Fort George Brewery is preparing to buy the former Astoria Warehousing for canning and distribution operations.
The Astoria City Council on Monday unanimously approved a wholesale liquor license application for Fort George at the warehouses, along with a $1 million grant from the state to clean up petroleum contamination.
Chris Nemlowill, who started the brewery with Jack Harris in 2006, gave the City Council an overview of the company’s plans.
“We need more space to work on distribution. When we found this property was available, it was really ideal, ” Nemlowill said.
The owners of Astoria Warehousing Inc., a salmon-canning and-labeling company founded in 1983 and occupying several acres along the central waterfront near the Astoria Bridge, closed the operation last year and relocated to the Seattle area.
