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Glenn Hall just wants to brew some beer.

But doing so in Tulsa isn't so easy.

Hall will go before the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission on Wednesday to seek zoning approval for his plan to construct and operate a microbrewery at the northeast corner of Lewis Avenue and 12th Street.

The brewery would only brew and bottle beer, not sell it on site. That's not allowed under state law.

What makes Hall's proposed brewery different from others in the city is that it would be in a commercially zoned area of town. That's never happened before, because the city's zoning code allows breweries only in industrial-zoned areas.

"The zoning code didn't take into consideration the small microbrewery of the craft-brewing movement," Hall said.

If the zoning request is approved — and subsequently blessed by the City Council — Renaissance Brewing Co. could be up and running as early as next year.

"I think Tulsa is ready," Hall said. "I think the timing is right."

Microbreweries aren't new to Oklahoma, and they're certainly not new to Tulsa, home of Marshall Brewing Co. and Prairie Artisan Ales.