submitted an application for a conditional use permit for his new brewery called Working Draft Beer Co., which Browne said would brew its own beer and partner with local breweries to fill tap space until Working Draft can produce its own wide array of beer styles.
The principal owners will be Browne, Wine and Hop Shop owner Ben Feifarek, Jonny Hunter and Mel Trudeau from Underground Food Collective and J Bowen, who earned an MBA from Northwestern University.
Feifarek and Browne will both be coming from the Wine and Hop Shop, which has long sold home-brewing and wine-making equipment on Monroe Street. Browne is Wine and Hop Shops manager and class instructor.
Feifarek and Browne would brew Working Drafts beers, but Browne said the brewery also plans on hiring a professional brewer.
Its location would be 1133 E. Wilson St., currently home to RPs Pasta Co. Brownes lease, which begins in July, is for the back third of the building. Underground Food Collective will lease the street-facing two-thirds when RPs relocates.
Browne noted the building is in the heart of the Marquette neighborhood, across from Central Park, between Williamson Street and East Washington Avenue and next to Capital City Bike Path.
Therere so many things right with this location, Browne said. If were going to open a brewery, there couldnt be a better place than here.
Remodeling of the unit and applications for brewing permits push the planned opening to December.
Working Draft Beer would use about half of its 4,000 square feet for a tap room, with the rest devoted to brewing. Browne said he and Feifarek plan to make a wide array of beer styles from India pale ales to German lagers.
Ive been home-brewing for 10 years, Browne said. I think its every home brewers dream to open a brewery.
Working Draft would start small with an estimated 400 barrels of beer brewed in its first year using a seven-barrel system, Browne said. Since the brewery wouldnt have the time to create beers to populate all 16 of the bars taps, Browne said he hopes to partner with Wisconsin breweries. One gluten-free option from Madisons Alt Brew would hold a permanent spot on tap.
Along with the range of beer selections, Working Draft would have some food options as well. Underground Food Collective plans to sell Southern-style barbecue in the tap room.
The Plan Commission will take up Brownes conditional use application on June 19.
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