Background Smuttynose Brewing was founded in 1994 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by Peter Egelston and his sister, Janet. The name comes from Smuttynose Island, one of nine that form the Isles of Shoals. And the mascot, a harbor seal. Smuttynose…
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Smuttynose Brewing, Hampton, NH
Tagged with: Brewery, brewpub, Finestkind Brewing, Janet Egelston, New Hampshire breweries, Peter Egelston, Towle Farm
Yellowstone Beer Company, West Yellowstone, MT
Background It appears Yellowstone Beer Company opened in 2023. We could not identify the ownership or anything about how they came to be. The Madison Crossing building that the brewery is located in was originally built in the 1930’s as…
New Heights Brewing, Nashville, TN
Background Like many brewery backgrounds, New Heights Brewing also starts with Jeff Fountain, receiving a brew kit from his wife, Tracey. Jeff fell in love with the process and honed his skills experimenting with new varieties. One day he became…
Kulturhaus, Pismo Beach, CA
Background Eric Kirchner and Jennifer Harris opened Kulturhaus in the summer of 2021 in Pismo Beach. Kulturhaus is a 5 barrel brewhouse that specializes in small batch varietal beers as well as sausage plates, house fermented pickles, sauerkraut and vegetables.…
Tagged with: beercation, Brewery, brewpub, central california, Craftbeer, Eric Kirchner, fermentation, Jennifer Harris, Pismo
Arbeiter Brewing, Minneapolis, MN
Background In 2015, the founders of Arbeiter Brewing, Josh Voeltz, Garth Blomberg and Juno Choi, long-time brewers and marketers in the craft brewing industry, began talking about opening a brewery. They could not have imagined what a long strange trip…
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Libertine Brewing, Morro Bay, CA
Background Tyler Clark partnered with Eric & Rodessa Newton to open Libertine Brewing in Morro Bay 2012. Tyler began learning about the beer industry working for a couple different distributors. He then moved back to the Central Coast to open…
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NoDa Brewing, Charlotte North Carolina
Background NoDa Brewing is located near the, you guessed it, NoDa (North Davidson) neighborhood, Charlotte’s arts and entertainment district. It was founded in 2011 by beer enthusiast couple Suzie and Todd Ford. The brewery is situated behind an office building off…
Tagged with: beercation, Brewery, Chad Henderson, Charlotte, Craft Beer, NoDa, Queen City, Suzie Ford, Todd Ford
Boise Brewing, Boise ID
Background Boise Brewing is located near Downtown Boise. It was founded in 2012 by Collin Rudeen, who signed up for a monthly vegetable box from his community garden and desired to be able to also pick up fresh beer with…
Tagged with: beercation, Boise Beer, Boise Brewing, Brewery, Collin Rudeen, Community Owned, Craftbeer
Westbrook Brewing, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Background The Westbrook Brewing reputation precedes it – especially when it comes to their gose, which was a staple of the scene when gose was not a popular style. In fact, this reviewer’s first beer trade in Boston was executed…
Tagged with: beercation, beertraveler, Brewery, Craftbeer, Edward Westbrook, Gose, Morgan Westbrook, South Carolina
Carver Brewing , Durango, CO
Background Jim and Bill Carver of Carver Brewing started working in a German Bakery in Milwaukee in grade school. The pair worked there through college and became baking experts. After graduating college the brothers opened up a bakery/cafe in Winter…
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