USA, OK: Nothing’s Left Brewing Co. signs lease on building in Tulsa’s brewing center

Nothing’s Left Brewing Co. has signed a lease on a building near downtown that is quickly becoming Tulsa’s brewing center, the Tulsa World reported on September 19.

The location at 1501 E. Sixth St. is in the Pearl District, on the corner of Sixth Street and Rockford Avenue, and was originally a Texaco station that still has the red stars on the building.

“Basically, this building used to be an old Texaco back in the day. I think it was built about 1954, and we are going in to renovate the space and put a brewery in it,” said Travis Richards, owner and brewer of Nothing’s Left. “It is pretty rough inside now, but we are looking at about six months of renovations, maybe a little less.”

Richards plans to open Nothing’s Left Brewing Co.’s new location by March 2018. Richards started Nothing’s Left a few years ago and has been looking for a home while contract brewing at another brewery in Oklahoma City.

Now, Nothing’s Left will have a location in what is becoming a brewery district in Tulsa.

The renovation plans will create a view of the brewhouse from nearly everywhere and places to sit underneath the awning where lots of cars have been serviced.

The building most recently housed an auto detail shop and has two large garage doors that will be removed to put in glass doors that will open to expand the space.

“Seven or eight years ago, I was just doing small batches in my house and bumped it up to a half-barrel system. The next thing I knew, I was doing events. Finally got a contract to brew in a larger brewery in OKC,” Richards said.

The Pearl District is also home to Dead Armadillo Brewing Co. and the soon-to-open Willows Family Ales. Only a block out of the Pearl District is Marshall Brewing Co. and the soon-to-open Cabin Boys Brewing Co. near Sixth Street and Utica Avenue.

Also, Heirloom Rustic Ales will open soon only a mile and a half away in the Kendall Whittier District. Renaissance Brewing Co. near 11th Street and South Lewis Avenue is also only a mile and a half from the new location for Nothing’s Left.

“What brought me down here is so many other brewers have decided to make this their home. We have been driving up and down this space for years, literally since we were looking for a space. We finally found a decent fit for us,” Richards said. “With all the other guys going down in here, we are going to have a really nice community down here for brewers. It should be pretty good, pretty cool.”

When Richards was trying to come up with a name for his brewery, there were lots of roadblocks. More than 5,500 breweries are in the United States now, and that means many of the unique names have been taken.

“We never could find one that wasn’t already taken. Everything that was cool had already been taken; we just sat there and said there is nothing left. Sure enough, two days later we settled on Nothing’s Left Brewing Co.,” Richards said.

“We have always been into making classic styles of beer but putting a little bit of a twist on them. That is kind of evident in our Strawberry Blonde Ale. It started as a standard wheat beer, and we added some strawberry puree one day and it has turned into this beer that everybody loves. We also have our Galaxy Pale Ale, which we will make here,” he said.

Those beers are already in the market in cans and kegs.

Richards said he plans on pouring at McNellie’s Harvest Beer Festival on Sept. 30 at McNellie’s Pub, 409 E. First St., and the Tulsa Press Club’s First Draft Beer Tasting on Nov. 10 at ONEOK Field, 201 N. Elgin Ave.

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