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Background Fate Brewing Company in Arizona started in 2012 when Steve McFate opened the doors of his little 7bbl brewing system near Shea and Scottsdale Roads. A much larger 2nd location opened in 2015 on Scottsdale Road, south of McDowell …
Background Co-founders Colin Jones and Neil Fisher opened WeldWerks in Greeley in 2015. Like so many other brewery stories, Neil started out home brewing in his garage. The brewery’s first offerings were a Hefeweizen, West Coast IPA, Red Ale, and a …
Background Lumen Beer Co. Head Brewer and Owner, Dan Brouillette, opened Lumen Beer Co. June 2022. He home brewed for years and finally realized his dream of opening his own brewery. In his previous life Brouillette travelled a lot for …
Saint Paul Brewing Background In 2019, Flat Earth Brewing Company, which originally opened in 2007, rebranded as Saint Paul Brewing. In 2020 Rob Clapp, co-founder of Can Can Wonderland purchased Saint Pauling Brewing. The brewery is located on the site …
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 Mountains Walking Brewery 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 …
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 …
