Gravity Brewlab has been a solid fixture in the up-and-coming, ready-to-explode Miami craft beer scene. For several years now, owner Diego Ganoza has been pouring at festivals and working hard to open a location in Miami. Between red tape and building issues, Ganoza has been walking around Miami like the proverbial Goldilocks finding buildings that are “too big” or “too small” to host Gravity Brewlab.
Well, it looks like Diego has found the one that is “just right.”
According to an article in the Miami Herald, Gravity is very close to building its new home:
Ganoza said he is close to signing a lease on a warehouse space in the 2100 block of Northwest First Avenue in Wynwood for his brewery-and-beer-garden concept. Like the other newly opened breweries, Gravity won’t have a kitchen but will be food-truck friendly and will allow customers to bring in food.
This is a great feat for Ganoza who has “poured home-brewed Gravity samples for free at dozens of restaurants, food events and festivals. They do it to get Gravity’s name out there and build a fan base, but it doesn’t come cheap. Ganoza estimated he has spent about $40,000 of his money on ingredients, equipment and travel costs in that time.”
According to a recent conversation, Diego says he has his fingers crossed for an opening in the summer months of 2014. When opening in Wynwood, Gravity Brewlab would join the existing Wynwood Brewing and the two breweries currently in construction, J. Wakefield Brewing and Concrete Beach Brewing.