Keep Orlando Brewing

Keep Orlando Brewing

The 4th of July will be a special day this year. On July 5th our building will be purchased by Orlando Health and we will be gone. I’ve heard many questions concerning our proposed move. “Where are you going?” of course has been the most popular question, but as of now we are looking at 3 locations all within Orange County.

When Orlando Brewing moved into our current location we had lots of extra space. Now 18 years later we are truly cramped for space. Also, as we grew, we put equipment where we could fit it and not necessarily in the best place for operation. Moving will give us the opportunity to set up the brewery to be much more efficient then how we are currently set up. Moving offers many possibilities.

Having food will be the most noticeable change and could allow us to have a full service bar in addition to serving our organic ales and organic lagers. Pool tables, dart boards, a library, as well as other volunteer projects will fill out some of the space. A permanent indoor music venue will truly be the main addition to the move that I am personally looking forward to.

On my wish list of new equipment is a CO2 recovery system which would make Orlando Brewing 100% organic, a new boiler so we can continue to brew during our move, and a new chiller system sized to our brewery is on the list as well; which would save us a considerable amount on our power bill.

Moving our 15BBL brew house as well as 11 fermentors and 7 brite tanks will be a chore we expect to take the whole month of June 2022.

Currently we are in our save and fund mode which includes all of our friends of the brewery as well as anyone who just enjoys organic craft beers.

Orlando Brewing was in the process of accumulating funds but as everyone knows Covid happened. In order to stay alive those funds were used to keep the doors open and not the move we had intended them for. As such we find ourselves short of money for the move and set up at our new location. In order to raise funds we have initiated a fund Orlando Brewing project to fund our brewery move and set up.

This is quite a change for me since I very rarely ask anyone for help, it’s just not the way I am. I find myself in a situation where I have no other options available to me, so I am asking for help from those that have the ability to help us Keep Orlando Brewing.