Success ferments for two Battle Creek area’s brewing companies

Arcadia Brewing Company and Dark Horse Brewery Co. have good reason to look forward to 2011, reports the craft beer blog Kalamazoobrew.

Marshall’s Dark Horse is in the midst of construction on an 18,000-square-foot brewhouse. It will be home to new brewing equipment, including two 80-barrel fermenters and two 100-barrel fermenters, business offices, an employee lounge, a conference room and more.

And Battle Creek’s Arcadia Brewing Co. said it’s on pace to sell around 9,000 barrels this year — up from 6,481 in 2008; 7,091 last year.

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“We’re busting butt on it,” Morse said of the Dark Horse construction.

Morse said crews have replaced the roof, giving the space 18-foot-tall ceilings, installed a massive cooler and completed office spaces.

Brewhouse equipment is expected to arrive in early January and Dark Horse plans to begin using it shortly after, Morse said.

To find out more about the project, read the rest of the story.

Source: Kalamabrew