EDITOR’S NOTE: On Feb. 19, The Daily’s Tyler Branson wrote a feature about Chase Healey, an advertising senior who created his own brewery. This is a follow-up of Healey’s brewing activities.

Hard work and persistence may have paid off for one OU senior, whose craft brewery in Oklahoma City opened its doors—and its taps, to the Sooner state this March.

Chase Healey, advertising senior, launched Coop Ale Works with the intention of providing Oklahoma with a selection of beers to be proud of and to be the beer people talk about when they think of Oklahoma City.

Now, a month after commercially tapping the kegs, Healey is quite happy with business.

“It’s been going really well,” he said. “I believe we have 42 taps out right now across the state. It’s starting to get out there and it seems like every day we get more orders.”

Coop Ale Works’ selection — which includes Horny Toad Cerveza, Zeppelin German Wheat, Native Amber, DNR Belgian-Style Golden Ale and Gran Sport Porter — is offered only in two Norman locations. But Healey said he hopes that all will change soon.

“[Coop Ale] is definitely at O’Connell’s and Victoria’s right now,” he said. “And also we’re going to start bottling here in May. Expect people to see bottles on the shelf in June.”

Though not carried by many vendors in Norman, Coop Ale Works seems to be doing really well in the locations that have bought his beer, Healey said.

“You know it’s funny, the other day I went in to have some of the beer with my friends during the OU women’s final-four game, [and] while they were filling my beer they ran out,” he said. “So it seems to be really well-received.”

Healey said working on brewing beer almost four times a month, the introduction of two new beers for May and maintaining his own business keeps him exceptionally busy. Coupled with his advertising capstone, Healey seems to have jumpstarted his career before he even left college, much to the chagrin of his peers.

“It’s very busy here, and it’s getting crunch-time with school,” he said. “If I’m not here [at the brewery] working on this I’m working on my capstone. Luckily I’m just in a couple classes.”

Healey said finishing his degree in advertising, which helped him with marketing and advertising strategies at Coop Ale Works, is a special accomplishment for him, even though he may not have explicitly needed it for the particular trade he performs.

“I’ve been able to use a lot of what I’ve learned [in school] to complement what we do here,” he said. “Plus, I want that degree because it’s a degree from OU.”

Instead of using his new graduate-status in May to begin the tumultuous job-search like most other college students, Healey instead will be able to devote all of his time to brewing tasty beer and sharing his passion with others.

“So far, [Coop Ale] seems to be really well received,” he said. “People are diggin’ it and I think that as things go on and as we get more recognized, even more people will see what they’re getting in to and they’ll love it.”

Coop Ale is $5 a pint at Victoria’s and $4.50 at O’Connell’s on Campus Corner.

And, if you call or e-mail ahead of time, Healey said Coop Ale Works also offers tours of the brewery on Saturday afternoons at the Oklahoma City location, 1124 NW 51st Street. This also includes free samples at the Speakeasy, the pub just next door to the brewery.