Yet another brewery in Downtown Tulsa: Welltown

[heironymouspasparagus]

Air conditioner place.  It should've been cool.

I bet it was like the plumbers house - that always has leaky pipes.  This place may never have had air conditioning...lol...!!

[TulsaGoldenHurriCAN]

New Era: Fine Fermentations to open Tulsa's largest brew pub -- and it's gluten free

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/scenelatest/new-era-fine-fermentations-to-open-tulsa-s-largest-brew/article_32354507-9622-52fb-9d33-b34dd93b71f3.html

[TulsaGoldenHurriCAN]

Updated list: Now there are ~14 breweries/taprooms planned or open within a couple miles of downtown. All in an easily bicyclable-path. In the Pearl District, there will be ~!6-7.

Here is an updated list of all breweries/brewpubs existing or planned in midtown/downtown:

1. Marshall (618 S Wheeling Ave) - New taproom at 1742 E 6th st - NOW OPEN

2. Dead Armadillo (1004 E 4th St) - currently open

2.a Dead Armadillo taproom & restaurant at Tulsa International Airport - currently open

3. Prairie Brew Pub (223 N Main St) - currently open

4. Elgin Park Brewpub (325 E Mathew B. Brady St) - currently open

5. Cabin Boys (1717 E 7th St) - Pearl District - currently open

6. Renaissance (1147 S Lewis Ave) - now open

7. Taproom for American Solera (108 E 18 ST S) - Chase Healey who founded Prairie Artisan Ales - potentially with small-batch brewing (Existing brewery open on west 21st) - currently open

8. Heirloom Rustic Ales (2113 E. Admiral Blvd.) - Kendall-Whittier - under construction - currently open

9. Welltown Brewery (114 W Archer St) - corner of Cheyenne & Archer - currently open 

10. Nothing's Left Brewing (1501 E. Sixth St.) - currently open

11. Willow Family Ales (418 S Peoria Ave) - at former Park in the Pearl - currently open

12. High Gravity Homebrewing & Winemaking Supplies & Taproom (6808 S. Memorial) - currently open

13. Broken Arrow Brewing Company at 333 W Dallas St Broken Arrow  - currently open

14. Fine Fermentations (321 S Frankfurt Ave) - under construction

15. Hanson (302 N Boston Ave) - brewery across from Prairie brewpub - last heard it was in planning with pretty far out date (2018/2019)

I ordered them by opening date (or by estimated open date) as best as I could.

Other breweries planning to open in Tulsa area: FAIK (Far As I Know)

Other related places in Tulsa area which sell their own beer made at another location: Bricktown Brewery (Owasso, Brookside & South Tulsa - Beer made in OKC) and "Nine Band" (Beer made in Texas)

Excluding the Bricktown Brewery locations, that's a total of 17 places built or planned where you can buy beer straight from the source in the Tulsa area. 5 years ago there were zero.


Also related, Red Fork Distillery is going to open at 3310 Southwest Blvd and Oklahoma Distilling Co. is going to open at 1724 E. Seventh St, right across from Cabin Boys and Marshall.

[rebound]

Solera is moving their main brewery to Sixth and Utica:

https://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/blogs/whattheale/what-the-ale-american-solera-brewery-moving-to-sixth-and/article_66f0cba7-dfae-5d17-8863-b1fd5dcdedea.html

[Hoss]

Solera is moving their main brewery to Sixth and Utica:

https://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/blogs/whattheale/what-the-ale-american-solera-brewery-moving-to-sixth-and/article_66f0cba7-dfae-5d17-8863-b1fd5dcdedea.html

I love that they're going to use that old building.  I think this area will likely be known now as the "Beer District", given that Marshalls (and his new taproom), Cabin Boys  and now Solera will be within walking distance of each other.

And the new laws go into effect in 10 days.  Finally.

[TulsaGoldenHurriCAN]

Solera is moving their main brewery to Sixth and Utica:

https://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/blogs/whattheale/what-the-ale-american-solera-brewery-moving-to-sixth-and/article_66f0cba7-dfae-5d17-8863-b1fd5dcdedea.html

That's great news! I was just talking about how cool that building was and how much potential it has to be an iconic place if it were renovated well. Those old casement windows are priceless but will take a lot of love to refurbish. There's nothing quite like the aesthetic of an old factory given a second life when renovated in the right way. I have no doubt AS will get it done right.

[TulsaGoldenHurriCAN]

I love that they're going to use that old building.  I think this area will likely be known now as the "Beer District", given that Marshalls (and his new taproom), Cabin Boys  and now Solera will be within walking distance of each other.

And the new laws go into effect in 10 days.  Finally.

The Pearl District is already unofficially being called the brewery district. You also have Nothing's Left and Heirloom very close to all of these. And Willow Family and Dead Armadillo are just a couple blocks away from Nothing's Left. Perfect spot for an ale trail/brewery crawl.

[AdamsHall]

The Pearl District is already unofficially being called the brewery district. You also have Nothing's Left and Heirloom very close to all of these. And Willow Family and Dead Armadillo are just a couple blocks away from Nothing's Left. Perfect spot for an ale trail/brewery crawl.

