Original Gravity in Milan Update
March 30, 2008
Saturday, Rob and I drove up to Milan to check out the progress on Original Gravity, one of MI’s newest breweries. As you can suspect Brad Sancho, the owner/ brewer, was extremely busy but he still took time out to show us around. Sorry, there are no pictures. Since it was just a pop in we felt that we might be bothering him too much already.
All the brewing equipment is in and brewing starts this week, hopefully Wednesday. Soon the four fermenters will be filled with a Porter, Amber, Bitter and a light Belgian Ale that he said really doesn’t fit into a style category. The interior is spacious with an industrial look befitting of a brewpub. The long L shaped bar is impressive with it’s oak top and brick base. A favorite feature of mine is the outdoor beer garden. He put a lot of work into the building and it looks fantastic. And since it is on the good side of County Road (just kidding) it is officially a Monroe County Brewery. I’m still researching it but I believe it is the first Monroe County brewery in 99 years.
Posted in Brewery/Brewpub
March 31st, 2008 at 9:25 am
They ought to brew a Milan “Big Red”.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:54 am
haha .. I’ll drink to that!
March 31st, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Yeah, Kevin said it right. The place looks awesome. The sign is up and is a piece of work in itself - it’s a big silver chunk of steal with the name Original Gravity blasted out of it - with the brick from the building showing through, if anyone is by there with a camera, shoot a picture and send it our way - we’ll be sure to post it! He didn’t have an exact opening date, but we were just guessing it’d be another few weeks to a month - but that’s just a guess after hearing how much work he had left to do. He said he hopes to get to brewing this week on his new equipment. Everything looked so nice though, it’s going to be a really slick place. He said he’ll be in touch as things progress, so stay tuned!!
April 8th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Unbelievable. I was driving by and had to turn around and peek through the window. Please invite me to the opening! I agree the sign is very cool. Way to go!
April 8th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
I am definitely planning on heading up for the grand opening! It’s always nice to see another person achieve their dream and have another local microbrewery in the area.
I can only hope that I’m so lucky one day! =)
April 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I have a picture of their sign…Original Gravity Brewing Company…in Milan. Doing an article for them in my paper. Tell me how to upload if you want it…Dave