Narragansett Brewery Announces Fox Point Brewery -- See the Location

Narragansett Brewery Announces Fox Point Brewery -- See the Location

Narragansett Brewery announced on Wednesday night that the company will be opening a brewery in the Fox Point section of Providence.

The company said the new brewery would open in 2020. The planned location is property owned by Brown University down near the waterfront by India Point Park.

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The location 271 Tockwotten Street & 230 India Street is controlled by Brown and is presently used by the University for storage. It is assessed by the City of Providence for $1,067,800. The property was been being advertised for sale at $1,695,000. The building is a 19,928 square foot industrial building. 

The location is presently zoned mixed-use waterfront. Narragansett Brewery is seeking from the city a microbrewery permit.

History

The company, which claims the legacy of the original 1888-founded company, writes on its website, “It all started with John H. Fehlberg, Augustus F. Borchandt, Herman G. Possner, George M. Gerhard, Constand A. Moeller, and Jacob Wirth. In 1888, these local businessmen—”The Original Six”—came together to form the Narragansett Brewing Company. With $150,000 in capital and funds from Butterine (Fehlberg’s predecessor to margarine), a brick brewing house was built. In December of 1890, the first beer was produced, and the following year the company officially incorporated.”

The company was sold a number of times over the years and went shuttered in the 1970s.

The company was resurrected — “In early 2005, lifelong Rhode Islander Mark Hellendrung, along with a group of New England investors, purchased the rights to Narragansett Beer from Falstaff. Former Brewmaster from ‘Gansett’s glory days, Bill Anderson was brought on board to ensure the authenticity of the brew. That October, for the first time in a quarter century, Narragansett Beer was back in bottles and on bar taps."

One of the investors in the company is Governor Gina Raimondo. She led the investment by Point Judith Capital when she was an active partner in the company.