Jackalope Brewing is expanding to Wedgewood-Houston, where they will open a second facility and taproom in order to keep up with demand for their main lines of beers.

CEO Bailey Spaulding says the brewery, which opened in 2011, is simply out of space. The plan is to convert the current production space on Eighth Avenue into an area for small-batch production and sour beers and move the main production to 429 Houston St.

"Having a location that’s main purpose is more experimentation than volume will open a lot of doors for us creatively," Spaulding says. "Right now, we have to use all of our capacity to keep up with our main brands, which is a great thing but also doesn’t give us much space or time to play around."

Jackalope has grown at a breakneck pace, producing around 5,100 barrels in 2016, or six times as much beer as when they opened. Spaulding says they're on track to brew 6,000 barrels in 2017. Co-owner Steve Wright says this will give them the ability to expand outside of the city.

“We plan to use our additional capacity to increase our presence in Tennessee,” says Wright, “but we also know there is more room to grow in our hometown of Nashville.”

Jackalope will purchase a new brewing system for the new location, and the owners have targeted summer 2018 for an opening.