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•  will almost triple its production after the King Ferry brewery installs a new 5-barrel system, with glycol-jacketed fermenters and tanks, in March. Owners Mark Grimaldi and Joe Shelton have also relocated their taproom, which now includes a 20-foot bar, more seating, a wood stove for homemade pizzas and windows overlooking nearby vineyards and Cayuga Lake.

• The is into a bigger and more visible location at the former PBJ on the Corner on Genesee Street in downtown Auburn. When I spoke to brewer and president Garrett Shepherd after he closed on the building in the spring, he said his production will scale up significantly from what he can do at his current 31 Loop Road location. He expects to open the new brewery and taproom by early spring, he said, with 24 taps.

• For , 2018 will be more about expanding its reach than its production. Owners Derric and Kristen Slocum will be focusing on selling cans of their beer in more markets and adding more draught accounts, Derric said. 

• In December, $900,000 from the state to support its plans to build . Though the state's announcement Prison City will purchase the "Nolan's Building" — where the Pawn King is currently located — owners Dawn and Marc Schulz have told мÓƶà¶à¿ª½±¼Ç¼ that they are still searching for a site. Regardless of where it goes, Prison City's facility will boost its annual production from to at least 10,000. And with its canning line, the facility will allow Prison City to sell substantial take-home quantities of Mass Riot IPA and brewer Ben Maeso's other  beers to the customers who will drive hours for them.

All of these developments — as well as others I've only heard about off the record — should add up to a year of significant growth for Cayuga County's craft beer scene. Here's to 2018!

What's on tap

Grimaldi and Shelton have two new IPAs available, both in the juicy, hazy and soft New England style. The first, Fresh to Death, is a wheat double IPA with local Cascade hops and dry-hopped with Citra and Mosaic. The second, I Am Very Hoppy to Be Here, is also made with local Cascade and double-dry-hopped with Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin. Both come in at 6.5-percent ABV. The King Ferry brewery has also released its first quad, Chief Rocker, a 10-percent ABV traditional, plummy take on the Belgian style. A whiskey barrel-aged version will follow soon, as will a whiskey barrel-aged version of Aurora's The Stza imperial stout.

Coming soon at the downtown Auburn brewery is There Is No Spoon, an IPA so named because Shepherd "took a lot of the traditional brewing techniques I use in some IPAs and said, 'Let's have some fun with this one,'" he said. It should be released in a few weeks, Shepherd said.

The Weedsport brewery will be pouring at Seneca Lake Brewing's 2018 Scottish Cask Ale Festival Jan. 27, as well as CNY Brewfest at the state fairgrounds Feb. 4.

The downtown Auburn brewpub's winter release schedule includes , the Cocoa Puff-flavored brown ale and bane of Maeso's existence, in mid-February. Around that time, Prison City will also release a limited amount of bottles of , its bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with toasted coconut and vanilla beans. In March, the brewpub will hold another , as well as more of its rotating hop series 4 Piece Pale Ale. The brewery will also host a Founders beer lunch Jan. 28, and pour at both the CNY Brewfest and New York Beer Week in New York City Feb. 24. Prison City beer will also be coming to the Schulzes' other restaurant, , as will a new list of rare and special bottles. And on Jan. 19, the 10 E. Genesee St. Restaurant will expand its hours to 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.