Yes, 2016 isn’t yet 3 months old, but St. Louis beer geeks can already start looking ahead to 2017’s new breweries. Dustin and Kristen Chalfant and James Hellmuth announced March 17 that they plan to open Senn Bierwerks early next year.

Dustin Chalfant tells Hip Hops that he and his partners aren’t quite ready to announce the exact location, but it’s “very promising.”

Senn takes its name from Chalfant’s great-great-great-great uncle, Frank Senn Sr., a brewer in late-19th-century Louisville, Ky. Chalfant himself moved to St. Louis from Wichita, Kan., in 2011 and later that year succeeded Marc Gottfried as Morgan Street Brewery’s head brewer. He left Morgan Street in 2015 and has worked since then as a brewing-industry consultant.

Chalfant says Senn’s opening roster of beers is still in the works, but it will likely include a West Coast-style IPA, a malt-forward ale or lager and a hop-forward pilsner.

“First and foremost, we’re not tied to any styles,” Chalfant says. “We’ll make whatever we feel like making.”