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Background – Westbound & Down Brewing Westbound & Down Brewing Company joining with The Buffalo Restaurant and Bar, a historic staple of this former mining town, opened their doors December 4, 2015. Jake Gardner, the head brewer came to Westbound after four years as …
Background – OHSO Brewery OHSO Brewery opened in Phoenix in 2011. John Lane, a native of Traverse City, Michigan, and partner Pat Walsh are the duo behind O.H.S.O. Lane worked for years in the restaurant business and teamed up with …
Background Jack’s Abby was founded in 2011 by three brothers, Jack, Eric, and Sam Hendler. Jack is the head brewer. Jack’s Abby is loyal to lager, a German style that requires a longer fermenting process. The Jack’s Abby brewing team travels …
Background – Goldwater Brewing Company Goldwater Brewing Company is the first brewery in Old Town Scottsdale to brew on site. Greg, Chad, and Dillon McClelland opened Goldwater Brewing in 2015. 30 years of brewing in your garage sometimes ends up opening …
Background Desert Eagle Brewing Company opened in October 2012 in Downtown Mesa. They are officially the first brewery in Mesa. Brewmaster and co-owner Joe Campbell had been home brewing for years and paired up with Jeff Bryant to open Desert …
Background Oro Brewing Company, the second brewery to open in downtown Mesa opened October 2016. Oro is located just a block from Desert Eagle Brewing, which in 2012 became Mesa’s first brewery. The owners of Oro, Chuck Wennerlund and David Valencia started …
Background Greg Anderson and Benjamin Dubois, M.D. opened Bay City Brewing Company in late 2015. Greg has been a San Diego resident for 35 years and owns McGregor’s Grill and Ale House in Mission Valley. Ben is a successful orthopedic surgeon in …
Background David Arnce, a former partner in Cartel Coffee, launched the beer operation in 2012 as an offshoot of Cartel Coffee Lab. The brewery was attached to the coffee shop, and soon outgrew the space. Arnce and Cartel eventually parted ways deciding it …
Background Nikki Paternoster opened Dragon’s Tale Brewery, the first in Montclair, in September 2016. Nikki worked in the entertainment industry for 18 years before she opened Dragon’s Tale. They are Montclair’s first microbrewery & tasting room! Dragon’s Tale the first …
Background Mark Heffernan & Lars Bennett began talking about opening a brewery in 2011. They were in the home stretch in April 2014 when they began a kickstarter program to obtain the final items needed to actually open and function. …
