Coming Soon: Hyperion Brewing Company
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The following responses are a result of a brief Q&A session with Troy Orton and Alexandra McKeown, the two founding faces of what could become urban Jacksonville’s newest craft brewery — Hyperion Brewing Company.
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Awesome! The jax beer bus is going to have to stop for gas with so many places to visit.
Glad to see they're aiming to open in the Urban Core. The more destinations DT, the better. Plus, it will be a good place to grab a pint while waiting for traffic to die down after work.
Quote from: coredumped on October 08, 2015, 10:34:01 PM
Awesome! The jax beer bus is going to have to stop for gas with so many places to visit.
That's what I was thinking. 5 years ago my friends and I did a "Beer Tour Tour" where we toured all the local breweries (Including the Budweiser plant) in jax. It was easily accomplished in a day. We have talked about doing it ever since, but with each passing month it seems we have to add another stop to the list and it becomes a more daunting challenge.
Best of luck to them. Financing is really hard for craft breweries, but if you can pull everything together, the whole city is waiting to support you!
Local beer craft breweries are more prevalent now than it was years ago. It's great to see most of them staying within the urban core. Denver has plenty of craft and micro breweries littered around town. I see Jacksonville growing up in this venture over time and may rival the 303's soon enough. Proud of my city!
Great stuff! They should locate themselves in an abandoned building in Springfield just to round out the core. Intuition- downtown, Bold City- Riverside, Aardwolf- San Marco, and then Hyperion- Springfield. That way you could get local craft beer anywhere in the core. But good luck to them regardless!
Looks like they already have a spot picked out in Riverside.
If they are a nano-brewery, they won't need the high ceilings that Intuition, Bold City and Aardwolf require. They may need a freight door for deliveries, but 12 foot ceilings would be sufficient. They'll probably be brewing on a 1-2 barrel system like what Engine 15 started with.
Quote from: Captain Zissou on October 09, 2015, 11:31:50 AM
If they are a nano-brewery, they won't need the high ceilings that Intuition, Bold City and Aardwolf require. They may need a freight door for deliveries, but 12 foot ceilings would be sufficient. They'll probably be brewing on a 1-2 barrel system like what Engine 15 started with.
I would hope they start out with at least a 10bbl system. Most folks I know in the brewing industry say that they outgrow a 10bbl system quickly and have to run more shifts than they'd planned to keep producing. If they started with <10bbl, they're in for a rapid upgrade (if the beer is good).
Nano breweries are, by definition, smaller than Micro breweries. I agree that they'd need 10bbl or bigger if they're trying to distribute across the city, but it sounds like that's step 2 or 3 for them. Luckily I think it's pretty easy to pick up a 10 barrel system second hand as many breweries are currently outgrowing that production size.
Quote from: Josh on October 09, 2015, 11:24:38 AM
Looks like they already have a spot picked out in Riverside.
Do you know where?
Quote from: ProjectMaximus on October 09, 2015, 04:52:32 PM
Quote from: Josh on October 09, 2015, 11:24:38 AM
Looks like they already have a spot picked out in Riverside.
Do you know where?
Nope. Just reading the text on their site :D
Ah. I saw the site but didnt read between the lines...quite literally!
http://blog.brewbususa.com/new-breweries-set-to-open-in-jacksonville-this-year
Now it looks like Hyperion is looking at either Springfield or Murray Hill for their location.
Can anyone help put me in touch with them? Tried sending a Facebook message back in Oct to see if they might be interested in MH but no response.
A small brewery would be great for Murray Hill somewhere along Edgewood Avenue. Murray Hill is really growing and this could be the next step to making the neighborhood even more desirable.
There is a huge lack of craft beer in Murray Hill...the Bud Light runs deep at all of the bars. I know that Moonriver and Perfect Rack have a few crafts on tap, but nothing in comparison to the Riverside/Avondale areas.
A brewery would be great...heck even a craft beer bar would do excellent. Ian Ranne where you at?
The demand is there. I like to think of Murray Hill as the younger cousin of Springfield.
Quote from: Troubadour on March 29, 2016, 01:07:49 PM
The demand is there. I like to think of Murray Hill as the younger cousin of Springfield.
In about a year, it will be impossible to think Murray Hill is a younger cousin of Springfield.
I feel like it's already surpassed it at this point.
I don't even know the last time I was in Springfield.
It was almost 10 years ago. I was 16 and moshing it up to a local band called grab bag.
I don't want to sound biased because I live in Murray Hill but I know Murray Hill is definitely ahead of the game. I can't believe how much it's changed within the past 2 years.
Magnolias is also opening up in the moon river strip. Im pretty sure their going to have a nice beer selection.
Maximus, did you ever get ahold of them?
Quote from: Tacachale on March 29, 2016, 05:59:03 PM
Maximus, did you ever get ahold of them?
Yes, thanks! We've talked, we've met...we're trying to see what's possible. 8)
I believe if there's a space on Edgewood that is suitable for them they will find a way to make it work. At our property or somewhere else. We're gonna have a lot of businesses opening up on that corridor in the coming year or two and I really hope the neighborhood continues to welcome them with open arms.
Quote from: ProjectMaximus on March 29, 2016, 10:46:46 PM
Quote from: Tacachale on March 29, 2016, 05:59:03 PM
Maximus, did you ever get ahold of them?
Yes, thanks! We've talked, we've met...we're trying to see what's possible. 8)
I believe if there's a space on Edgewood that is suitable for them they will find a way to make it work. At our property or somewhere else. We're gonna have a lot of businesses opening up on that corridor in the coming year or two and I really hope the neighborhood continues to welcome them with open arms.
Ha, by happenstance I ran into them today at Beer:30 and asked about this. they said they'd talked to you. Small world. At any rate, best of luck to all involved.
Personally I am in the camp that thinks they should open in Springfield if only because there is a ton of potential but not enough solid businesses along main st. I think opening a new brewery there would go a long way in helping boost the attractiveness of the area to development. But Murray Hill is cool too.
http://news.wjct.org/post/new-jacksonville-craft-brewery-set-summer-opening-another-could-soon-follow
It says their looking for a storefront in Murray Hill :)