![]() Last year, Bolero Snort was in the top 15 production breweries in New Jersey by volume out of about 120. The space is new, but they’re not just a small-time brewer dropping big money. If you spent $900,000 on an item, you make sure it lasts forever.” Bolero Snort has been offering its OVB – Orange Vanilla Bullsicle – Creamsicle IPA since 2016. We paid an exorbitant amount of money to do this because we really wanted to do everything the right way. “There’s a significant difference – without getting too nerdy, the weld marks on the tanks, the higher gauge steel. “You pay a premium in the brewing industry to get American made, but it’s one of those industries where American made is still higher quality,” he said. The new machinery is American made, with tanks and brewhouse from Wisconsin and a canning line from Colorado. “It was only fitting that one of those got filled first,” Wells said. There are also two 30 barrel tanks, “old and beat up,” but important according to Wells, because they’re the two tanks that Bolero Snort started brewing in seven years ago. The new 16,400-square-foot production brewery, cold storage room and tasting room in Carlstadt has four 60 barrel tanks two 90 barrel tanks and two brite tanks, one 60 barrel and one 90 barrel, where the beer is conditioned with things like orange zest and vanilla and where it gets carbonated. ![]() ![]() Over its seven years, Bolero Snort brewed at 12 different locations between New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. “As we kept growing as a contract brand, the goal post kept moving,” Wells said. in Butler to Alementary Brewing in Hackensack to Double Nickel in Pennsauken, Wells and co-owner and founder Bob Olson brewed their beer in every corner of New Jersey, which C+R Research reported last year had a craft beer boom bigger than that of any other state since 2015. Until now, Bolero Snort has been a contract brewer, meaning it brews its beers at other breweries. ![]()
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