Brewery expanding to Frankfort; opening brewpub in historic building

Louisville’s Goodwood Brewing Co. is heading east: The brewery plans to open a second location in Frankfort.

Goodwood will open a brewpub in the historic Vatter building at 109 West Main Street. A renovation of the building was completed earlier this year. It will feature a taproom overlooking the Kentucky River, with a large deck on the river, too.

The brewpub is expected to open early next year and offer all of Goodwood’s year-round barrel-aged and wood-touched beers, plus seasonal and on-off offerings on tap.

“Goodwood is excited to be expanding to Kentucky’s Capital,” said CEO Ted Mitzlaff in a news release. “Frankfort is a great community with a growing craft beer scene. ... Our location is in the heart of downtown and is close to the capital and state buildings. We will offer lunch and dinner, multiple televisions and live entertainment.”

The brewpub will also tap the tourists who are traveling between Kentucky distilleries in the area, he said.

Goodwood Brewing, headquartered in downtown Louisville, specializes in “beers that have been touched by wood, whether in reclaimed oak casks once used to house bourbon, red wine, tequila, rum or brandy, or seasoned on oak, hemp, poplar or ash,” according to the news release.

This story was originally published September 26, 2018 at 2:32 PM with the headline "Brewery expanding to Frankfort; opening brewpub in historic building."