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Rising Star Coffee will open a pop-up on the bar at The BottleHouse in Lakewood, with a permanent location coming in 2017.

LAKEWOOD, Ohio - Rising Star Coffee is partnering with The BottleHouse Brewing Co. on a pop-up location that allows the six-year-old coffee business a Lakewood presence.

The pop-up will open in mid-December in the Madison Avenue tasting room and mead hall. That foot in the door is the first step to a permanent location in the city in 2017, said Rising Star General Manager Robert Stockham and The BottleHouse owner Brian Benchek.

The collaboration will allow the businesses to "cross-promote each other," Stockham said.

"It allows us to come into a market without making a huge investment, and (for) whoever we partner with it gives them exposure to a new clientele," he said.

The BottleHouse Brewery and Meadery is at 13368 Madison Ave., Lakewood. Its taproom and production facility opened in 2012 at 2050 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights.

Rising Star, which opened in 2010, has a roasting facility on Walton Avenue in Cleveland and three retail outlets: Hingetown, Little Italy and downtown in the Hyatt Arcade.

For the pop-up, a pour-over and Aeropress will be set up on the bar. Pour-over means one cup at a time is made by hand. It allows control of temperature and how the grinds are being whetted, Stockham said - "all the things that bring out the best flavors of the coffee." Aeropress is a concept similar to a French press, he said, where you pour in the grinds and let the water steep for a minute or two.

Rising Star beans and merchandise also will be sold at the pop-up, and plans include pastries coming from Fire Food and Drink.

Rising Star plans on the pop-up being open seven days a week, starting at 6 a.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. Sundays. It will break down about 4 p.m., when the brewery's tasting room opens its doors.

Next year, Rising Star aims to open in the area, Benchek and Stockham said.

It's not the first time the roastery business and the brewery have joined forces. The BottleHouse's flagship coffee stout was made with Rising Star coffee. The companies share similar business approaches and work well together, Benchek said.

"Both of our philosophies, as far as the products we make, are nearly identical," he said, equating the time, effort and quality the brewery puts into its sour program, for instance, with "what they are doing with their coffee."

The partnership looks to continue past the pop-up. Benchek said more collaborative brews are coming, with Rising Star beans being incorporated into The BottleHouse's mead. Beer and coffee tastings also are in the works.

"There's lots of great opportunity with food and coffee to tie the two brands together," Benchek said.

He also has two sours on draft, with bottles coming soon. But Benchek takes a steady, cautious approach to growth. Instead of angling for wide distribution or increased production, he will focus on the quality and craft of brewing in general.

Buying bigger brewing systems "is just not who we are," he said.