Barrelhouse Brewing Co opens Feb. 23

Barrelhouse Brewing Co will open—finally—tomorrow, Feb. 23, in Paso Robles. After many years of hard work, Jason, Chris and Kevin found a home for their brewing company. Chris said they started looking as far south as Buellton and continued their search north until they found their future home at 3055 Limestone Way in Paso Robles, across the freeway from Target.

The trio all attended high school together in Lemoore and has remained friends through the years. Jason starting home brewing six years ago and Chris eight years ago. Each of the trio brews for the company and Chris said they each have different kinds of beer they prefer, which Chris said works out perfectly.

"Beer is just cool," Chris said.

Not only is beer cool, but Barrelhouse Brewing Co’s new location is “cool” with its large beer garden that is part of the taproom. The beer garden is complete with a stage built on a rusty old pickup truck, picnic benches and a rock, pond/fountain.

Chris said that once the lights are on tomorrow, they won't go off. The taproom will be open Monday through Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

At the grand opening party on Saturday, the brewery will serve four beers, each the first batch made in the new system. Chris while the beers are good, they are still working on matching their recipes from a smaller system to a large system.

“We just want people to come out, celebrate with us and drink our beer,” Chris said.

The brewery will brew just about everything, but Chris said they will focus on the lighter session beers, though they will also produce “big, beautiful” barrel-aged beers—stouts and porters. The brewery’s theme, and the owners’ vision, is early Americana. The finishing touches of the interior—the wood is from a torn-down barn and the bricks from a building—are being reused from old structures.

To learn more about Barrelhouse Brewing Co, go to www.barrelhousebrewing.com.