Straight to Ale's expansion project at the former Stone Middle School in west Huntsville is back on track and set to break ground later this month.

An architectural rendering of the new Campus No. 805 development at the former Stone Middle School property near downtown Huntsville. (Courtesy)

Dan Perry, co-founder of the Huntsville brewing company, confirmed this morning Straight to Ale will proceed with its earlier plan to launch a new 40,000-square-foot brewhouse, taproom and mixed-use event space at Campus No. 805, the new name for the development off Governors Drive.

Perry, who told AL.com in April the project may come to a halt if lawmakers did not pass the Alabama Brewers Guild's off-premises sales legislation, said his small business has struggled to get financing in order for the expansion, but "everything is finally there."

"It appears all the wholesalers and all the brewers are going to work together to craft legislation for the next session," he said. "I feel really, really confident that with both groups working together we can get the legislation we need to get that off-premise sales piece back in order for when we actually get open over there."

ABG's most recent direct sales bill that would have allowed Alabama breweries and brewpubs to sell beer to-go in growlers died earlier this month without a vote. An Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Study Commission was formed to look at the state's alcohol laws and is expected to report its findings by the end of the year.

The frame began rising at Yellowhammer Brewing last week at Campus No. 805. (Courtesy)

Perry said the expansion at Campus No. 805 will create a 40-barrel brewhouse with new equipment and fermentation capacity for Straight to Ale. They plan to keep the brewery's current facility on 3200 Leeman Ferry Road open after the new larger brewery launches in seven to nine months.

"Since we weren't going to move the equipment from over here to over there, it made sense for us to keep this running," he said. "It will let us experiment a little bit more and do some different styles of beer we haven't done because we haven't had the capacity up until now."

Campus No. 805 will also be home to Yellowhammer Brewing, which is building an 8,000-square-foot brewery, bier garten and tasting room. Earth and Stone Wood Fired Pizza, an Albertville-based food truck, will operate a restaurant inside the facility.

Perry said Dough's Nuts Bakery, Sweet Liberty BYO Homebrew Supplies, Ronnie Raygun's Arcade and possibly a small restaurant will operate in the new brewery complex with Straight to Ale. An event space with a dedicated concert venue will serve more local residents and organizations, he added.

"We want to build a place where people want to come hang out and have a beer," he said. "We want to host community events like we do here but on a bigger scale."

Perry, who declined to say how much Straight to Ale is investing in the project, said a groundbreaking ceremony should be held June 25.

Campus No. 805 developer Randy Schrimsher said more project details at the 13-acre property will be available to the community and media soon.