Bailey Spaulding has major expansion plans in the works for Jackalope Brewing Company, six years after she opened the flagship location on 8th Avenue South.

Spaulding announced plans Wednesday to open a second production facility and taproom for Jackalope, this one located in the nearby Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood at 429 Houston St.

“We are so excited for this expansion,” Spaulding said in a statement. “We have learned a lot since building our original location, and our team is looking forward to building out this new brewery. We also love the Wedgewood-Houston area and can’t wait to be a part of the community there.”

The expansion comes as no surprise for the thriving Nashville brewery. Spaulding said the team worked on development plans for almost a year, based on the need to produce more beer than is possible at the flagship facility at 701 8th Ave. S.

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Running into capacity issues is a common problem for popular breweries, which often find demand outweighs production capability. Just last week, Nashville’s largest brewery, Yazoo Brewing Co., listed its high-profile Gulch property for sale as it closes in on a larger, long-term home elsewhere in town.

Opening a new facility will give Jackalope the ability to increase its presence in Tennessee and also to grow right here in Nashville. The 8th Avenue facility will remain open and the production space will be used for small batch, barrel aging and sour beer production.

“Having a location that’s main purpose is more experimentation than volume will open a lot of doors for us creatively. Right now, we have to use all of our capacity to keep up with our main brands, which is a great thing but also doesn’t give us much space or time to play around,” Spaulding said.

Both breweries will have taprooms.

The company plans to invest in larger brewing system and additional fermentation tanks for the Houston Street location, with plans of opening by summer 2018.

Jackalope opened in 2011. Today, the brewery makes about six times as much beer as it did in its first year. As of May, Jackalope was distributing to 500 locations across West and Middle Tennessee.

Spaulding and Jackalope have been leaders in Nashville’s burgeoning craft beer scene, which is now home to about a third of the state’s 66 breweries. The brewery offers year-round beers in addition to seasonal brews, trivia and live music in its taproom, and brewery tours.

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