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Simon Whooley discusses a new brewery which recently opened in his home-town of Upton MA – a brewery which he chose to invest in
Simon Whooley discusses a new brewery which recently opened in his home-town of Upton MA – a brewery which he chose to invest in
At the time of this writing, various parts of our country are opening back up, while other regions are still under severe Covid-19 quarantine. A map of the Nation shows a patchwork of states with varying degrees of restrictions and infection trends. It’s a mess and we all want it to end. We are going to emerge from this, God willing sooner than later. I wish we didn’t lose 100k lives, millions of jobs and our ability to live freely. For me personally, I miss…
Harland Brewing Company in San Diego, California Harland Brewing’s Story The beginning for Harland Brewing Company began in 2013, when then owner Josh Landen opened Saint Archer Brewing and two short years later, became the first San Diego Craft Brewery to sell to a major beer conglomerate, Miller Coors. Miller Coors included in the sale a “Two Year No Competition Clause” for Mr. Landen, but as time passed he grew to miss brewing beer. So once the two years were up, he cobbled together 47…
Brewery Review Old Nation Brewing, Williamston, MI NEIPA: New England IPA is a style that is characterized by it’s hazy appearance and hopped up flavor. Breweries all over the nation have copied it since its NE origins. Nothing wrong with that in my opinion. This is especially true with Old Nation Brewing, as they have made a name for themselves by taking this style, ramping it up and improving upon it to an extent that they have made it their own. Their flagship M43 has…
A review of Bombs Away Brewing, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A veteran owned brewery located next to a military base has to be something special. “Bombs Away Beer Company is a Veteran owned and operated Brewery & Taproom in Albuquerque’s Skyline Heights Neighborhood” You’d be hard pressed to find a denser huddle of engineers drinking beer anywhere in the country than at Bombs Away Brewing on a late Friday afternoon. This veteran-owned brewery is aptly located next to an Air Force base, on the…
This past summer on our way back home to Wisconsin, we made a slight detour to cut up through both South and North Dakota. I had driven through South Dakota before and stopped at Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial, but North Dakota had eluded me. But we veered that direction, and North Dakota became the 49th state I have visited (looking at you Hawaii). We met with friends in both Sioux Falls, SD and Fargo, ND, and I popped into multiple breweries in each…
If you have followed my journeys, you probably know that my wife and I are back living in Milwaukee, which is where we moved to prior to her working as a travel nurse. And if you go back to my early articles, some of them were discussing the numerous breweries here in my city. Of course, during the year we were living in other places around the country, many new breweries sprung up! While we do not boast the sheer numbers of places like San…
You may have noticed that I have been on a bit of a writing hiatus the last several months. Between work, graduate school, and my wife and I welcoming our beautiful daughter to our family (she’s our first one) in November, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind as of late. I have definitely missed sharing my explorations with everyone, and am glad to finally be back! While there are so many places I would enjoy highlighting, for this article I am going back to…
Guardian Brewing Company, Saugatuck, MI Tom Ayres from Sommbeer brings to us the story of two women and how they started a brewery. The Craft Beer scene is pretty wonderful. The quality beer, the tight ties to the local community, not to mention the entrepreneur spirit all make for a pretty terrific scene. But if there’s one area that needs improvement, it would be that it’s not as diverse as it could be. Women seem to be underrepresented as brewers and as owners. Despite women…
The story of how a group of friends banded together to create a new brewery, Barrel 41 in Neenah, Wisconsin. How many times have you sat around sharing beers withyour buddies and dreamed of opening a brewery together? For most of us, it’s just talk. Not for the guys at Barrel 41 in Neenah, Wisconsin. They actually went ahead and did it. Not only did they act on their dream, but also they returned to their hometown to do it. I recently sat down with…