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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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 & …

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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 …

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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 …

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Background Small Batch Beer Co is in downtown Winston-Salem.  Co-owners Ryan Blain, Cliff Etchason, and Tim Walker brew in 30- or 60-gallon batches at this old Kopper Kitchen location on West Fifth Street. The trio fell in love with the …

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,Background – Fonta Flora Brewery Drive about 45 miles due east of Asheville or about 80 miles northwest of Charlotte to find this 3.5-barrel boutique brewery on a quiet corner in the mountain town of Morganton. Brewmaster Todd Boera with business partners …

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Background Begyle Brewing Company was founded in 2011 by Kevin Cary, Matt Ritchey and Brendan Blume. In 2014 Begyle opened a 600-square-foot store and tasting room inside its nearly 4,000-square-foot brewery. Up to that point Begyle beer was distributed to bars …

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