Background Fernie Muniz, who has been brewing beer since the 1990s opened Blazing Tree Brewery in 2017. The brewery is located in the back of a business park just off the I-10 on the east side of El Paso. It is a…
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Southerleigh Brewery, San Antonio, TX
Background Jeff Balfour, a renowned Chef, opened Southerleigh Brewery April 2015. The facility also known as Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery. It is located in The Pearl Distric, former campus of late 1800’s Pearl beer production facility. The head Brewer is Les Locke. Due to…
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
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
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
Walter Station Brewery, Phoenix, AZ
Background Kirk and Mary Strawn and James and Jennifer Erickson opened Walter Station Brewery in February 2019. The Strawns are the founders of Walter Productions. The Arizona-based company creates larger-than-life event props and pyrotechnics featuring oversize vans and trucks. James Erickson, an avid…
Tagged with: 16th hole, Beer Trail, beercation, Craft Beer, Grapefruit Warrior, IPA, James Erickson, Jennifer Erickson, Kirk Strawn, Mary Strawn, travel, Walter Productions
Garage Brewing Co., Temecula, CA
Background- Garage Brewing Co. Lou Kashmere opened Garage Brewing Co. in 2013. The brewery space is in what was a garage at the end of Old Town Temecula, hence the name. The garage happens to be next to the Shell gas station Lou owns.…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Guy Bartmess, Hazy #8, Juicy Boom, Lou Kashmere, Marshmellow Stout, Murrieta, travel
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