 As the brewery scene continues to boom in the Brainerd Lakes area, one of the breweries is celebrating a milestone in its history this week. Clayton Castle has more. It's a great adventure watching Jack Pine grow, watching it expand and just kind of keeping up with it. Can you believe it? Jack Pine brewery is already five years old and celebrated the occasion on Saturday night with live music, a specialty beer, and a packed taproom. Originally open only on Friday nights for a few hours, Jack Pine has come a long way since opening on College Drive five years ago. When we first opened we were only open Fridays four to seven and then we expanded beyond that. Now we're up to a side of other than myself we have four full-time people on staff and eight part-time people. Adding to the growth in 2017, Jack Pine moved into its new location along Edgewood Drive in Baxter. This is the brewery that I wanted initially when I first when I first had the idea in my head to start a brewery this was kind of my ultimate plan. We went from a three barrel brew house to a 15 barrel brew house so we're making five times as much beer on each brew day even though it takes about the same amount of time. If the packed taproom on Saturday night was any evidence the community has embraced the brewery but more specifically the beer. I've been coming to Jack Pine since it opened five years ago. Favorite part obviously is the beer, great beer. Well my favorite thing about Jack Pine of course is the beer. The next thing is the people, the atmosphere. Patrick says that the community response has been one of the biggest surprises for him in the past five years. The fact that the local community has just grabbed onto this and just run with it. I'm merely keeping up with demand. As for the next five years? I don't know where the next five years are going to go. I do think we are set up for a decent amount of growth here. We have space available without having to relocate or expand too much. We have room to add some more fermentation capacity which will which will boost our capacity fairly easily. Reporting in Baxter Clayton Castle, Lakeland News. Jack Pine Brewery has now opened seven days a week at its location in Baxter. What a success story that is. I've been there more than once and they do a great job and what a nice facility they have now at their new facility there. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.