Background The Blue Star Brewing Company is located in the Blue Star Art Complex in Southtown San Antoinio right at the beginning of the Mission Reach. As a result, this is a major bike and pedestrian friendly thoroughfare to the…
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Lorelei Brewing, Corpus Christi, TX
Background Varian and Laura Criser founded Lorelei Brewing Company. The couple repurposed the buildings that once housed their real estate investment and construction business into a brewery. Remodeling began in the summer of 2015 and their grand opening on February…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Craft Beer, craft brew, Galaxy Smash, IPA, Laura Criser, Manatus, Mer-Dude, Varian Criser
Silver Gulch Brewing, Fox, Alaska
Background Glenn Brady’s home-brewing efforts resulted in the creation of Silver Gulch Brewing in 1998. Brady opened the brewery in the small mining community of Fox, Alaska, located about 10 miles north of Fairbanks. The building, the former Fox Roadhouse,…
Tagged with: ABV, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Fox, Glenn Brady, travel
Black Spruce Brewing, Fairbanks, AK
Background Carey Fristoe, Jake Hovenden and Stephanie Haskins opened Black Spruce Brewing Company in 2018 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Jake and Carey were childhood friends growing up in Fairbanks Alaska. Both left Alaska to attend school at University of Oregon. Carey…
Tagged with: Barrel Aged, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Carey Fristoe, Craft Beer, craft brew, Jake Hovenden, Stephanie Haskins
Denali Brewing Company, Talkeetna, AK
Background Three partners, Sassan Mossanen, Mike Lindgren and Boe Barnett opened Denali Brewing Company in the summer of 2009. At the beginning, they were brewing on an 8.5-barrel system inside Twisted Creek Restaurant. Because they could not keep up with demand, in…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Craft Beer, craft brew, Sassan Mossanen, travel, Upper Susitna Valley
Night Shift Brewing, Boston, MA
Background Three friends Michael Oxton, Mike O’Mara, and Rob Burns began home brewing in a Somerville, MA kitchen in 2007. They called themselves “Night Shift Brewing” – desk workers by day, home brewers by night. In 2010, the trio began…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Lovejoy Wharf, Michael Oxton, Mike O'Mara, Rob Burns
Seward Brewing Company, Seward, AK
Background Gene and Sandy Minden opened Seward Brewing Company in 2012. Glacier Brewhouse Brewer Kevin Burton, now with Matanuska Brewing Company (see review) was instrumental in getting Seward Brewing up and going. Erik Slater and Hillary Bean bought the Seward…
Tagged with: ABV, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Erik Slater, Hillary Bean, Jeff Nye, travel
Matanuska Brewing Company, Archorage, AK
Background Kevin Burton and Matt Tomter, along with dedicated Alaskan investors, started Matanuska Brewing Company in 2017. Kevin Burton was head brewer at Glacier Brewhouse for 20 years. Originally, Tomter opened Airport Pizza in Nome, which became iconic within the surrounding communities. Tomter…
49th State Brewing, Anchorage, AK
Background – 49th State Brewing Healy Jason Motyka, 26 years old at the time and a lifelong Alaskan purchased the Salmon Bake in Denali Park in 2005. Motyka had turned the restaurant into a popular spot when David McCarthy, while on…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, David McCarthy, Denali Visions 3000 Corp., Jason Motyka, travel
Grand Avenue Brewing Company, Phoenix, AZ
Background Grand Avenue Brewing Company opened in Phoenix in May 2019. John Coll a practicing real estate lawyer purchased the 1947 warehouse in 2010. It was there he began brewing as a side project. After nine years, Coll decided to…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Craft Beer, craft brew, Grand Avenue, Grand Framb, John Coll, The Raven, Throwback IPA, travel
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