Suffolk’s first brewery is getting a new name.

Nansemond Brewing Station will be the new name for the former Brick and Mortar Brewing at 221 E. Washington St. downtown.

It is launching not only with a new name but also with a new brewer.

Prior to its relaunch, managing owners Scott and Jennifer Siebert will be at Saturday’s Taste of Suffolk, weather permitting, and will offer the first drinks of two of its brand new beers, which Scott Siebert said will be kept under wraps until the event. The brewery will officially reopen at noon Sept. 14 with a relaunch event.

What won’t change?

The company’s ownership.

The brewery will still be owned by local investors, with the Sieberts directing the day-to-day operations. Two of the investors are also investors in MoMac Brewing of Portsmouth, with its head brewer, Chris Richards, also brewing for Nansemond Brewing Station.

“My wife and I were involved in the brewery from day one as investors, but always wanted to be more involved in the daily operations,” Scott Siebert said. “We are Suffolk residents and committed to using our brewery to connect to the community and be a part of the future of Suffolk.”

Richards has crafted a new round of brews designed to appeal to many tastes. Siebert said Richards has used his creativity, along with the different hops and grains, to create distinctive beers for Nansemond Brewing Station.

“He’s got everything that this area needs to produce good beer,” Siebert said.

The brewery is located in a 4,700-square-foot building that dates to 1915.

The former Brick and Mortar Brewing has been closed for the past two weeks as it makes its transformation, which Scott Siebert said hasn’t been easy.

“It was for the better to change everything,” Scott Siebert said. “That was a collective decision from all of us. It wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision. … It was much-needed.”

With co-owner David Stacknick focusing full-time on finishing his engineering degree, it seemed natural for a transition, with the Sieberts focusing on the day-to-day responsibilities of running the brewery.

“With him stepping out, we don’t want to lose this place, simple as that,” Scott Siebert said. “It was either step up and kind of assume these roles, taking this place over, or watch it possibly go to someone else, and that wasn’t in the cards for us.”

The new Nansemond Brewing Station will feature seven beers — “something for everybody’s palate,” he said.

“We’ve really looked at things,” he said. “And going forward with brewing and everything, we used the past few weeks of being in here serving beer, doing those things and talking to the customers … and seeing what they like.”

Siebert believes there should be something to please everyone, but he also said that none of the brews that had been at Brick and Mortar previously would be available when the business relaunches as Nansemond Brewing Station. He plans to have light body beers that he said are favored by locals.

He said the new name takes in several prominent, historical features that are prominent in the area — the old Nansemond County, the river and the Seaboard Station.

“This is, for us, very representational to our supporting our local community,” Siebert said. “We really want to tie it back to that, because this is where we’re from. This is my hometown.”

He hopes to have the new name and logo on the windows of the brewery in the next week, prior to the relaunch.

He said when people walk into the new Nansemond Brewing Station, they’ll see the same place they had before, with the historical features of the building. And besides the new brews, Nansemond Brewing Station will have an outdoor beer garden that will be an event venue, and a space that can be rented. Siebert envisions having some movie nights and additional events.

He expects the relaunched brewery to be open Tuesdays through Saturdays, with hours Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4 to 9 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 4 to 10 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 10 p.m. The brewery will be closed Sundays and Mondays. It could change, but that’s what they’ll likely start out doing, he said.

“Bear with us, and it’ll be very good for everybody,” Siebert said.

Yes, there are some big changes, but he said it will still be quality beer in a great atmosphere. And they’ll be well-stocked, having produced enough beer to hit the ground running. Siebert hopes to get back into distributing their beers within the next few months.

“We’re not changing what people walk into,” Siebert said. “They still get to come into that same place. We’re changing the name, we’re changing the signs and we’re changing the beer. However, those things are for the better. We’re going to have some good beer in here.”