Black Cloister Brewery plans June 2014 opening in downtown Toledo

--(New brewery for Toledo. My Mar 7, 2014 comment in a ToledoTalk.com thread.)--

bq. _"i'd be nervous about the shift from home brewing to large batches."_

Isn't that how most if not all craft breweries got started?

more.

"Great Black Swamp Brewery":http://greatblackswampbrewing.com/about-2/

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In  late 2009, *two home brewers* had an idea to bring great craft beer to Toledo Ohio. With over 40 years of experience between us as well as a love of beer, we have been working tirelessly to make that dream a reality.
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br. From the Blade "story":http://www.toledoblade.com/Food/2014/03/06/Soon-to-launch-brewery-lands-warehouse-site.html about the Black Cloister:

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Black Cloister will initially be a taproom, meaning it’s only permitted to serve its own beer. That could change later, Mr. Schaeffer said.
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br. Excerpts from the Mar 7, 2014 WSPD "interview":http://www.wspd.com/media/podcast-fred-lefebvre-podcasts-Fred/37-black-cloister-brewing-company-is-24442826/ with Black Cloister that was posted above:

* They plan to open in the early summer. 
* The brewing equipment is coming from Arkansas, and it should arrive by the second week of April.
* They expect that it will take a month to get the equipment setup.
* They hope to begin brewing by the second week of May.
* It takes three weeks for the beer to be ready.
* Their vice president of production  has been brewing since 1971. 
* This will be the first brewery in the Toledo area with a production facility and a taproom. The license for this type of setup did not become available until last July.
* The brewery will start out with a simple setup, minimalistic, selling only their beer.
* They will continue to build-out the first floor, customer area after they open.
* Eventually, they hope to provide food.
* Beer styles:
** three year-rounds
** six different seasonals
* They have not named their beers yet.

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