More than a year has passed since Remedy Brewing Company got its start in a garage.

Now its founders have found a store front at 8th and Railroad in downtown Sioux Falls.



“We viewed many properties in the downtown area. Phillips Avenue; Main Avenue. We looked at one on 11th, and a lot of the properties we really liked, and we thought we could make something work,” Chief Executive Officer and Head Brewer Matthew Hastad said. “But this is the first property that we looked at that just felt like a brewery when we walked in. We saw the potential; we could see everything we wanted to do with it.”



And now this spot is theirs.



“I’m still kind of in disbelief that we’ve made it this far,” Chief Operations Officer Jason Davenport said. “I mean, it’s been a rocky road. A roller coaster; ups and downs.”



To say the least.



“Roller-coaster would be a light way of putting it,” Hastad said. “I’d say doing some cliff climbing and diving, both at the same time.”



“From finding other properties to losing those; to finding financing, losing that,” Davenport said.



“We’ve been very, very close so many times, to where we thought, ‘This is it, this is the plan we’re moving forward with. This is what we want to do.’ And we’ve found one or two things that haven’t worked out, or haven’t gone in our favor, and the door ended up closing on us,” Hastad said.



But you know what they say happens when one door closes…



“The door right next to it opened up, and actually let us into a better situation than we were in,” Hastad said.



They’re aiming to be open mid-year. There’s clearly still a lot of work to be done before they have a brewery. Some of the equipment is on its way, and some of it’s being stored in a warehouse at 8th and Railroad. A fermentation vessel is going to be moved into their rented space in a few months.



They’re loving their future brewery’s location.



“The East Bank area is exploding, and it’s really kind of known as an artisan area of Sioux Falls,” Hastad said. “You have a lot of artists that thrive in this area, and there’s other breweries in the area, too.”



“To me, this is the heart of downtown now,” Davenport said. “East river is just blowing up, and it’s just expanding every single day. There’s new businesses; there’s tons of foot traffic.”



“When you consider the foot traffic, the bike traffic, the easy parking in this area, there’s not a better place in the state of South Dakota to open up a brewery,” partner Garrett Gross said.



It’s where, as a group, they’ll look to make a lasting impression.



“Being able to… put my stamp on the town, call me a romantic, I’m born and raised [in] Sioux Falls, and the ability to contribute to this town and to build something that’s what I want to do,” Remedy Brewing Company’s Tyler Jepperson said. “And try to leave a legacy that can pass down to our families.”