(Venice Beach, CA) – SanLuisObispo.com reports that Firestone Walker Brewing Co. will open a new brewery in its Venice Beach location…but don’t get your hopes up too much.

Per the piece, the company will open a pilot brewery and taproom though co-founder, Adam Firestone, “stressed that it would not be a satellite brewery or brewpub, but instead be a ‘perfect re-creation of our main brewery, just much smaller.'”

So just how big are we talking here? We checked in with co-founder, David Walker, who clarified for us…

“We are still in an early planning phase so like all things its an organic work in progress. The intent is to have a miniature brewhouse such that we are able to make small batch beers exclusively for the Venice pub and its patrons. It will be experimental small batch brewing; much smaller than your average brew pub but enough to be useful to propagate new ideas and profiles for our beers.”

It sounds like the Venice Beach pilot brewery will be similar to the 10-barrel brewery that Stone opened recently at its new Liberty Station spot but, perhaps, even smaller.