CHS reported here on beer maker Amory Carhart’s decision to purchase 12th Ave’s Outer Planet in a last minute deal as the 2015-born brewery was about to be shut down.
The “nanobrewery” didn’t skip a beat as Carhart said he intended to keep on Outer Planet’s crew and keep the new brews flowing, sticking to the recipes that established Outer Planet. “I have a vision and that is to keep it European inspired,” he told CHS in September.
Carhart has been working in the industry for about six years since graduating from the South Puget Sound Community College’s Craft Brewing & Distilling program.
The Outer Planet closure was about to join a string of tough news for Capitol Hill-brewed beer. In June, CHS reported on the shutdown of another rare mix of mixed-use and beer-making as the Redhook microbrewery below Capitol Hill’s Pike Motorworks mixed-use development was permanently closed after eight years of production on E Pike.
Its rebirth is also part of new starts along 12th Ave after a string of shutdowns to end summer. More good news is coming for a few of the street’s empty spaces.
You can find Outer Planet at 1812 12th Ave. Learn more at outerplanetbrewing.com.
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