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| Former Trojan Hardware buildings. |
TROY — The city may become home to a second craft brewery if approval of a $50,000 loan from the Troy Local Development Corp. is any indication.
The organization has unanimously approved such a loan for Kevin Blodgett’s Trojan Lofts LLC company to support the transformation of the former Trojan Hardware buildings at Congress and Fourth streets.
Blodgett requested the loan to pay for new facades at 90 and 98 Congress Street, to stabilize 90 Congress, help pay for a new roof and heating/air-conditioning system, and get the project in shape to comply with all city codes.
Once done, the connected buildings will become home to the Rare Form Brewing Company microbrewery and the Harrison Food & Beverage, a bar-restaurant-deli. Currently, Brown’s Brewing Company on River Street is the city’s only commercial brewery.
Anyone who has seen work being done on the Congress Street buildings may wonder why the commercial plans have just been made public. Blodgett explains that four apartments on the second floor have been completed and three more are being worked on.
“Rare Form Brewing Company is currently waiting on licensing from the [federal] Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) and the New York State [Liquor] Authority. We have also begun construction on our brewery space and tap room. We are expecting our equipment to be delivered in November and, once our licensing comes through and our construction is finished, we will be ready to open,” he says.
Rare Form plans to manufacture four permanent beers — Sabbatical Session Ale, Cascadia Double IPA, Wee Plaid Scottish Ale and Satan’s Gut Oak-Aged Imperial Stout — plus a rotating line of seasonal brews.
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