Boxing Bear finds the room it needs at new Firestone Lane location

Sometimes, you just go to visit a new brewing site to enjoy a pint and take a cursory look around. Oh, but then along comes the unexpected behind-the-scenes tour from one of the owners, and you forget to record a second of it.

Anyway, now that I have reminded myself to not do that again, I offer up a somewhat short recap of my visit late last week to the new Boxing Bear Firestone Lane taproom. It officially opened on Thursday, though in a way, it is still only half open. Oh, the taproom is fully functional, and the patio is ready for everyone to enjoy, but together they only occupy a little less than half the total space in the building.

Most of the location will eventually become home to Boxing Bear’s brewhouse, as well as a sizable storage area, some offices for the brewing staff, and then there’s the upstairs … well, we will get to that in a minute.

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