In 1996, two very serious California wine guys, who happen to be brothers-in-law, decided to open a brewery in the state’s mid-coast wine country.
From Firestone Walker’s first release, the 12-time gold medal winner Double Barrel Ale (DBA), to their most recent innovations, a beer rosé called Rosalie and...
In 1992 Tony Magee got a homebrew kit for Christmas that forever changed his life, and craft beer, as we know it. Fast-forward to the present, Magee is the head of Lagunitas Brewing Co., which lays claim to the #1 IPA in the U.S. and so much more.
Independent and employee-owned harpoon is the second largest brewery in Massachusetts, behind Boston Beer Co. Now 32 years young, it’s also Massachusetts’ oldest, continually operating brewery. Ranked 16th largest craft brewer in the U.S. last year, the staying power of this brewery is impressive.
Not many breweries can say they had a following before a single drop of beer was brewed… but Flying Fish can. In 1996, before founder Gene Muller had even secured a location, he began marketing the brewery on the internet, which was revolutionary at the time. Local beer enthusiasts helped...