Its too bad Pearl Beer doesn't have a brewery in the Pear District brewery area ...

[SXSW]

The Pearl District is already unofficially being called the brewery district. You also have Nothing's Left and Heirloom very close to all of these. And Willow Family and Dead Armadillo are just a couple blocks away from Nothing's Left. Perfect spot for an ale trail/brewery crawl.

They have been using the hashtag #brewersblock

That whole triangle between 6th, the tracks, Utica and 8th could one day be full of breweries.  It would be awesome to see one of them build a larger operation like Boulevard Brewery in KC or Great Divide in Denver.

[Hoss]

They have been using the hashtag #brewersblock

That whole triangle between 6th, the tracks, Utica and 8th could one day be full of breweries.  It would be awesome to see one of them build a larger operation like Boulevard Brewery in KC or Great Divide in Denver.

while something like Boulevard would be nice, baby steps.  I went to Boulevard before they did a remodel and it was big enough then.

[TulsaGoldenHurriCAN]

They have been using the hashtag #brewersblock

That whole triangle between 6th, the tracks, Utica and 8th could one day be full of breweries.  It would be awesome to see one of them build a larger operation like Boulevard Brewery in KC or Great Divide in Denver.

That would be neat but I'm hoping the area just gets nicer in general and a diverse array of businesses move in. It is happening in the Whittier District and in spots throughout the Pearl District. Just need a lot more infill of rehabbed places to connect the little spots of neat buildings.

It is such a large area with hundreds of homes and old factories needing renovation (or empty lots needing new builds). At the same time, tough to find anything to buy around there, especially reasonably-priced places that the average person can buy to remodel in a lower range you'd expect and be in a decent-looking spot. Some things are priced way to high but mostly just not for sale. It's an exciting prospective area though!

Glad the laws were improved to allow for the breweries to come in and renovate places like this. Before we had a few vacant factories and polluted old car shops. Now we have some beautiful buildings with nice taprooms and modern beverage manufacturing facilities.

[SXSW]

Reminds me of what the River North (or RiNo in hipster-speak) area in Denver looked like 10 years ago when breweries were just starting to open there.  This is the industrial area north of downtown and south of I-70.  Now it's completely transformed in many parts but still has some of the old buildings and vacant lots but probably not for long.  

I love that the Pearl is organically developing these sub-districts: the brownstones by Centennial Park, the "core" at 6th & Peoria, the redevelopments along 11th/Route 66 some are calling the Meadow Gold District and now we have the #brewersblock at 6th & Utica.

[Conan71]

They have been using the hashtag #brewersblock

That whole triangle between 6th, the tracks, Utica and 8th could one day be full of breweries.  It would be awesome to see one of them build a larger operation like Boulevard Brewery in KC or Great Divide in Denver.

Over-expansion has killed more than a few breweries recently.  The distribution market is pretty rough with so much competition.  Yet one more reason we have no plans to go into cans or bottles at our own brewery here in New Mexico, it's strictly on-site distribution.  We finally released our first beer last Friday, an APA with more to come!

[TulsaGoldenHurriCAN]

Reminds me of what the River North (or RiNo in hipster-speak) area in Denver looked like 10 years ago when breweries were just starting to open there.  This is the industrial area north of downtown and south of I-70.  Now it's completely transformed in many parts but still has some of the old buildings and vacant lots but probably not for long.  

I love that the Pearl is organically developing these sub-districts: the brownstones by Centennial Park, the "core" at 6th & Peoria, the redevelopments along 11th/Route 66 some are calling the Meadow Gold District and now we have the #brewersblock at 6th & Utica.

Have you heard about the plans to demolish a huge portion of the Pearl District to create a massive retaining pond?
There's one planned in the blocks north of 6th by Centennial Park (will be similar to Centennial Park pond size) and a much larger one planned around 7th and Rockford (not sure exact spot) which will dwarf the other two ponds. I saw plans of it and it is a shame to think how many old Victorian and classic homes will be destroyed to make way for a retention pond (could really hurt density in the area unless pond is surrounded by high-rises). If it's absolutely essential, ok, but didn't seem to improve the flood plain that much.

[TulsaGoldenHurriCAN]

Over-expansion has killed more than a few breweries recently.  The distribution market is pretty rough with so much competition.  Yet one more reason we have no plans to go into cans or bottles at our own brewery here in New Mexico, it's strictly on-site distribution.  We finally released our first beer last Friday, an APA with more to come!

I'm wondering about that more overall American market than Tulsa's. Tulsa had zero craft brew scene before Marshall and has plenty of room to grow still. Marshall was first and worked hard to get laws changed and so many others followed once it was a lot easier to do, as expected. While we aren't completely saturated yet, it'll probably get that way before too long. Glad many of the new local breweries are diversifying, selling a lot direct and distributing also. Also glad we have so many quality breweries filling different niches.

Tulsa should be able to support at least as many breweries as NW Arkansas. I'm thinking around 20-25 will be plenty although peak might be much higher. We will eventually start getting the Tulsa version of "Bricktown Brewery" or places like "Rock Bottom Brewpub" coming to town (Osage Casino already brought in a chain brewery location from Texas). Plenty will startup and be mediocre and have to shut down.