Background Ken and Julia Rosenthal opened their Pair O’ Dice Brewing Company in October 2013.  Both of them had experience working at Anheuser-Busch, Julia in operations and Ken supervising a brewhouse. Ken had to learn to scale down when they opened as …

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Background Cigar City Brewing is one of the oldest brewers in the Tampa area opening their doors in 2007. Tampa native Joey Redner founded Cigar City Brewing after holding positions with Dunedin Brewing. He hired Wayne Wambles as his brewmaster in …

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Background Comrade Brewing Company was the brainchild of David Lin after he decided he liked brewing beer more than managing corporate dining operations. In 2010, he quit his day job in Denver to work with area brewers, then got his MBA, …

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Background David Cole and Peter Erickson are the founders and co-owners of Epic Brewing Company. Both received degrees in Microbiology in California. In 1992, the duo moved to Utah and started an aquaculture company, which over the next decade grew …

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Background Red Door Brewing Company opened 2014 by brew masters Rob Stroud and Wayne Martinez, Frank Holloway, Jeff Hart and Matt Biggs. A red door, long recognized as a cultural sign of welcoming and safety, became the brewery’s logo. Three locations are …

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Background Tractor Brewing was conceived in 1999 as a “beer farm” by Herb Pluemer. It was initially established in the rural community of Los Lunas, New Mexico. Pluemer restored vintage tractors and placed them around his brew house, attracting customers. …

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Background Marble Brewery was founded in 2008 by Devin Peters, Soren Peters and Theodore Rice. After growing in popularity for several years, in 2016 a $4 million expansion at its Downtown flagship at 111 Marble NW was completed. The project …

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Background Owner Roger Bott opened LAB Brewing Company in Agoura Hills, CA in 2015. Roger worked for 14 years at mega-biopharmaceutical company Amgen which creates products that help people with serious illnesses. Roger continues to help people with his oh-so-rejuvenating …

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Background 8 Bit Aleworks was the first microbrewery in the West Valley suburb of Avondale. Ryan Whitten and his wife, Krystina, worked closely with the city government to get their business under way. City officials even offered to help them …

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Background Martin Svab, founder of Phantom Carriage Brewery in Carson, California, was born on Halloween, setting him on the path to a lifelong connection with horror and the macabre. When he decided to start brewing beer professionally, he knew he …

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