If you’ve had your head in the sand (like I have), then maybe you haven’t heard the news. Andy Tveekrem, a former Akronite, who was formerly the brewmaster at Great Lakes Brewing, and more recently at Dogfish Head in Delaware is back in town. I’ve heard the rumors, but I’ve been too busy traveling around the country (for work) to report to you. Members of the local home brew clubs and the microbrew community have been talking for a couple of months. There have been Tveekrem sightings and rumors have been flying, almost since last September when he was seen at the Beer Engine. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported it January 12, and today the Akron Beacon Journal picked up the same article.
Tveekrem has teamed up with Sam McNulty, owner of McNulty’s BierMarkt, Bar Cento, and Speakeasy to open a new microbrewery and beer garden called “Market Beer Garden” across the street from McNulty’s Bier Markt. With Great Lakes Brewing around the corner, and McNulty’s good beer bars and now new brewery, is this the start of Cleveland’s own “brewery district”? Just down the hill in the Flats is Rock Bottom Brewery, and across the river is Cleveland Chophouse & Brewery. That will be four breweries and several good beer bars within 1.5 miles of each other.
The Cleveland Beer scene keeps getting better! The Plain Dealer article said they plan a June opening.
