, a craft brewery with plans to open in May, todayÌýannounced its future home in South St. Louis:Ìýthe former Coca-Cola syrup plant at 8125 Michigan Avenue, in the Carondelet-Patch area.
The brewery will include an indoorÌýtasting room and an outdoor beer garden adjacent to its production-and-packaging area, says Perennial brewmaster andÌýowner Phil Wymore, whoÌýis joined in the company by his wife, Emily, and father-in-law, Russ Bryant. They hope to have Perennial beers available in 750-mL bottles and on draft at their new site and at local restaurants, bars and retail shops byÌýsummer. Ìý
Perennial willÌýfocus on American- and Belgian-influenced craft beers, and Wymore says he plans to use local, seasonal and organic ingredientsÌýsuch as fruits and herbs in ways thatÌýmay "defy traditional categories." The brewery also will launch a , using both wine and spirits barrels to impart different characteristics and complexity to beers.
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Before moving to St. Louis this year, Wymore spent the past four years in Chicago, where he studiedÌýbrewing at the , oversaw the barrel-aging program atÌý, thenÌýworked as head brewer at .Ìý
Perennial will be locatedÌýin the Temtor Building, named for the fruit-preserves company that occupied the structure before Coke. The (<< this PDF has some cool info starting on Page 14) isÌýundergoingÌýa that will include about 75 loft apartments.
Lemp Brewing Co. had expressedÌýinterest in the space when Steins Broadway Inc. and Rothschild Development announced plansÌýfor the project, according to .
Perennial is one of three new breweries set to open in the next five months in St. Louis.ÌýÌýrecently installed its brewing equipment and is preparing to open in the next few weeks in midtown; and is aimingÌýfor a spring openingÌýin its Tower Grove South location. Ìý
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