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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Red Door Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM
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Tractor Brewing, Albuquerque, NM
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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Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM
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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LAB Brewing Company, Agoura Hills, CA
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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8 Bit Aleworks, Avondale, AZ
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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Phantom Carriage Brewery, Carson, CA
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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Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim, CA
Background Bottle Logic Brewing opened in 2014 by Wes Parker, Steve Napolitano and Brandon Buckner . Wes Parker is the founder and brewmaster of Bottle Logic Brewing. Steve Napolitano is responsible for all of the non-brewing activities at Bottle Logic, but…
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Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA
Background Noble Ale Works was established in 2009 and started brewing in 2011. After five years in their original location they started a major expansion installing a bigger brewhouse and increasing their production capacity more than twofold. They also announced they…
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JT Schmid’s, Anaheim, CA
Background The owner of the highly acclaimed JT Schmid’s restaurant and brewery, Jason Schmid, unexpectedly died of a heart-related ailment at his home in Orange in 2019. Schmid opened the popular Anaheim restaurant, and it quickly blossomed into the go-to…
Iron John’s Brewing, Tucson, AZ
Background – Iron John’s Brewing John Adkisson opened Iron John’s Brewing in 2014. After several years of intense home brewing, Adkisson decided to take his craft to the next level. In 1996 John left his accounting job and began brewing on the ten barrel brewpub system at Habaneros. John…
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