Back in September we learned that Earthbound Brewing, our area’s funkiest brewing company was making a big move, expanding out of their current location at 2710 Cherokee, and bolting a few doors down to 2724 Cherokee, an address with a rich brewing past. The new location once housed the Cherokee Brewery, which operated in the last quarter of the 19th Century.
The expansion is gutsy, Earthbound has only been around about a year. But owners Stuart Keating, Jeff Siddons, and Rebecca Schranz appear to be up to the task, running both their current brewery and working the construction of the new brewery simultaneously.
And they’ve been documenting all of it on social media, providing some amazing photos of the unearthing and construction. They are really worth checking out.
February 10th, 2016:
Aaaaand we’re off! Here’s to six months of simultaneously making beers and building a new home!
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Wednesday, February 10, 2016
February 16th, 2016
STEP 1: Get lights on.
STEP 2: Remove a couple ten tons of construction debris.
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Tuesday, February 16, 2016
February 18th, 2016
We put Rebecca in charge of deconstructing the baffling plywood walls built over the beautiful brick of our new brewhouse. Buy her a beer if you see her out in the world, it’s been a hell of a week.
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Thursday, February 18, 2016
February 22nd, 2016
#Future brewhouse cleared up and cleaned up for mash tun and kettle! ✌
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Monday, February 22, 2016
February 25th, 2016
We just lowered a heavy ass air handler from a 14 ft ceiling without damaging it or ourselves, nbd.
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Thursday, February 25, 2016
February 29th, 2016
The conveyor belt is in the basement! The rubble will come out and then the fermenters, brites, and canning line go down… ? #butt
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Monday, February 29, 2016
March 7th, 2016
Bow to no false ceilings. ? Should give the tap room another 8′ in height upon completion. ✌
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Monday, March 7, 2016
March 9th, 2016
The cellar is all but clear! Dyin’ to house some #stlcraftbeer in fermenters. ✌?
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
March 18th, 2016
The watery sub-basement is nearly drained… ?? #stlcraftbeer 35′ under. ✌
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Friday, March 18, 2016
March 21st, 2016
Tight demo finds! Thanks for the #Blood and #Sarsaparilla Nerve Tonic, Doc HC Lemke of #Chicago, Ill.! ?
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Monday, March 21, 2016
March 24th, 2016
Clearing out our barrel vaults! ✌ #stlcraftbeer
Posted by Earthbound Beer on Thursday, March 24, 2016
We’ll continue to add new photos as Earthbound posts them.
