Alewife- New craft brew destination coming to Five Points!

[Sentient]

so what's the story on this place, it's the Grilled cheese thing.  Still no further movement for months...

[funwithteeth]

It's the Happy Grilled Cheese.

[Dog Walker]

Demolition has started in the old Fuel building.

Also, rumor is that something called Alewife is going to go into the Riverside Wine space.  Anybody know what it is?

[Sentient]

Demolition has started in the old Fuel building.

Also, rumor is that something called Alewife is going to go into the Riverside Wine space.  Anybody know what it is?

Nope.. but speaking of 5 points what's going on with the Wolfgang bar across the street.  Any idea what it will feature and when it will be done?

[5pointy]

Demolition has started in the old Fuel building.

Also, rumor is that something called Alewife is going to go into the Riverside Wine space.  Anybody know what it is?

Alewife announced in Bizjoirnal today . Another great addition to the neighborhood!

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/09/11/400-varieties-take-a-look-inside-the-new-craft.html?ana=e_jac_bn_newsalert&u=OO5cWpGGuwn75EZXmlXdEA0ed04b84&t=1410460746

[funwithteeth]

Cool, but

"There isn't a place [in Jacksonville] where you can drink onsite and do your shopping at the same time," Pickard said.

Off the top of my head, you can do this at Whole Foods and soon will be able to do it at Beer 30 on King Street.

EDIT: ABC Liquors, too.

[Jessicapants]

I feel like I'm the target audience for this new establishment (being a younger female craft beer fan who lives in Riverside) but I'm not overly excited about this place. I wish them well, but I'm just not excited.

Fact is that I can already buy and drink good beer in other establishments around town (European Street, Grape and Grain, Whole Foods, Riverside Liquors). Also, if I wanted, I could drink some good beer at Pele's and then walk around the corner and buy more good beer at Beer:30.

So, unless this place intends to sell growlers of things that I can't get anywhere else, I'm not really excited about them.

My mind may change once I have a chance to go there.

[Dog Walker]

Aren't growlers still illegal in Florida?  Didn't the legislation to allow them get caught up in the beer distributors nonsense attempt to throttle craft brewers?

[Tacachale]

You can sell growlers, I have several. However, the standard size of growlers are still illegal after that shameful situation where the anti-craft beer lobby hijacked the bill that would make them legal. I don't know if a place like this would be able to do that, though.

Looking forward to this place. It will be hard pressed to compete with the beer selection over at Grassroots, but I think the craft beer market in Riverside and the urban core are easily strong enough for another good option.

[Jessicapants]

You can sell growlers, I have several. However, the standard size of growlers are still illegal after that shameful situation where the anti-craft beer lobby hijacked the beer that would make them legal. I don't know if a place like this would be able to do that, though.

Looking forward to this place. It will be hard pressed to compete with the beer selection over at Grassroots, but I think the craft beer market in Riverside and the urban core are easily strong enough for another good option.

There are a few ABC Liquors locations around town that are either currently set up to fill growlers or working on being set up for it. I believe that Beer:30 is also working on being able to fill growlers at their store as well. 

Grassroots is my favorite place in the area to buy beer. It's not the biggest selection, but it's very well curated. I'm excited about the things that are in the works at Beer:30 too. I will give Alewife a try once they open.

[mtraininjax]

Alewife signed a 5 year lease, so you will have some time to try them out, they will be there for some time!

[duvalbill]

We have reached peak craft beer.

Not even close.

[duvalbill]

We have reached peak craft beer.

Not even close.

We have reached peak craft beer in Riverside.  Between Beer:30, Dahlia's, Intuition, Bold City, this place, Grassroots, and the offerings at Mellow, Mojo, Lola's, Pele's, Hawkers, Black Sheep, Casbah, and European Street, yeah, I would respectiverly say we have.

Look at a couple of maps for San Diego, Portland, Asheville or Denver then get back to me.  Those cities support quite a bit more breweries/bars that love craft beer.  Most of the places you mentioned also don't solely focus on craft beer but are wise enough to know that it should be included on the drinks menu.

[TPC]

We have reached peak craft beer.

Not even close.

We have reached peak craft beer in Riverside.  Between Beer:30, Dahlia's, Intuition, Bold City, this place, Grassroots, and the offerings at Mellow, Mojo, Lola's, Pele's, Hawkers, Black Sheep, Casbah, and European Street, yeah, I would respectiverly say we have.

Nope. The above mentioned places have merely adapted to the local demand for craft beer.

[acme54321]

Looks like a cool spot.