(Minneapolis, MN) – During a talk with MPR, which you can watch in its entirety, Surly Brewing founder, Omar Ansari said that the company would produce just shy of 40,000 kegs (aka 20,000 barrels) in 2012.

That’s enough to make it yet another year of double-digit growth for the company (17,741 barrels last year per the Brewers Association) though it’s a far cry from some of the growth rates of recent years when year-over-year numbers were at or well-above 50%. The problem, like with so many other breweries, is constraints in on the supply side.

Surly is up against capacity and its well-publicized search for a new brewery location can’t end fast enough.

Ansari estimated that when the new brewery opens, capacity will be at least twice the size of the current setup with the ability to grow to at least five times the current size, taking annual capacity up above 100,000 barrels.

BeerPulse reported last week that Surly is making progress on one location in particular as it works on solidifying a $550k grant to clean up the potential site.