Brewing history just won't stand still

Photo of the former Eudora Brewing Co. at 4716 Wilmington Pike in Kettering.
Another brewer has leased the former Eudora Brewing location in Kettering, according to a news report. Gaffney photo.

 © 2019 Timothy R. Gaffney

 Call this errata sheet no. 1. As Dayton Beer heads for the printer, this region's brewing history just won't stand still.

 I've been boasting that my new history of brewing in the Miami Valley includes a complete, up-to-date directory of all the brewpubs from Dayton to Grand Lake.

 But that's about to change, according to Mark Fisher, retail and restaurants reporter for the Dayton Daily News.

 Last weekend, Fisher broke the news that another brewery is on its way. Pat Sullivan, the brewer behind Nowhere in Particular, has signed a lease for a space at 4716 Wilmington Pike in Kettering—the space that was the home of Eudora Brewing Co. until it moved to larger quarters at 3022 Wilmington Pike.

 Sullivan (aka Charlie Navillus) is known in brewing circles as a wandering brewer who makes use (with permission) of others' systems when they have tanks to fill.

 He previously set up shop with some partners in a century-old brick house in Columbus dubbed Somewhere in Particular. He will continue brewing there even as he fires up the kettle here, Fisher reported.

 It's great to hear there's still energy in the craft brewery movement. But Sullivan needn't hurry on my account: Dayton Beer will be out in about a month, and I'd Iike to be able to claim it's up to date, if only for one brief, shining moment.

 That's the trouble with the march of history. It never stops marching.

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