Updated: 2:47 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 | Posted: 5:58 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016

New brewery could open soon in Middletown

By  http://www.journal-news.com/staff/chelsey-levingston/" rel="nofollow - Staff Writer

MIDDLETOWN — 

The latest craft brewery set to open in the area will be in Middletown on Cincinnati-Dayton Road, where Unbridled Brewery plans to open a beermaking, tasting and sales operation, the property owner said.

Unbridled has leased about 8,400 square feet of space at 3387 Cincinnati-Dayton Road. The newly constructed building was one of two commercial facilities built speculatively by Middletown developer PS Properties, with the site neighboring Unbridled’s future brewhouse filled by a BP pipelines office, said Paul Sivak, president of the commercial real estate development company.

“With the traffic count… we thought it would be a good location,” Sivak said.

A brewery owner could not be immediately reached by deadline Thursday.

“They’re going to be opening up a facility in Monroe at some point in the future, but they needed to get on the ground and running now,” Matt Eisenbraun, assistant economic development director for Middletown, said Thursday about Unbridled Brewery. He was speaking to attendees of a luncheon Thursday hosted by The Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe and Trenton at Miami University Middletown. “We had the opportunity to put them in place and get them rolling.”

Unbridled Brewery’s opening plans mark at least the third brewery publicly known to have announced an opening in Butler County this year.

Construction is underway on renovations for  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/hamilton-considers-loan-to-fix-up-city-owned-build/npfTR/" rel="nofollow - - 20 High St.

Also, Rivertown Brewing Co. announced late last year plans to build and open an approximately $5 million production, restaurant and bar space in Monroe near the intersection of Ohio 63 and Salzman Road. Rivertown is set to become fully operational in 2017.

Started in 2009, Rivertown, known for its sour beers, has outgrown its existing space in Lockland faster than anticipated, Roeper said.

“We’re making a huge investment,” Jason Roeper, Rivertown’s founder and leader,  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/rivertown-brewing-to-move-production-to-monroe/npHYr/" rel="nofollow - The new craft breweries in the works join  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/nanobrewery-debuts-today-in-west-chester-twp/njjRS/" rel="nofollow -   http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/millercoors-trenton-brewery-to-convert-waste-water/nmGqn/" rel="nofollow - Additionally,  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/a-distillery-is-in-the-works-in-butler-county/nnKZW/" rel="nofollow -  to make bourbon whiskey, rye whiskey, moonshine, vodka and gin, but a location and other details have not yet been finalized.

A state law passed in 2013 cut start-up costs for micro-breweries and made it easier for a growing number of craft distilleries and brewers to sell to the public,  http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/entertainment/dining/craft-beer-breweries-get-boost-from-state-fee-cuts/nMyMQ/" rel="nofollow -

BUTLER COUNTY BREWERIES

·                       Unbridled Brewery plans to open in Middletown in 2016 at 3387 Cincinnati-Dayton Road;

·                       https://twitter.com/munibrewworks" rel="nofollow -  plans to open in Hamilton in 2016 at 20 High St.;

·                       http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/rivertown-brewing-to-move-production-to-monroe/npHYr/" rel="nofollow -  plans to build and open a brewery in Monroe by 2017 off Ohio 63;

·                       http://dogberrybrewing.com/" rel="nofollow -  opened in 2015 at 7865 Cincinnati Dayton Rd., West Chester Twp.;

·                       https://www.facebook.com/Quarter-Barrel-Brewery-Pub-115235041873476/" rel="nofollow -  at 107 E. Church St., Oxford; and

·                       MillerCoors operates a brewery in St. Clair Twp. on more than 1,000-acres along Wayne Madison Road.

Not on the list but opening a local brewery? Email this reporter at chelsey.levingston@coxinc.com

Posted: 3:58 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, 2016

MORE DETAILS

Why brewery chose Middletown for new location

By  http://www.journal-news.com/staff/chelsey-levingston/" rel="nofollow - Staff Writer

MIDDLETOWN — 

The owners behind a new brewery opening on Cincinnati-Dayton Road in Middletown chose the site for several key reasons: it’s a high traffic corridor; the location on the Middletown/Monroe city borders also has easy access to Interstate 75 and nearby attractions such as Cincinnati Premium Outlets and Miami Valley Gaming; and the spot is prime real estate in-between Cincinnati and Dayton that can attract customers from either major city, Brian Yavorsky, one of the co-owners, told this news outlet Monday  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/new-brewery-could-open-next-month-in-middletown/nqJ9x/" rel="nofollow - And the fact that Cincinnati-based  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/rivertown-brewing-to-move-production-to-monroe/npHYr/" rel="nofollow -  bodes well for both craft breweries, Yavorsky said.

“It’s a great area and I personally feel that the demand for craft is still high enough there’s room for all of us to work together,” Yavorsky said. “It will be great for beer enthusiasts to have some things within a short driving distance together.”

Yavorsky, who previously helped found  http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/miamisburg-brewery-may-add-winery-distillery/nhnNm/" rel="nofollow - 3387 Cincinnati-Dayton Road. The building will be ready to hand over to the brewers next month, according to developer Paul Sivak, president of PS Properties.

“We’re going to get access to the building in March, but we’re still working with the equipment vendor,” Yavorsky said.

Plans are for there to be a 20-barrel brewhouse and four, 40-barrel fermenters, he said. In addition to beermaking, the brewery plans also call for a patio and tap room.

In the meantime, the owners of the proposed Unbridled Brewery are waiting on equipment orders and equipment installation before setting an opening date.

“We think 2016 is very likely,” he said.

Also, he said Unbridled is a temporary working name for the project, and the business partners are working on branding efforts to finalize a name that could change in the future.

“We would love to grow into a larger operation. How big, I don’t know,” he said. “We definitely want to be well known and we want people to love our products.”

Unbridled Brewery, as the Middletown project is temporarily called for now, joins plans for new breweries set to open in Hamilton and Monroe.

Renovations are underway for  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/hamilton-considers-loan-to-fix-up-city-owned-build/npfTR/" rel="nofollow -  in the city’s former municipal building at 20 High St.

Also,  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/rivertown-brewing-to-move-production-to-monroe/npHYr/" rel="nofollow -  plans to build and open an approximately $5 million production, restaurant and bar space in Monroe near the intersection of Ohio 63 and Salzman Road. Rivertown is set to become fully operational in 2017. Started in 2009, Rivertown, known for its sour beers, has outgrown its existing space in Lockland faster than anticipated, founder and leader Jason Roeper previously told this news outlet.

The new craft breweries in the works join  http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/nanobrewery-debuts-today-in-west-chester-twp/njjRS/" rel="nofollow -   http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/millercoors-trenton-brewery-to-convert-waste-water/nmGqn/" rel="nofollow -