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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017 Owners put Cathlamet brewery on the market River Mile 38 goes up for sale By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian CATHLAMET, Wash. — River Mile 38 Brewing Co. is up for sale. Three years ago, Drop Anchor Brewery opened on Third Street in Cathlamet with 12 investors. Less than a year after opening, the brew- ery faced a trademark law- suit from California’s Anchor Brewing and changed its name to River Mile 38 Brewing. The brewery is now owned by six partners, includ- ing Richard Erickson, Steve Sharp, Andy Lea, Rob Stock- house and Barry Aiton in Cathlamet; and Danna Speer in Texas. Erickson, a man- aging partner in the brewery, said the owners, two in their 50s and the other four in their 60s and 70s, are looking for someone younger to take the brewery to the next level. “We all have other jobs,” he said. “We opened this up to be like a little clubhouse.” Erickson said the owners are selling the entire business and remaining lease with the Port of Cathlamet for $550,000. The port had built a 1,500-square-foot build- ing for River Mile 38, which includes a 10-barrel brewing system and five 10-barrel fer- menters producing about 400 barrels of beer a year. “We have 14 beers on tap in our brewery,” Erickson said. The brewery’s taproom opens two days a week in the winter and three in the summer, with five part-time employees. People want the brewery open longer, Erick- son said, which means more work and beer production. He said River Mile 38 dis- Ron Baldwin/For The Daily Astorian Coast Guard personnel observe the Hero cleanup. Hero poses an oily mess for cleanup crews Petty Officer Brad Bennett, the Coast Guard officer in charge. “With strong tides and the storm, we could have trouble”. Shellfish farmers have worried about the Hero for some time. Their fears were fulfilled when the vessel went down. A light sheen remained close to shore on Thursday despite efforts earlier in the week. A major spill was not expected because the main diesel fuel tanks were mostly empty, but even a small spill can have a profound effect on the valuable shellfish industry. Salvage efforts and responsibility remain in doubt. The ship rests on the muddy bottom that is owned and controlled by the Wash- ington Department of Natu- ral Resources. None of par- ties involved are willing to discuss salvage and cleanup at this time. Both Department of Ecology and Coast Guard crews are expected to moni- tor the vessel closely until a plan is agreed upon between the owner, a local resident, and state agencies. Sunken vessel worries local shellfish farms By RON BALDWIN For The Daily Astorian BAY CENTER, Wash. — Washington Department of Ecology contractors found more oil than they expected on the Hero, the historic ves- sel that sank last weekend on the Palix River in Bay Center. Working from a small boat alongside U.S. Coast Guard personnel, workers from Global Diving and Sal- vage began removing the oil soaking devices placed earlier in the week. While inspecting the fo’c’sle sec- tion of the ship, the crew dis- covered more oil than could be handled by the absorbent pads and floats. The driv- ing rainstorm that prevailed through Thursday afternoon did not seem to affect the workers. “We found more oil today than we anticipated, so I’m requesting a vacuum truck to remove it.” said Chief Coming Soon ! P SHEE L LOCA Tillamook 1 st and Main 2014 - 2017 Submitted Photos River Mile 38 Brewing Co., formerly Drop Anchor Brewery, resides inside a 1,500-square foot brewery and taproom next to the Elochoman Slough in Cathlamet, Wash. tributes as far north as Red- mond and Tacoma, Washing- ton, and east to the Columbia River Gorge, with a new dis- tribution agreement recently signed for Oregon. “We’ll try to sell to loca- tions along the Columbia River,” he said. “People want to drink local beer. Tour- ists come (and ask) ‘What’s local?’” Erickson said the partners will hang on until the right person comes along to take over and keep growing. “We’re in a little niche market, but it’s just been bet- ter than we ever dreamed,” he said. “We never imag- ined we’d have to work this hard.” Submitted Photo River Mile 38 Brewing Co., formerly Drop Anchor Brew- ery, opened on a hill overlooking the Elochoman Marina in Cathlamet, Wash. OSU Extension Service | Clatsop County Watch the Hatch LIVE! 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