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9 Brewery Couples On Their Strong Relationships and Successful Breweries

Dave & Quynh Rathkamp of Texas’s Save the World Brewing. (Credit: Save the World Brewing)

February 10, 2017

People often warn you should never mix business life with personal life, but we found brewery couples who are breaking those rules, and having success building strong breweries and strong relationships.

We talked to nine brewery couples to hear how they met — and perhaps, more importantly — share the perks, and the pains, of running a small business together.

Sarah & Justin Brigham | Sycamore Brewing Co. | Charlotte, NC

Role in the brewery: Co-owners

Together: 11 years

How did you meet: I’m originally from Bermuda and was back home from college on summer break working as a Jet Ski tour guide. Justin was working on a catamaran at the time. We met on a dock at the end of the day. I was refueling the jet skis, and Justin was washing down the boat. We exchanged a few smiles and have been together ever since.

First date: Our first date was the night we met. My friend’s band, “Home Grown,” was playing at a local bar. I gave Justin tickets and insisted that he come.

What inspired you to open a brewery together: We wanted to create and produce something that would make people happy.

How has working together impacted your relationship: It’s made us respect each other even more.

What is one thing you’ve learned about each other by working together: No business talk until after coffee.

What is the most memorable beer you’ve shared together: Drinking our lager after medaling in the lager category at GABF. Such a high!

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Kristin & Ryan Scott | Odd 13 Brewing | Lafayette, CO

Role in the brewery: Ryan is the owner and “head of everything” and Kristin is the owner and head of sales.

Kristen & Ryan Scott of Colorado’s Odd 13. (Credit: Odd 13)

Together: Married 13 years

How did you decide to open a brewery together: Ryan began homebrewing in our kitchen in 2009, after doing about a year of research (no joke). In the fall of 2012, both our kids were in school, and I was definitely getting the “itch” to do something outside the household. I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit, and that’s why I chose to major in Business and get an MBA. Starting a business from the ground up sounded like a great challenge and an exciting opportunity to play a large role in defining and growing a company. After moving to Colorado, Ryan and I visited breweries almost every weekend. We really enjoyed the beer scene and noticed several small breweries opening and growing rapidly. Finally, it clicked: this was my opportunity to start something from the ground up. Plus, I get to do it alongside my best friend, and husband, Ryan. How many people get to do that?

How has opening the brewery influenced your relationship: It’s not just a personal relationship anymore, it’s bigger than that, which is super amazing and has brought us even closer over the past three and half years. It’s not “Where are we going on vacation this year?” it’s “What is our forecasted growth for the year? And what do we need to do to make that happen?” which is much more thought-provoking and interesting, if you ask me.

What advice would you give couples who work together: Understanding each others’ roles is pertinent for a successful business partnership. If a couple opens a business together, and both have the desire to make the final shots, there could be a lot of frustration, which will ultimately have negative effects on their personal relationship. Ryan and I have a great working relationship. While he respects my opinions, we talk through every major decision together. However, at the end of the day, Ryan makes the final shots.

When it’s just you two, enjoying some alone time, what style beer are you reaching for: Ryan and I enjoy spending a few days a week at a local brewery or beer bar. We enjoy several styles and we will reach for something we have never had before gravitating towards a beer we have had in the past. I think we definitely have a tendency to reach for hop forward styles (West Coast and New England Style), as well as funky/sour styles.

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Julie Verratti & Emily Bruno | Denizens Brewing Co. | Silver Spring, MD

Role in the brewery: Emily is the Director of Business Operations and is in charge of finances, strategic planning, managing the tap room, and HR. Julie is the Director of Business Development and is in charge of the wholesale operation (we self-distribute) and business/community relations.

Julie Verratti & Emily Bruno of Denizens Brewing Co.

Together: 12 years; Married 8 1/2

How did you meet: We met working together on the presidential campaign in 2004 in Boston.

How did you decide to open a brewery together: We both had an entrepreneurial itch and also love beer. We live in one of the most diverse areas in the DC metro region and knew we wanted to create a community focused business in our hometown of Silver Spring. We saw an opportunity to both serve the community and build a business around something we both love by partnering with our brother-in-law Jeff Ramirez. Jeff had formerly brewed at Iron Hill and Mountain Sun, so he was the perfect third partner for this venture. All three of us have unique skill sets that we bring to the business, and it allows us to focus on the things we are good at doing. We all jumped in together in 2013 and opened our doors in 2014.

How does working together impact your relationship: It complicates and also simplifies things. The complications are that there is no break from each other. Having completely different responsibilities in the company helps with that, though. The reason it simplifies our relationship is that we have common goals in all areas of our lives, and that common purpose brings us closer and also makes petty fights not worth it.

What’s one tip you’d give to couples wanting to start a brewery: Having a third partner and also clearly defined roles has helped us start and run the brewery together as smoothly as possible.

Most memorable beer shared together: The most memorable beer we shared was the first one we drank that was brewed at Denizens. After all the hard work to get the brewery operating and our doors open, that was by far the best beer we’ve had.

Dave & Quynh Rathkamp | Save the World Brewing | Marble Falls, TX

Dave & Quynh Rathkamp of Texas’s Save the World Brewing. (Credit: Save the World Brewing)

First date: December 1995, dancing and a drink in the French Quarter of New Orleans

Together: 22 years

Role in the brewery: Dave is the owner and brewer, and Quynh is the owner and chief executive officer.

What inspired you to open a brewery together: My passion has been for brewing, and Quynh’s has been for charities and giving, so we decided to combine our passions and create a philanthropic brewery.

