Woodbury will likely get its first brewery by the end of the year.

Recently retired 3M worker Steve Long and his wife, Debbie Long, are planning to open 3rd Act Brewery, which will include a taproom and kitchen.

Steve Long, who has been homebrewing as a hobby since the 1970s, said he was looking for something to do after he retired, and he landed on opening a brewery.

The Longs, who are longtime Woodbury residents, will hire a brewer to handle the heavy lifting, and Debbie, whose career has been in marketing, will handle that part of the business.

The kitchen will serve pizzas, paninis and other simple bar food, Steve Long said. The beer will run the gamut, from Belgian to German and everything, including American styles, in between.

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New eateries set up shop at malls around the metro There will be about 150 seats inside and another 50 on a back patio. The Longs also plan to have some outdoor games like horseshoes and bag toss on the brewery’s lawn.

“It’s a nice, large lawn area, so we want to take advantage of that,” Long said.

The brewery, which has not yet been approved by the suburb’s city council, will be at Radio Drive and Hargis Parkway. If all goes well, there will be an April 24 groundbreaking and they are shooting for a mid-fall 2018 opening.