I brought you news of the Cigar City wet zoning approval, last week. This extended the hours of their tasting room, but now comes word from Cigar City that they will be expanding it as well. This from Cigar City:
We have some terrific news to announce. With the new wet zoning in place, we are ready to expand our tasting room big time!
The new expanded tasting room will be double, possibly even three times the size as the current one.
More space = more people = more beer.
We will be installing an additional bar at the end of the new expanded tasting room with 20-24 new taps. In addition, we will be installing two permanent hand pull cask engines, meaning two cask beers on at all times. This brings us to a grand total of 46-50 beers on tap at all times.
The original bar area will be more of a sales point for to-go purchases, and our goal is to have all 24 beers on tap there available for growler fills. The merchandise area will be greatly expanded as well.
The goal is to have the new expanded tasting room open by November. What this also means is that big special events like Fruit in the Room may have to be pushed back until the new expansion is complete.
This means we also have the space for some more...interesting ideas. Here (serve oyster ice) is a clue to one possibility...
Let's take you through the expansion now.
---Here is the current end of the tasting room. The painted door will be removed and will be a permanent entrance to the new tasting room. Let's go through the open "Employees Only" door now.
---Here is what is left of co-founder Joe Redner's office. There will be a lot of room in here for seating and such.
---The restrooms that are currently only open to employees now (directly to the right of this picture) will now be accessible by tasting room patrons. No more going out to the brewery to use the facilities.
---A look at how wide open it is from the entrance of the new tasting room. All of these cubicle walls are being torn down. Against this left wall is where the new bar will be. The wall is lined up directly against our large tasting room cooler, making it easier for us to pour beer for you thirsty folks.
---We want more seats and such along this area. More tables. More room. In the back is an old cubicle that will be a banquet area for small private functions.
---This wall is closing off the tasting room from the rest of the office area. More privacy for the banquet area, too.
---One last look at the whole area. The wall at the end is the current stop to the tasting room.
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