Four Mile Brewing

A former brewery turned lumber storage facility, and later a kitchen and bath center, getting back to its original purpose. More than a year of renovations and plenty of sweat equity. It’s a 15-barrel brew house boasting giant, stainless steel fermenters, storage tanks and miles of hoses. Four beers are always on tap. And, of course, patrons swigging suds.

But for Gregg Piechota, Jaye Beattie and Nicholas Bohdanowycz, opening Four Mile Brewing on East Greene Street is the realization of a dream.

“It’s a huge sigh of relief,” Piechota, who is also head brewer, said. “It’s been a long road to finally get here and be open. We got a lot of support from the community and local government. We couldn’t have done this without them.”

“It still feels very surreal,” Beattie said. “We feel very blessed that we can finally share our passion for craft beer with the community and we hope everyone will enjoy our beer as much as we do.”

Bohdanowycz agreed.

“We’re all very proud of what we’ve accomplished,” Bohdanowycz said. “This has been a tremendous experience and was a very ambitious process.”

Four Mile Brewing officially opens to the public today at 4 p.m.

The brewery had a private opening party on Saturday. The event, which featured samples of the brewery’s first batches of craft beer, was attended by many elected officials, investors and supporters.