NABC operates two separate breweries in New Albany. A third brewery is close to opening, and two others are at various stages of development. If all of them come to fruition, there might be five functional brewery plants among four corporate structures producing beer by the end of 2015, which easily would be the most breweries in New Albany since the late 1800s.
Time for an update …
City economic development officials have been hinting about this new brewery, but naturally couldn’t so much as recall the name of the start-up, such is their level of commitment to independent small business, and so here it is: Floyd County Brewing Company.
It is to be located here, opposite the YMCA, Exchange and Aunt Artie’s Antique Mall (the latter is ceasing operations next week).
Floyd County Brewing Company is not the same entity as the future Wrecker Brewing, as considered in this post from October, and presumably still looking at a location in the Uptown neighborhood on Market Street.
Wrecker Brewing is the variance seeker at 1419 E. Market Street in New Albany.
Meanwhile, the new brewery closest to (a) NABC’s original location off Grant Line Road, and (b) completion is Donum Dei, which features prominently in this article: Five new Louisville breweries to watch out for in 2015, by Kevin Gibson (Insider Louisville)
Donum Dei Brewery: Over in New Albany, at 3211 Grant Line Road, just a stone’s throw from the original New Albanian Brewing Company location, is another brewery in waiting. Richard Otey is brewing in his new space, which is nearly complete. However, he still is yet to offer a target opening date.
Originally, he told us he had planned to open sometime around Derby 2014; that prognostication later changed to summer, and then to Thanksgiving. Now, early 2015 looks most likely. But Donum Dei already has a batch of its pale ale brewed and ready to drink, as well as an enkle. Up next is wee heavy.
