Tin Cannon Brewing Co.

PRESS RELEASE

November 13, 2013

GRAND OPENING!
Tin Cannon Brewing Co. Opens on November 28, 2014

Tin Cannon Brewing Co. (TCBC) started with two experienced craft beer home
brewers, John Hilkert and Aaron Ludwig, who decided to turn pro. Their
longtime dream is to bring specialty brews to the general public; that dream is
coming to fruition on Friday, November 28, 2014 at 1pm with the opening of
Gainesville, Virginia's first nano-brewery. Tin Cannons beers will be brewed,
kegged, and served onsite. The co-owners love brewing classic beer styles as
well as other styles that push traditional guidelines. The initial brewing set-up
will be a 2 barrel (BBL) brewhouse which will produce 60 gallons per batch.

7679 Limestone Drive, #130, Gainesville, VA 20155

571-210-5671
tincannonbrewing.com

Co-owners and
brew masters, John
Hilkert and Aaron
Ludwig pose in
front of their
fermentation room
at Tin Cannon
Brewing Co.
Customized logo
courtesy of Bill
Ward.

Tin Cannon Brewing Co.

PRESS RELEASE

November 13, 2013

The brewery will serve six beers year around; a blond ale, a dunkelweizen, a black IPA, a
porter, a specialty amber ale and a seasonal ale. TCBC will oer sampler flights (4 x 4oz), half
pints (8 oz), pints (16 oz) and two sizes of growlers (32 oz and 64 oz).

Located within the Gateway Business Center at

7679 Limestone Drive, Unit #130, Gainesville, VA
20155, TCBC is looking forward to brewing great
craft beers for great people and welcoming in the
growing number of local craft beer fans.

The

taproom will seat 50 people and will be open

Fridays from 4-9pm, Saturdays from 2-9pm and
Sundays from 2-8pm.

Brewery tours and private

events will be established in the near future and

availability will be posted on their website and social
media pages. The brewery will not serve food but hopes to have various

TCBC logo designed by

Johns artist wife, Marcy
Hilkert

food trucks available every weekend for customers to consume inside.

Customers will be allowed to bring their own food in to enjoy from one of the many local restaurants
nearby or order in from Mama Mia Pizzeria, which is located in the same industrial park and will
deliver directly to the taproom.

After a successfully-funded Kickstarter campaign designed to raise additional money needed to

complete the build-out of the brewery, the owners are looking forward to opening their doors,
getting to know their customers and becoming established in the community. When asked what's
it been like to build their long-time dream? To sum it up, very gratifying. That is magnified by the
support weve received from our families and the public. Its quite a boost when people you dont
know root you on! Weve worked harder than we ever have before, working our full time jobs and
then putting in another 8-10 hours at night on the build-out. We did all the construction we could do
to save money. There were times when we wished we had hired someone to do it because we were
so exhausted. But in the end, we know that we built a large part of this with our own hands, and that
makes it all worth it. The owners have big plans to upgrade to a 20BBL system within two
years and distribute locally.
John and Aaron are looking forward to introducing their craft brews to the area and are encouraging
all to invite their craft beer-loving friends and family out to Tin Cannon Brewing Co. on their grand
opening day. Up-to-date details about the grand opening will be posted on their website and social
media pages in the upcoming days.
7679 Limestone Drive, #130, Gainesville, VA 20155
571-210-5671
tincannonbrewing.com