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Background – Wedge Brewing Founded in 2008, Wedge Brewing anchors the dock level of a 100 year old building with a 10BBL brewery/tasting room and an expansive outdoor seating area. Located in the heart of Asheville’s River Arts District, Wedge Studios …
Background Proof Brewing was founded by Byron & Angela Burroughs in 2012. Byron & Angela Burroughs originally moved to Tallahassee in 2005 to develop a piece of property with partners on Gaines St. as a restaurant / bar mixed use space. …
Update We are saddened to hear Grasslands Brewing closed its doors in July 2019. Background Gabe and Saralyn Grass opened Grasslands Brewing Company in 2015. Before having a brick-and-mortar brewery, there were many years of brewing, fundraising, testing, and planning. …
Green Man Brewery was started in 1997 in the brew pub Jack of the Wood in downtown Asheville. As Downtown Asheville’s oldest brewery, they developed the first sour program in the area. Initially brewed in dairy tanks at the brewery’s …
Background Wicked Weed company co-founders and brothers Luke and Walt Dickinson co-owned the company with family friends Rick, Denise, and Ryan Guthy. Wicked opened their original brewpub location in 2012. The brewery was known for pushing the envelope in craft by …
Background Bob Hiller opened The Blue Ridge Brewing Company in 1995. The brewpub was forced to leave N. Main Street in 2015 after 20 years because they lost their lease. At that point, Hiller moved the brewery to a new …
Background 1912 Brewing Company was born out of home brewers Alicia and Allan Conger’s garage dating back to 2004. Both are Arizona natives. At 17, Allan joined the Marines and served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon return to Tucson, he …
Background – Iron John’s Brewing John Adkisson opened Iron John’s Brewing in 2014. After several years of intense home brewing, Adkisson decided to take his craft to the next level. In 1996 John left his accounting job and began brewing on the ten barrel brewpub system at Habaneros. John …
Background Wanderlust Brewing Company opened in October 2012. It’s a 3 barrel brewhouse and a one-man show – and that man is Nathan Friedman. Nathan is an engineer for Flagstaff’s W.L. Gore, working with medical products by day, and often …
Background Todd Cook opened Boulder Dam Brewing in 2007. His idea was to create a family friendly spot rich in the history of Boulder City. He researched building styles and décor from the early 1930’s and incorporated that in everything from the …
