MillerCoors will break ground Friday (5/19) to expand the Tenth Street Brewery near downtown Milwaukee.
The expanded facility includes new cellars, a warehouse/pack hall and a brewhouse. It is designed to have the flexibility to serve as an incubator, brew small-batch beers and run variety packs. When completed, it will have annual capacity of around 250,000 barrels.
The expansion represents a $50 million investment and will create around 40 new jobs. The initiative to expand 10th Street was originally announced earlier this year.
MillerCoors invested approximately $300 million in supply chain in 2016. And, as the 10th Street expansion demonstrates, MillerCoors plans to invest at significant levels in 2017.
Anheuser-Busch InBev said in 2015 it planned to invest $1.5 billion in U.S. operations by 2018. And, with 2018 approaching, ABI plans an announcement Monday morning.
MillerCoors’ Tenth Street plant primarily brews beers from the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co.