Ninkasi Brewing Company’s production facility is embarking on a year-long construction plan that will add more than 70,000 feet to it’s structure and result in a tremendous increase in output.

“For Ninkasi, this is a great step because it allows us to build a new administrative building and more production space and a warehouse to store our beer. We’re really excited, we’re going to be able to do a lot of things we’ve wanted to do for a long time but now have the resources to actually implement,” says Ninkasi Brewing Company founder Nikos Ridge.

Ninkasi currently produces 95,000 barrels a year, but after construction is finished production will increase to 295,000 a year, more than tripling their output. The new facilities and resulting increase in production will also benefit the local community.

“Locally we’ll be able to create a lot more jobs which will be positive and engage more people directly within our community as a part of our company,” says Ridge.

The construction site is just behind Ninkasi’s current facility and is scheduled to be up and running by November 2013.