Background Carey Fristoe, Jake Hovenden and Stephanie Haskins opened Black Spruce Brewing Company in 2018 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Jake and Carey were childhood friends growing up in Fairbanks Alaska. Both left Alaska to attend school at University of Oregon. Carey…
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Black Spruce Brewing, Fairbanks, AK
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California Wild Ales, San Diego, CA
Background Cameron Pryor got into home brewing sour beer and soon got his friends Zack Brager and Bill DeWitt interested. Feeling there was not enough sour beer being produced in Southern California, the trio felt it was an opportunity. Although…
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Silva Brewing, Paso Robles, CA
Background Silva Brewing Chuck Silva, owner and head brewer of Silva Brewing, began home brewing in 1994. After four years of producing tasty homebrews he quit his day job as a Department of Defense Contractor. He signed up for brewing…
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Mystic Brewery, Chelsea, MA
Background Bryan Greenhagen of Mystic Brewery was studying agriculture and how plants make flavors and fragrances. This led to a PhD in plant biochemistry at the University of Kentucky and post-doctoral work at MIT. Bryan went on to work in industrial fermentation…
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The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA
Background – The Rare Barrel The founding team at The Rare Barrel is Jay Goodwin, brewer and blender, Alex Wallash, sales and marketing and Brad Goodwin (Jay’s father), overseeing legal and finance. Jay has been interested in craft beer since college,…
Tagged with: Alex Wallash, Barrel Aged, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Berkeley, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Jay Goodwin, Sours, The Rare Barrel podcast, travel
Arizona Wilderness Brewing, Gilbert, AZ.
Arizona Wilderness Brewing main tasting room and dining area has a long bar, plenty of tables and a large community table in the center of the room. The large TV’s in the corners display images of the real Arizona wilderness,…
Tagged with: ABV, Barrel Aged, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Breweries, Craft Beer, Gilbert, IPA, Jonathan Buford, Patrick Ware, Sour Beers, travel
Council Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Council Brewing Co established in 2013 opened their doors in May 2014. Owners Curtis & Liz Chism completely self funded the endeavor starting with selling their house. Both Curtis and Liz were big homebrewers actually winning some awards but as I…
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Societe Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Background Societe Brewing Company opened their doors in May 2012. Co-founders Travis Smith & Douglas Constantiner had been involved in brewing for several years before meeting while working at the Bruery. Co-founder and Head Brewer Travis Smith was the first production…
The Collective Brewing Project, Ft. Worth, TX
Background The The Collective Brewing Project is housed in a 1925 building close to Fort Worth’s Near Southside neighborhood. They opened in August of 2014. Mike Goldfuss, co-founder and co-owner, opened the brewery full-time with his partner, Ryan Deyo, who is a…
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