USA, NY: Fort Orange Brewing on track to serve its first beer in October

Fort Orange Brewing, being developed at 450 N. Pearl St. in Albany’s warehouse district, is on track to serve its first beer in mid- to late October, pending final permits and other last-minute details, the Albany Times Union reported on September 6.

Co-founder Jim Eaton, who is opening Fort Orange Brewing with two homebrew pals, Craig Johnson and John Westcott, says the building, a former warehouse that was vacant when they took it over early this year, will house a seven-barrel brew system and a 2,100-square-foot tasting room. The tasting room, tentatively planned to be open Thursday to Sunday, will serve a rotating roster of four to six of Fort Orange’s beers on draft and likely will offer a tap for Nine Pin Cider, made nearby. All of Fort Orange’s production will go into kegs, though bottles or cans could be added if business booms, Eaton says. The brewery will make several varieties of beer, with a New England-style IPA to be among its specialties, he said.

Eaton estimates the partners — all Rensselaer County residents who work in the banking, higher education and engineering fields — have committed about $225,000 to the project so far. A $10,000 online crowdfunding campaign has raised about $4,700 as of September 6.

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