This year, Hangar 24 wants to push 10,000.Ĭook said he was not sure how the community would respond to the brewery’s opening. When the brewery opened in spring 2008, it operated at a capacity of 4,000 barrels a year. “We need that so badly right now – we’re so strapped for tank space,” said beertender Molly Todd. The tanks will allow the brewery to make special beers and keep up with demand for mass-marketed brews such as Orange Wheat, Cook said. The new 30-foot stainless-steel tanks will be installed in a room adjacent to the main brewery with the bottling equipment.Ī section of roof will be removed and cranes will be used to position the tanks. “It’s neat to attract people like (award-winning brewer) Kevin (Wright) and Steve,” Cook said. The brewery is hiring for eight positions – six of them were filled through the job fair. “Economic development is not just about expanding, it’s about jobs.” “We are delighted to see Hangar 24 grow and prosper the way they are,” said Kathie Thurston, executive director of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce. The expansion plans include the addition of a new building by 2012, which Cook said has the potential to make Hangar 24 one of the country’s top 50 craft breweries, generally defined as brewers that produce less than 2 million barrels of beer per year using traditional methods. “We brew as people ask – now we’ll have all this extra volume.” “It’s mainly to keep up with demand,” said Hangar 24 owner and founder Ben Cook. The tanks will increase output from 8,000 to 16,000 barrels a year by summer. The Redlands brewery, which celebrates its second anniversary June 5, is installing three new tanks and recently held a job fair.
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery is doubling its brewing capacity a mere two years after its opening.
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