Background Mikkeller Brewing was founded by two home brewers: Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, a high school teacher, and journalist Kristian Klarup Keller. Put the names together, you get Mikkeller, founded in 2006. Keller parted ways with the company in 2007. Bjergsø, known as…
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Mikkeller Brewing, San Diego, CA
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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…
Pure Brewing Project, San Diego, CA
Background The idea of opening a brewery began for Agi and Jesse Pine in Costa Rica where they lived and home brewed for three years. When building the infrastructure was revealed as a budget buster in Costa Rica, they got…
Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR
Background – Widmer Brothers Brewing In 1984 the Widmer Brothers, Kurt and Rob quit their jobs and turned their hobby into a vocation. The pair found success and in 1990 moved Widmer Brothers Brewing to their current North Portland location just…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Portland, travel, Widmer Brothers Brewing
Wicked Weed Funkatorium, Asheville, NC
Update Another one bites the dust, Wicked Weed Funkatorium. We should be getting used to it, AB InBev purchasing Craft Breweries. The early turncoats were smaller breweries that grew large but in my book were not one of the aristocracy…
Deschutes Portland Public House, Portland, OR
Background – Deschutes Portland Public House Gary Fish established the Deschutes Brewery & Public House as small brew pub in 1988 in downtown Bend and named it after the Deschutes River. Unable to keep up with demand in its original facility,…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Deschutes Brewery, Oregon, Portland, travel
Two Henry’s Brewing Company, Plant City, FL
Keel & Curley Winery, where Two Henrys is located there’s a blueberry farm on site, and Keel & Curley owns another blueberry farm and a peach farm just down the road. And he’s working with several other local breweries and…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Florida, Plant City, travel, Two Henry's Brewing Company
Culmination Brewing, Portland, OR
Background – Culmination Brewing Culmination Brewing principle owner and certified Master Brewer Tomas Sluiter opened the doors in January 2015. One thing that sets Culmination apart is its 5-vessel gravity-fed and automated 5 barrel brewhouse, along with its plans to produce sake…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Culmination Brewing, Fuji to Hood festival, Oregon, Portland, Tomas Sluiter, travel
Base Camp Brewing Company, Portland, OR
Background – Base Camp Brewing Company Base Camp Brewing Company owner & brewer Justin Fay an Oregon native received his Fermentation Science degree from Oregon State University . He started brewing professionally at Klamath Basin Brewing and in 2009 he moved…
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The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR
Background The Commons Brewery We were bummed to hear The Commons Brewery have closed their doors. The brewery has been taken over by San Diego based Modern Times. The Commons Brewery owner Brewer Mike Wright started in his garage and…
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