Background Switchback Brewing Company in beautiful Burlington Vermont has been around since 2002. It is one of the first in the area craft breweries. Bill Cherry and his friend, Jeff, acquired brewing equipment from a failed Arizona brewery and served…
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Switchback Brewing Company, Burlington, VT
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Woodstock Inn Brewery, North Woodstock, NH
Background On Christmas Day 1982, a century-old home on Main Street in North Woodstock became home to the Woodstock Inn Brewery which then boasted four guest rooms and a 25-seat restaurant. Woodstock Station was originally the Lincoln Railroad Station, built in the…
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Flying Goose Brewpub & Grill, New London, NH
Background Current owner, Tom Mills, has operated what was originally known as The Four Corners Grille since 1993. In 1996, he began to brew beer on sight and rebranded as Flying Goose Brewpub & Grill. Mills boasts having the only Foeder…
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Mill House Brewing, Poughkeepsie, NY
Background Mill House Brewing started as an idea from siblings and their father Bob. They enlisted the help of restaurateurs Chris and Daniel Crocco as well as brewmasters Jamie Bishop and Larry Stock. Mill House opened on Mill Street in Poughkeepsie in the…
Mothers Brewing Company, Springfield, MO
Jeff Schrag began planning a brewery in 2009 and gathered together a group to make it happen. Jeff was committed to revitalizing downtown so he focused there to find a building. After settling on one building, fate intervened and the recently shuttered…
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Springfield Brewing Company, Springfield, MO
Background The Springfield Brewing Company has been in downtown Springfield since 1997. The Paul Mueller Company opened the brewery to create a beautiful showcase for their one of a kind stainless steel brewery tanks that are fabricated a few blocks away.…
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TRVE Brewing Company, Denver, CO
Background In June 2012, Owner Nick Nunns opened TRVE Brewing Company at 227 Broadway utilizing a three-barrel system. Nunns explains the name TRVE derives from a term meant to make fun of “black metal” people who take themselves too seriously. TRVE…
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THE BLIND PIG BREWERY, Champaign, IL
During the Prohibition era, speakeasy establishments were referred to as “blind pigs.” The Blind Pig Brewery owner, Chris Knight said, the “blind” refers to being blind drunk, and the “pig” comes from a ceramic drinking vessel with two nubs on…
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Zero Gravity Craft Brewery, Burlington, VT.
Paul Sayler founded Zero Gravity Craft Brewery at American Flatbread Burlington Hearth in 2004. As production increased, Sayler hired rookie brewer Destiny Saxon in 2008. In 2012, the duo began brewing beers for consumption outside the restaurant. By 2014 they maxed…
Black Project Brewing, Denver, CO
Background-Black Project Brewing James & Sarah Howat began production at Black Project Brewing, originally Former Future Brewing Company in January 2014. James, the head brewer, began experimenting with coolship ales and barrel aging. Utilizing a coolship captures microbes from the environment…
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