Mendocino Brewing Company's new facility goes on line.HOPLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1997--The Mendocino Brewing Company Mendocino Brewing Company, founded in 1983 as the Hopland Brewery in Hopland, California, is a brewery currently located in Ukiah, Mendocino County, California. The company runs a brewpub in Hopland at the location of its original brewery, but has since expanded into a is proud to announce that it is brewing the first batches in its new facility in Ukiah, Calif., and that there will be beer for distribution by mid to late May. The new brewery will increase production capacity to approximately 60,000 barrels per year, with an eventual capacity of approximately 200,000 barrels (a brewer's barrel equals 31 gallons). It is significant to note that this will be the first time that draft beer will be available to the marketplace from the Mendocino Brewing Company. No kegs could be produced from the small Hopland brewery due to size limitations. A brief description of the new facility: 65,000 square feet, a 100-barrel mash tun a large tub used in making mash and wort. See also: Mash (batch size), ten 200-barrel fermenters, a kegging station and a bottling line “Bottling” redirects here. For the act of abuse at concerts, see Bottling (concert abuse). Bottling lines are production lines that fill a product, generally a beverage, into bottles on a large scale. . It is projected that 25 to 30% of total production will be draft. The first brand to be produced will be the company's flagship ale, Red Tail Ale, which was recently voted "One of the World's Top Ten Beers" by the prestigious magazine The Wine Enthusiast. Second will be Blue Heron Pale Ale, which was awarded a Gold Medal, with a Special Award of Excellence, by the respected Underground Wine Journal, followed by Black Hawk Stout, which will soon be available in six-packs rather than the 22-ounce bottle. The Mendocino Brewing Company's Hopland Brewery, established in 1982, is the first brewpub brew·pub n. 1. See microbrewery. 2. A saloon where the owners make their own beer and serve it on the premises. Noun 1. in California since Prohibition. The company conducted a Direct Public Offering of stock in 1994, and the stock is currently listed on the Pacific Stock Exchange, ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "MBR (Master Boot Record) See boot sector. .P." For further information, contact Bob Meadows at 707/744-1015. CONTACT: Mendocino Brewing Company Bob Meadows, 707/744-1015 |
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