Background – Olde Hickory Brewery Founded in 1994 by Brewer/Co-Owner Steven Lyerly and Jason Yates, Olde Hickory Brewery is North Carolina’s fourth-oldest continuously operating microbrewery. Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the brewery began with just a seven-barrel…
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Olde Hickory Brewery, Hickory, NC
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Black Star Co-op Pub & Brewery, Austin, TX
Background Black Star Co-op started as idea of neighborhood beer bar owned by the community it served. After raising nearly $500,000 from Member-Owners, Black Star Co-op opened its doors to the public in September 2010. The Co-operative pub is a business owned…
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Blue Owl Brewing, Austin, TX
Background The idea for Blue Owl Brewing comes from Jeff Young and Suzy Shaffer, alums of Black Star Co-op. Along with the help of mechanical engineer Davy Pasternak, Blue Owl opened its doors in October of 2015. Blue Owl, the first…
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North Mountain Brewing, Phoenix, AZ
Background North Mountain Brewing is located in North Phoenix, near Sunnyslope. Not necessarily a tourist destination, but this brewery makes a visit worthwhile. Owner Rob Berkner, a Phoenix native and avid home brewer opened North Mountain in March 2013. Berkner…
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Pair O’ Dice Brewing, Clearwater, FL
Background Ken and Julia Rosenthal opened their Pair O’ Dice Brewing Company in October 2013. Both of them had experience working at Anheuser-Busch, Julia in operations and Ken supervising a brewhouse. Ken had to learn to scale down when they opened as…
Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL
Background Cigar City Brewing is one of the oldest brewers in the Tampa area opening their doors in 2007. Tampa native Joey Redner founded Cigar City Brewing after holding positions with Dunedin Brewing. He hired Wayne Wambles as his brewmaster in…
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Comrade Brewing Company, Denver CO
Background Comrade Brewing Company was the brainchild of David Lin after he decided he liked brewing beer more than managing corporate dining operations. In 2010, he quit his day job in Denver to work with area brewers, then got his MBA,…
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Our Mutual Friend Brewing, Denver, CO
Background Bryan Leavelle and Brandon Proff opened up Our Mutual Friend Brewing in 2012 which makes it one of the oldest breweries in RiNo. From starting the brewery with a with a one barrel system and soon grew to a…
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Diebolt Brewing, Denver CO
Background Dan and Jack Diebolt opened the doors of Diebolt Brewing in September 2013. The father and son owned microbrewery is located in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood. The family has connections to some French brewers making champagne near the Alsace region of France,…
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Epic Brewing Company, Denver CO
Background David Cole and Peter Erickson are the founders and co-owners of Epic Brewing Company. Both received degrees in Microbiology in California. In 1992, the duo moved to Utah and started an aquaculture company, which over the next decade grew…
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