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Background – Brasserie Saint James Arthur Farley purchased a historic icehouse in 2010 and two years later, opened Brasserie Saint James, a restaurant and brewery using the water from the property’s celebrated artesian wells. In 1929, the owners of the icehouse …
Tahoe Mountain Brewing is a great little brewpub as you are traveling around Lake Tahoe. I loved the Hop Song IPA, fantastic pine nose and excellent flavor. All the beers were flavorful and they have the most unique flight. If …
Background – Coopersmith’s Pub and Brewing Though prohibition in Fort Collins ended in 1969, the breweries that would become a staple in Western college town culture did not arrive for another twenty years. It was Fort Collins’ status as a college …
Background Equinox Brewing was Fort Collins’ sixth brewery, and its founders, the husband-and-wife team of Colin and Shannon Westcott, never sought to expand beyond the city. In the ‘90s and 2000s, as Colin brewed for Anchorage’s Midnight Sun and led …
This is a well established brewpub in Chandler. Santan has many of their beers available in cans throughout the state. They have a good extensive food menu and often have specials. Other than the standard beer fare they usually have …
The Perch Pub and Brewery is a very unique place complete with exotic birds. Inside, patio and rooftop seating. Decent food menu from burgers, pizza and oyster shooters. If you are one of those likes a nice bouquet in their …
Background Mike Harting and Ty Weaver had worked in the food industry for years when they began to brew beer. One day they opted to leave the restaurant business and opened 3 Daughters Brewing in December of 2013. The brewery …
Background Doug Dozark opened Cycle Brewing in 2012. Doug started a “nanobrewery” at his parents legendary Gulfport Mexican joint Peg’s Cantina. He thrilled patrons in downtown St. Pete by opening a stand alone brewery on Main Street. Through the years …
Background In 2012 Greg Rapp opened a kickstarter project to raise some funds to get Rapp Brewery opened. Greg Rapp A homebrewer for more than 15 years, turned a hobby and an unfortunate, economically driven career downturn into a new …
Background – J Dubs Brewing J Dubs Brewing beginnings : in 2003, a Soldier stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, along with one of his buddies and armed with Charlie Papazian’s “The Joy of Home Brewing”, brewed his first (horrible) batch of …
