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The barn where Milk Room plans to build its new taproom used to house horse stalls. The brewery will reclaim the wood to use as bar tops. MILK ROOM BREWERY MARCH 18TH
Milk Room Brewing Co. in Rutland to open new taproom Matthew Tota Special to Worcester Magazine USA TODAY NETWORK
RUTLAND — Districted by the grazing bison, smiling camel or general grandeur of Alta Vista Farm, most people visiting Milk Room Brewing Co. never notice it’s missing a taproom. And why would they? There’s plenty to see, hear and drink at the 2-year-old brewery. Owner Kevin Jarvi worked hard to set up one of the most unique farm brewery experiences in the state. Summer weekends in his beer pasture have been legendary — the views, the music and, of course, the bison. Without a taproom, Jarvi has had to shut down on bad weather days and during much of the winter. But that will
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change this year. Milk Room has started initial construction and design of a new taproom in an 1800’s barn. “We’re going to have a really cool taproom down in the lower barn area, which used to be the horse stalls, donkey barn and where we kept the camel,” Jarvi said. “It will have that nostalgic feel to it.” It is easy to forget that Milk Room initially opened with a taproom, an inimitable space carved out of a former milking room, complete with a quirky bar built from wooden milk crates. Unfortunately, the brewery never got to use that taproom, as state fi re code required Jarvi spend around $1 million for a sprinkler system. The kernel of good news was Milk Room could still use the
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