Background Doug Hogue and Wendell Dutcher, friends and homebrewers for years, opened Kenai River Brewing in 2006. When they opened, both had day jobs: Dutcher worked for Homer Electric Association and Hogue was a teacher. The original brew house was shared …

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Background Fernie Muniz, who has been brewing beer since the 1990s opened Blazing Tree Brewery in 2017. The brewery is located in the back of a business park just off the I-10 on the east side of El Paso. It is a …

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Background Jeff Balfour, a renowned Chef, opened Southerleigh Brewery April 2015. The facility also known as Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery. It is located in The Pearl Distric, former campus of late 1800’s Pearl beer production facility. The head Brewer is Les Locke. Due to …

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Background The Blue Star Brewing Company  is located in the Blue Star Art Complex in Southtown San Antoinio right at the  beginning of the Mission Reach. As a result, this is a major bike and pedestrian friendly thoroughfare to the …

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Background Varian and Laura Criser founded Lorelei Brewing Company. The couple repurposed the buildings that once housed their real estate investment and construction business into a brewery. Remodeling began in the summer of 2015 and their grand opening on February …

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Background Glenn Brady’s home-brewing efforts resulted in the creation of Silver Gulch Brewing in 1998. Brady opened the brewery in the small mining community of Fox, Alaska, located about 10 miles north of Fairbanks. The building, the former Fox Roadhouse, …

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Background Three partners, Sassan Mossanen, Mike Lindgren and Boe Barnett opened Denali Brewing Company in the summer of 2009.  At the beginning, they were brewing on an 8.5-barrel system inside Twisted Creek Restaurant. Because they could not keep up with demand, in …

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Background Three friends Michael Oxton, Mike O’Mara, and Rob Burns began home brewing in a Somerville, MA kitchen in 2007. They called themselves “Night Shift Brewing” – desk workers by day, home brewers by night. In 2010, the trio began …

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Background Gene and Sandy Minden opened Seward Brewing Company in 2012. Glacier Brewhouse Brewer Kevin Burton, now with Matanuska Brewing Company (see review) was instrumental in getting Seward Brewing up and going. Erik Slater and Hillary Bean bought the Seward …

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