Plan Bee Farm Brewery has bought the farm! We are currently in the process of moving our operation to the Town of Poughkeepsie where we are securing a 25 acre farm and renovating an 1820's 3-story barn to become the future brewery, retail space and tasting room. We currently have a 1-barrel brewhouse on Clove Road in Fishkill but the new brewery would feature an 8 barrel system. Our goal is never to grow too large as we will always maintain 100% NYS ingredient brews so we will be at full capacity with our 8 barrel system. Instead of growing vertically as a business, we are discussing horizontal growth in the future which would include things like farm school for children, brewers school for home brewers, concerts and music events, etc. All of these additional operations would carry on the mission of providing for the community by the community.
Our goal is to have the new brewhouse up and running by Fall 2015 and to open the tasting room and farm grounds for agro tourism the following year. We will still maintain our outlets for bottle sales at the Beacon Farmers Market and as our production increases we will be found at more farmers markets in the area. Again, no distribution for Plan Bee. We want to maintain the intimacy of our sales coming directly from our hands to the community. Lots of planning is underway for this year!
