Sunken City Brewing Company, Southwest Virginia’s newest craft brewery located in Westlake Towne Center on Rt. 122 at Smith Mountain Lake, will celebrate its grand opening on Friday, May 10 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. Bruno’s GastroTruck will be on-site for the celebration as well as the band Barefoot West who will perform around 5:30 p.m. Come out and meet Sunken City Owner, Jerome Parnell and Brewmaster, Jeremy Kirby.
Sunken City will be selling 20-oz. imperial pints during the opening including two of their signature beers Dam Lager and Red Clay IPA. Dam Lager is an American-style amber (4.7 percent ABV) and Red Clay IPA is an amber-colored India Pale Ale (7 percent ABV).
In the near future, Sunken City plans to brew additional beers with hopes to distribute their beer throughout the state.
Officials and business leaders broke ground on Sunken City Brewing Company back in August 2012 and is Franklin County’s first microbrewery. The $2.3 million, 8,800-square-foot project, features a features a 25-barrel brewhouse, automatic canning distribution, a tasting room, pub and an outdoor beer garden. Sunken City Brewing Company, named for the villages that were submerged when Smith Mountain Lake was created, is expected to create 20-25 new jobs within five years.