Background In 2005, Brent Hernandez opened his bar on the second floor of one of the oldest buildings in Winter Park. The bar was often said to resemble the bottom deck of a pirate ship. They called it Redlight Redlight …
Background – Cocoa Beach Brewing Company Chris McCall, owner and head brewer at Cocoa Beach Brewing Company opened in 2008. This small brewery resides in a little house and garage located in one of the oldest buildings in world famous Cocoa Beach. …
Background John Cheek’s Orlando brewing opened 2004. They are Orlando’s oldest independent brewery and is Florida’s only certified organic brewery. There is only six organic breweries in the United States. Orlando Brewing’s first home was in a warehouse that was seized …
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 …
Background The Outer Banks Brewing began as a concept in 1992 while the founders, Eric Reece and Aubrey Davis were Peace Corps volunteers alongside Tina Mackenzie in Thailand. Aubrey had grown up spending summers at his grandparents’ place on the …
Background What options exist if you are a smaller brewery and have maximized your current output? You can find the money to start an expensive expansion, you can utilize contract brewing where you find another brewing facility with some capacity available …
Background Founder Sean Wilson opened Fullsteam in 2010. His mission: to pioneer the art of Distinctly Southern Beer. Fullsteam’s Plow to Pint motto involves utilizing farmers, mostly in North Carolina for ingredients to give their beer distinct character. The facility is a large, multi room …
Background Preyer Brewing Company opened its doors in May 2015 and is family owned and operated. The 3,400 square foot brewery is connected to a 3,250 square foot taproom at 600 Battleground Ave. in downtown Greensboro in the former Steele & …
Background The HOOTS Beer Co. was formed in late 2011 by partners Eric Weyer, Eric Swaim and Ralph Pritts. They like many others home brewed for some time and dreamed of opening their own brewery. HOOTS is named for the building it is …
Background From an initial annual output of just 800 barrels in 2005, Jamie and Sarah Bartholomaus have grown Foothills Brewing into a multimillion dollar regional brewery approaching 40,000 barrels a year in production. Opening a production brewery accomplished this. The …
