Background – DESTIHL Brewery DESTIHL Brewery founder, CEO and Brewmaster, Matt Potts received a homebrewing kit from his wife in 1995 while practicing law. He enjoyed brewing beer so much in 1997, Potts and his wife, Lyn, bought a dilapidated building down …
Chris Martell and his brothers had been brewing beer out of Chris’s garage in Sarasota for a number of years. One day the stars aligned and all three brothers decided to go all in on owning and running their own brew pub. …
Background = Greenpoint Beer & Ale OK, its close to NYC, in Brooklyn. Ed Raven has named his latest endeavor, which opened in 2014, for a 17th-century Scandinavian shipbuilder “Dirck the Norseman.” Dirck had acquired 300 acres of what is now …
John and Adriana Bikis opened Royal Docks Sept 5, 2015. Both natives of Romania, Adriana grew up in Chicago and John in the Canton area, graduating from a local high school. The idea to open a brew-pub came during the two …
September 2013, the Schilling Beer Co. opened its doors. The company began with the friendship between Jeff Cozzens and John Lenzini (head brewer) who were buddies from high school in Michigan and both attended University of Indiana. Lenzini began home …
Background Magic Hat Brewing Company was formed in 1994 in Burlington, Vermont. It moved to its current South Burlington location in 1997. In 2008 the company purchased Pyramid Breweries, makers of the Pyramid and MacTarnahan’s brands. In 2010 Magic Hat …
Background – Cascade Brewing Barrel House Cascade Brewing was founded in 1998 by owner Art Larrance and brewmaster Ron Gansberg. Together, Art and Ron put their 40 years combined beer experience to work, designing and installing Cascade’s 10-barrel brewing system in Southwest …
Experience We all know Lagunitas Brewing Company; they are widespread throughout the United States, leading many to believe that visiting their taproom in Chicago would probably not be worth the effort. For me, Lagunitas was far and away my favorite …
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 …
Background Jason Yester from Bristol Brewing, and Todd Walton an experienced taphouse manager opened Trinity Brewing in 2008. Yester has a degree in Microbiology and wrote his thesis on the analyzing the microbes found in bottled beer. This was right …
