Oskar Blues Brevard NC @ Full Capacity Already

Exactly three months after firing up its first batch of the company’s flagship Dale’s Pale Ale, Oskar Blues is brewing at full capacity for its current set-up, with six more tanks expected to arrive this month to facilitate further growth. In its first full month of production in February, the brewery churned out about 3,500 barrels — or more than 108,000 gallons — of beer, which is being shipped to all of Oskar Blues’ East Coast markets and as far west as Kentucky and Ohio.

Six-pack cans of Brevard-brewed Dale’s Pale Ale have taken over local store shelves from their Colorado predecessor, and all five of Oskar Blues’ year-round staple beers now on draft at the brewery’s Tasty Weasel Tap Room are being made in-house.

"It’s interesting that we’re already there (at full production), after putting the brewery together in three months," Katechis told the Times-News between staff meetings and a mountain-bike ride in Pisgah Forest on Tuesday. "We moved into the building (off Old Hendersonville Highway) on Sept. 23, so to brew beer and ship beer by December is pretty remarkable. The team here, 22-strong, has kind of taken ownership of it; it’s pretty cool."
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