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Cool page makes me envision myself sitting there now drinking a Grayton Beer like a person from a corona commercial. Look forward to you opening up.
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Grayton Beach Brewery?
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Cool page makes me envision myself sitting there now drinking a Grayton Beer like a person from a corona commercial. Look forward to you opening up.
robertsondavies
Beach Fanatic
I think Grayton Beer is a home run waiting to happen. Good luck!!!
tistheseason
Beach Fanatic
Where do I buy a t-shirt?? Great Graphics!
jameyprice
Beach Comber
Keep checking back on the website. T's and hats will be available shortly. Thank you for the compliment on the graphics. I hope you enjoy the beer just as much!
Abby Prentiss
Beach Fanatic
A small beer company is looking at two locations in Walton County to expand its business.
Walton County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution earlier this week to support Project Beer’s application to Florida’s Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund incentive.
“This very small existing company is looking to open an in-house production company,” Scarlett Phaneuf with the county’s Economic Development Alliance told commissioners. “This would bring tax money to the county and jobs.”
The company is scouting areas in Freeport, South Walton, Pensacola, and Montgomery and Mobile in Alabama. Project Beer hopes to purchase property and build a 17,000- square-foot production facility.
Project Beer now manufactures through another company and is hoping to brew its beer in-house. Officials said the total process for the construction would take around seven years.
The Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund program offers rebates to qualified companies for every job they bring to an area.
Once open, Project Beer would hire 50 full-time employees over a three-year period. The company estimates they would make an average wage of $50,000 year. That is 150 percent of Walton County residents’ average annual income.
“I should have gone into the beer business,” Commissioner Sara Comander joked at the meeting.
Walton County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution earlier this week to support Project Beer’s application to Florida’s Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund incentive.
“This very small existing company is looking to open an in-house production company,” Scarlett Phaneuf with the county’s Economic Development Alliance told commissioners. “This would bring tax money to the county and jobs.”
The company is scouting areas in Freeport, South Walton, Pensacola, and Montgomery and Mobile in Alabama. Project Beer hopes to purchase property and build a 17,000- square-foot production facility.
Project Beer now manufactures through another company and is hoping to brew its beer in-house. Officials said the total process for the construction would take around seven years.
The Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund program offers rebates to qualified companies for every job they bring to an area.
Once open, Project Beer would hire 50 full-time employees over a three-year period. The company estimates they would make an average wage of $50,000 year. That is 150 percent of Walton County residents’ average annual income.
“I should have gone into the beer business,” Commissioner Sara Comander joked at the meeting.
Abby Prentiss
Beach Fanatic
By DOTTY NIST http://defuniakherald.com/?p=3896
A company is interested in establishing a beer brewing operation in Walton County, and county commissioners have approved a resolution of support.
The approval took place at the Aug. 23 Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) meeting at the Walton County Courthouse in DeFuniak Springs at the request of Scarlett Phaneuf.
Phaneuf, managing director for the Walton County Economic Development Alliance, told the commissioners that the small company is proposing to expand by constructing and operating a beer brewery, a phase of the company’s operations currently contracted out to another business. The proposal is being identified as “Project Beer.” The company is not being identified at this time.
The company plans on buying property and building a 17,000-foot production facility, Phaneuf explained. Fifty new full-time employees would be hired over a three-year period to work in the facility at an average annual wage of $50,000, she noted.
Phaneuf said that, along with south Walton County and Freeport, the company is considering other areas in which to locate the facility, including Pensacola, Mobile, and Montgomery.
There was no cost to the county associated with the resolution approved by the commissioners. Its purpose was to support Project Beer’s application to the state’s Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program, through which the company could receive a tax refund of $280,000 if its application is approved, according to Phaneuf.
The program provides state tax refunds to qualifying businesses that relocate to Florida or that originate or expand in the state. Its purpose is to encourage an increase in higher-wage jobs in Florida.
A company is interested in establishing a beer brewing operation in Walton County, and county commissioners have approved a resolution of support.
The approval took place at the Aug. 23 Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) meeting at the Walton County Courthouse in DeFuniak Springs at the request of Scarlett Phaneuf.
Phaneuf, managing director for the Walton County Economic Development Alliance, told the commissioners that the small company is proposing to expand by constructing and operating a beer brewery, a phase of the company’s operations currently contracted out to another business. The proposal is being identified as “Project Beer.” The company is not being identified at this time.
The company plans on buying property and building a 17,000-foot production facility, Phaneuf explained. Fifty new full-time employees would be hired over a three-year period to work in the facility at an average annual wage of $50,000, she noted.
Phaneuf said that, along with south Walton County and Freeport, the company is considering other areas in which to locate the facility, including Pensacola, Mobile, and Montgomery.
There was no cost to the county associated with the resolution approved by the commissioners. Its purpose was to support Project Beer’s application to the state’s Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program, through which the company could receive a tax refund of $280,000 if its application is approved, according to Phaneuf.
The program provides state tax refunds to qualifying businesses that relocate to Florida or that originate or expand in the state. Its purpose is to encourage an increase in higher-wage jobs in Florida.
Jerry Lewis
Beach Fanatic
It started with the sunsets off Grayton Beach, the eclectic sensibilities of the locals living along Scenic Highway 30A, and a little bit of a hippie vibe to which Grayton Beer Co. owner Jamey Price relates.
All of these qualities became infused into the essence of Grayton Beer, the craft beer Price now markets from Pensacola to Apalachicola. (Go to PanamaCity.com or GraytonBeer.com to see a list of locations.)
