Driftless Brewing Co

mpany, LLC, located in the village of Soldiers Grove in the scenic Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin, has expanded to a 15 BBL system from its original 1 BBL production system started in 2013-14.   In a few short years, demand for our beers exceeded the small production capacity, as we were fielding requests for our products from as far away as Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Chicago. Our expansion to a 15 BBL brewery allows us to serve customers throughout southwestern and southern WI and provide a destination brewery and taproom for those seeking quality, local craft beer in the Driftless Region.

The Village of Soldiers Grove has supported our business since the beginning of our residence in the Solar Village with a low cost business loan from their Community Development Corporation for the initial system and additional loans to help through the expansion process.  They also are our partner in the state WEDC grant that helped match our loan funding.

This expansion, with funding totaling over $1.1 million, is supported by equipment and building renovation bank loans from Citizens First Bank of Viroqua; SBA 504 equipment and building renovation loans via Wisconsin Business Development, a WEDC Community Development Investment grant, a Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission (MRRPC) CMV Growth Development Fund business loan for working capital, and funding from private investors of DBC. Our building in the Solar Village (created to move the original business district due to catastrophic flooding from the lower floodplain area to high ground on US 61 in the 1980s) was a grocery store for many years and now has been transformed to a production brewery and taproom.