They all said it wouldn’t work. A brewery in the tiny Columbia River Gorge community of Carson? Please.

Yet, just three years after opening, Backwoods Brewing is expanding its production at a new facility at the nearby Port of Skamania.

“We’re excited — we’re a family-owned business,” brewmaster Kevin Waters said. “We’re really excited to add jobs. We’ve got 30 to 35 employees right now, and at the very minimum, at least four more jobs are on the way.”

The popular flagship pub at 1162 Wind River Highway will remain, while the new 8,000-square-foot facility in Stevenson will handle all of Backwoods’ brewing.

“We’re moving everything, the grain silo, tanks — everything is moving,” Waters said. “That will allow us to expand the pub. We’re pretty excited about that. The pub’s needed an expansion.”