Oskar Blues building major brewery in Brevard

BREVARD — Oskar Blues brewery, the maker of Dale’s Pale Ale, will build a major expansion operation in Brevard, the company has announced.

Oskar Blues has signed a contract on a 30,000 square foot brewery space and a 6,000 square foot restaurant music room in Brevard. Oskar Blues plans to have the operation running by this December.

It’s the latest national brewery to make an expansion into Western North Carolina, following Sierra Nevada, which is building near the Asheville Regional Airport in Henderson County, and New Belgium, which is building in Asheville’s River Arts District.

Oskar Blues has built a national following for its beers which are sold on draft and in cans. The company has long had ties to Western North Carolina through the Mountain Song Festival held in Brevard.

The company sells more than 35 percent of its beer east of the Mississippi River, “making this a great opportunity to look into a local location in that area,” the company said.

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