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One of the Richmond area’s homegrown craft beer makers is expanding its operations into another region of the state.

Strangeways Brewing, which opened a brewery and tasting room in Henrico County in 2013 that now gets about 100,000 visitors a year, is planning to invest more than $2.5 million over the next three years to open another production site in Fredericksburg, state officials announced Thursday.

The new brewhouse at 350 Lansdowne Road near the Fredericksburg Fairgrounds will include a tasting room, event space, an arcade and an outdoor beer garden.

It also will have a 10-barrel brewing operation that will enable the company to increase production of its craft beers, which include brands such as its Albino Monkey Belgian White Ale and its Woodbooger Belgian-Style Brown Ale, both of which are distributed to retail stores in central Virginia.

The expansion will create 27 new jobs, according to Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office.

Strangeways will continue to operate its local brewery and tasting room at 2277 Dabney Road in Henrico.

Owner Neil Burton said in a statement Thursday that he has long planned to expand the business into his hometown of Fredericksburg, where Strangeways will be that area’s third microbrewery.