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Little falls becoming hub for microbrewing A microbrewery or craft brewery is one that produces small amounts of beer, is independently owned, and focuses on quality, flavor and brewing technique.
The rumors about a microbrewery
February of 2016 and that he started
“In our seasonal area, which is about
starting in Little Falls were floating
working on the brewery eight months
2,200 square feet, we had ample
around for months, but until you ac-
before he had even done that. “Every-
seating even during the COVID situ-
tually walk into the facility that was
one who knows me knows that I lay
ation. We have an 18-foot bar and
renovated by Mike George at 56 W
awake at night thinking about things.
because we’re doing table service
Mill St, you can’t really picture it. And
I have a drive and a passion and love
with everyone, I think we can handle
when you do, it will blow you away.
for just doing stuff. I put a lot of that
things in here. As long as people don’t
passion into this.”
mind a little cold weather, we’ll keep
After four long years of hard work,
it open as long as we can. We even
Rock Valley Brewing Company at
The building is about 5,000 square
have a little temporary heat in here,”
56 West Mill Street in Canal Place is
feet of space for brewing, serving,
said George.
officially open and for owner Mike
and eating, and is a massive space for
George, he says he’s both relieved
brewing in Little Falls. “We have two
He said that when you come to the
and excited. “We have an awesome
dining or seating areas, then we have
brewery, he feels that the seasonal
team that we’ve assembled here. My
our actual brewing facility. It consists
area is going to be the real attraction.
manager Carolyn has done a fantas-
of everything involved in the process
tic job and really taken the lead with
– our mash tun, our boiling kettle,
When the weather turns bad though,
things.”
our cooling capabilities and a sepa-
they have a smaller seating area that
rate room for our fermentation tanks,
has an L-shaped bar, with plenty of
He said that he came back to his
and lastly our own walk-in cooler and
seating. “The look of that room ties in
family’s business (George Lumber) in
storage,” he stated.
with what you see over here. We tried