In promoting the new company, Price noted a sign on the outskirts of the town that says, “Slow down, you’re here.” That concept of taking a moment to stop and drink in the ambience is the essence of his company and his product.
“This eclectic attitude and the magnetic energy of the locals was a strong influence on me and the brewery when we started down this road,” he said in a statement on his website. “That influence is reflected in our name, our packaging, and our attitude.”
Price, 36, grew up in Vicksburg, Miss., and describes himself as an avid outdoorsman. He likes to fish, kayak and golf — but he loves spending time with his family on the beaches of South Walton County.
“I have watched countless sunsets sitting on the tailgate of my truck and sparked quite a few bonfires at dusk,” he said on his website. “I knew I loved this area on my first trip to the beach, but I have grown to truly appreciate the natural beauty that this little stretch of beach has to offer.”
As one might expect, beer is a passion of his. Before getting into the business, Price already was taking tours of breweries, attending tastings and trying new beers whenever he could. He worked for months to tweak recipes and find just the right combination of malt, hops, and yeast.
Price describes Grayton Pale as “a refreshing, American-style”, “breezy and cool,” with a relatively low alcohol content; it goes well with any meat dish. (I had it recently with a grilled chicken sandwich at Bud & Alley’s restaurant in Seaside, and again with a seafood buffet at Spinnaker in Panama City Beach.)
Grayton IPA is described as “well balanced, yet hop forward” with a “smooth body” that makes it match well with spicy dishes as well as sweet desserts.
Price and his wife, Candace, live in Rosemary Beach. Her parents were the original postmasters for the resort community, and her brother is a top Realtor there.
He launched his new venture in May 2011 with two beers, a Pale Ale and I.P.A., and hopes to add an array of styles moving forward. Also, plans are under way to build a local brewery that will run 12 months a year; the beer is currently brewed in Melbourne.
“It’s a constant process,” Price said. “Keep doing what you do and the big picture takes on a life of its own.”
The American Brewers Association defines a craft brewery as “small, independent and traditional,” according to online sources. Most breweries in the nation fall into this category, with a production size of less than 6 million barrels a year; so-called microbreweries are defined as having an annual production of less than 15,000 barrels.
Grayton Beer Co. hopes to increase its production to a maximum of 5,000 barrels a year by March 2012, when the local brewing facility should come on line.
“We’re legitimately creating 12-month-a-year jobs, new jobs,” he said.
Price said one of his goals is to enhance the craft beer industry on a national and international scale.
“As long as we can make a great beer, everything else will work itself out,” he said.
Read more: http://www.newsherald.com/articles/grayton-97200-distills-flavor.html#ixzz1ZFQWwsm0
All of these qualities became infused into the essence of Grayton Beer, the craft beer Price now markets from Pensacola to Apalachicola. (Go to PanamaCity.com or GraytonBeer.com to see a list of locations.)
In promoting the new company, Price noted a sign on the outskirts of the town that says, “Slow down, you’re here.” That concept of taking a moment to stop and drink in the ambience is the essence of his company and his product.
“This eclectic attitude and the magnetic energy of the locals was a strong influence on me and the brewery when we started down this road,” he said in a statement on his website. “That influence is reflected in our name, our packaging, and our attitude.”
Price, 36, grew up in Vicksburg, Miss., and describes himself as an avid outdoorsman. He likes to fish, kayak and golf — but he loves spending time with his family on the beaches of South Walton County.
“I have watched countless sunsets sitting on the tailgate of my truck and sparked quite a few bonfires at dusk,” he said on his website. “I knew I loved this area on my first trip to the beach, but I have grown to truly appreciate the natural beauty that this little stretch of beach has to offer.”
As one might expect, beer is a passion of his. Before getting into the business, Price already was taking tours of breweries, attending tastings and trying new beers whenever he could. He worked for months to tweak recipes and find just the right combination of malt, hops, and yeast.
Price describes Grayton Pale as “a refreshing, American-style”, “breezy and cool,” with a relatively low alcohol content; it goes well with any meat dish. (I had it recently with a grilled chicken sandwich at Bud & Alley’s restaurant in Seaside, and again with a seafood buffet at Spinnaker in Panama City Beach.)
Grayton IPA is described as “well balanced, yet hop forward” with a “smooth body” that makes it match well with spicy dishes as well as sweet desserts.
Price and his wife, Candace, live in Rosemary Beach. Her parents were the original postmasters for the resort community, and her brother is a top Realtor there.
He launched his new venture in May 2011 with two beers, a Pale Ale and I.P.A., and hopes to add an array of styles moving forward. Also, plans are under way to build a local brewery that will run 12 months a year; the beer is currently brewed in Melbourne.
“It’s a constant process,” Price said. “Keep doing what you do and the big picture takes on a life of its own.”
The American Brewers Association defines a craft brewery as “small, independent and traditional,” according to online sources. Most breweries in the nation fall into this category, with a production size of less than 6 million barrels a year; so-called microbreweries are defined as having an annual production of less than 15,000 barrels.
Grayton Beer Co. hopes to increase its production to a maximum of 5,000 barrels a year by March 2012, when the local brewing facility should come on line.
“We’re legitimately creating 12-month-a-year jobs, new jobs,” he said.
Price said one of his goals is to enhance the craft beer industry on a national and international scale.
“As long as we can make a great beer, everything else will work itself out,” he said.
Read more: http://www.newsherald.com/articles/grayton-97200-distills-flavor.html#ixzz1ZFQWwsm0