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Bricksworth Beer Co. Background Bricksworth Beer Co. in Burnsville, Minnesota opened in 2020. Because of the pandemic, they started with curbside service. The north loop location opened its doors in February 2023. Bricksworth is owned by Cooper Johnson. Johnson is …
Background Owners Gustav Dose and Sarah MacDonald opened Mountains Walking Brewery in 2017. Gustav first got the idea of opening a brewery when he lived in Taipei Taiwan. His dream of opening a brewery led him to studying at the …
Background Woodland Republic Brewing & Blending is the brainchild of Jesse Ewing, a devoted home-brewing enthusiast since 2004. The development of Woodland Republic took shape during the COVID-19 pandemic when Ewing drafted a business plan and began transforming his dream …
Background Pals Brewing Company materialized in 2015 at an Oettinger Family Thanksgiving dinner. Paul Oettinger (aka Pal) started homebrewing back in college. After earning his Microbiology degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he began experimenting with many beer styles and …
Background Three couples opened Ragged Island Brewing, Matt and Katie Gray, Patrick and Liz Donovan, and John and Margo Almeida. Almeida has been retired for about twenty years, but had been busy sailing, building homes and home brewing. The other …
Background Father and Son Dave and David Rowland opened York Beach Beer Company in March of 2019. They installed a 10 barrel brewhouse in an old Post Office about a block from Short Sands Beach. Their involvement in brewing started …
Background Mason’s Brewing Company opened its doors in 2016 thanks to Chris Morley. Chris is a former Bangor cop who went into mortgage lending, then was bit hard by the home-brewing bug. After years of researching West Coast taprooms and …
Background Cooper’s Family Brewing was born in an old boiler room in Cooper’s Seafood House, a landmark and roadside attraction in Scranton PA. The restaurant has been owned and operated by the Cooper family since 1948. Jack Cooper, who co-owns the …
Background Counterpart Brewing was founded by Joe Sartor and Greg Gnys. The two Niagara Region natives met when they were working in Vancouver. Living in the Vancouver area is where Gnys developed his passion for craft beer, and had thoughts …
Background Before Dave Collins opened Bullfinch Brewery, he worked as a bartender where he found a growing interest in the history of alcohol. This led to his infatuation with the beer brewing process and the inherent chemistry that accompanies it. …
