One of the best parts of the story at Jacksonville’s Engine 15 Brewing Co. was the owners’ support of the local home-brewing community, to the point that they held “Brew It Yourself” programs for both veterans and novices.
But now that the opening of a new facility with a 20 barrel brewhouse draws near, the gang at Engine 15 has announced that the BIY program will soon end.
Here is the text of an email sent about a week ago:
For the past four years, we have loved having kettles for you guys to brew your own beer. We hope you have learned a lot and made some great beer. But change is coming and those kettles will soon be relocated downtown.
As we gear up in La Villa, we now have space to store grain and other brewing supplies that used to live at the Beach. The GREAT news is that we will have more room for YOU very soon. And we have some very cool ideas for the space so stay tuned.
If you have a gift certificate for Brew-Your-Own, don’t wait…call us TODAY and set up a brew date. You will get first priority until Friday, Sept 5th since that special someone was so wonderful to buy you that present. After that, we will open the schedule for any last appointments and the remaining spots will fill up fast.
If you don’t read this in time OR can’t get in to brew, we are happy to use the amount towards beer or food or tshirts. Of course the credit is not lost.
For those of you curious, we will still brew specialty beers and seasonals at the Beach. All flagship beers will be brewed downtown. And rumors of a biergarten downtown are still alive but there are permits to be approved and lots of beer to brew before that’s a reality. But that is the end goal.
As always, we really appreciate your business and are always here to support your drinking habits.
A similar announcement in Engine 15’s monthly newsletter added this: “From the first email blast, a few of you were really disappointed that this Engine feature was going away. We are too but that’s the nature of business – sometimes it has to change as things grow. Those of you that were regulars BIYers will just have to talk your spouse into letting you convert the garage – ha! Cheers to beer!”
Engine 15 Brewing Co.’s story starts on page 30 of Florida Breweries