What have you learned about each other through this process: I have an even greater appreciation for how hard working, diligent, and what a perfectionist Dave is. He is uncompromising in attaining his goal of brewing world-class quality beer. We have learned how to work professionally together, specifically respecting each other’s roles and thus responsibilities. We have learned that neither of us should be the “boss” or direct supervisor of the other.

What’s one tip you’d give to couples who want to start their own brewery: Keep your marriage as the first priority, which means carve out time away from the business, and don’t get mad at each other over business related issues.

What is the most memorable beer you’ve shared together: Dave’s experimental batch of Sol Vinum, our golden strong ale aged on crushed viognier and muscat canelli grapes. He made a small batch to release at our one-year anniversary party, and it was so beautiful to behold and delicious that it appeared to have run dry at the party. However, at the end of the day, we were very pleasantly surprised to find a small amount left in one keg, so we shared that back at our home sitting on the deck looking out over the lake relaxing after a very hectic anniversary party. It was the perfect culmination to our first full year in business and really reinforced why we took on this grand adventure, as I call it–our love of beer.

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Stephen & June Gerteisen | Arkose Brewery | Palmer, AK

Arkose Brewery’s Stephen & June Gerteisen. (Credit: Arkose)

Role in the brewery: Stephen is the co-founder and head brewer and June is the co-founder and creative director.

Together: 16 years; Married 14 years

How did you meet: We met at a friend’s party in San Francisco where we both were living at the time. We discovered that we both spoke fluent German, and we were inseparable from that time on.

How did you decide to open a brewery together: Stephen had an entrepreneurial streak that was ignited after he attended a beer appreciation class and worked as a keg washer in Anchorage. In 2007, he attended the UC Davis Master Brewers program in Davis, California. It was on the drive back to Alaska that we began plotting our own brewery.

How has owning a brewery impacted your relationship: It is not only owning a brewery but planning the brewery that has impacted our relationship. In 2010, in the midst of our planning and just before signing all the loan paperwork, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Having never faced something like this before, our world was turned upside down. We didn’t know what this could mean for our future, but I was lucky, and it was caught early. We were even more convinced that opening a brewery was the right thing to do and a year later, we opened. The brewery is something that we created from scratch and continue to build on each and every day. We are lucky to be able to do this together. It has brought us closer and made us stronger.

Best part about working together: What could be better than spending most of your time with your soul mate? We can be totally ourselves while working hard at what we do for the benefit of one another. He brings the science and the soul, and I bring the art and the heart.

What is the most memorable beer you’ve shared together: When we opened in 2011, we only had one beer on tap! It was Blue Skies Organic Ale and that is by far the most memorable because it was the result of all we had worked towards over the previous two years. Now we have over nine beers on tap with more on the way.

Jeff & Leah Hess of Huss Brewing. (Credit: Hess Brewing)

Role in the brewery: Jeff is the head brewer, and Leah manages all things sales, marketing, and for the taproom.

Together: 11 years

First date: On our first date we went for beers at the Yard House.

How did you decide to open a brewery together: When we first found out I was pregnant we worked a beer fest for our employers at the time. That day we started talking about it and realized that we wanted to stay doing what we were doing and also create a legacy for our family in Arizona. Both of our fathers have their own businesses and coming from the Midwest you are raised with the hard working entrepreneurial spirit.

Best thing about working together: The best thing about working together is just being able to see your best friend during the day. It’s amazing to go to beer events together and both have our work hats on. There’s a mutual understanding of our industry, and we both love it so much. It’s so great to have him as my rock there when I have a hard day and not have to explain why because he already knows!

What is your favorite meal to share together and what beer do you pair with it: It’s so cliché, but we both love a great steak. We are totally meat and potatoes people! He loves to drink our Magic in the Ivy Pale Ale, and I have the Scottsdale Blonde Kolsch.

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Role in the brewery: Both owners and brewers

Together: 4 years; Married 2 years

How did you meet: Because of beer, obviously! We were both working front-of-house at a beer bar in Boston, then one day we went to a heavy metal show together and the rest is history.

Bone Up Brewing’s Liz & Jared Kiraly met at a heavy metal show. (Credit: Bone Up Brewing)

How did you decide to open a brewery together: It’s weird to think that there was ever a time when we weren’t doing this, but it’s something that Jared had been trying to work towards for a while, and it took the two of us to make it a reality. We’ve both been brewing and drinking craft beer since we were legally allowed to. Armed with inspiration from a revelatory trip to Belgium, a notebook of ideas, and his first home brewing kit, Jared has been at it constantly for over a decade. My love of beer was initially sparked by all the unique label artwork I’d seen in the bottle shop, and once Jared looped me in on his weekend brewing sessions after we first started dating, it was a done deal. After a slew of jobs in and around the beer industry, dozens of weekends spent at both local and faraway breweries, and several brainstorming and fantasizing sessions, we took the plunge and got started!

What is the best thing about working together: Whoa. Um, all of it? Or maybe the feeling that we’re both entirely on the same team, working toward the same goal. We complement each other really well and have a nice workflow when brewing together; there’s a lot of nonverbal communication and we know each other’s strengths, weaknesses and peeves. We’re both involved in all aspects of the business — from recipe creation to ordering supplies and equipment to business development to fielding all the random emails we get, and we’re constantly bouncing ideas off each other throughout the day (and into the wee hours of the morning). And at the end of the day, we get to sit back together and enjoy this beautiful, crazy thing we built together. Plus, the brewery just takes so much time and energy that if we weren’t there together, we’d never see each other!

Where was the most memorable beer-cation you’ve taken: Tough call, but probably our trip to Asheville for our first wedding anniversary. The small brewery scene down there is really vibrant, plus we got to check out the new Sierra Nevada and Oskar Blues breweries. It was also the last trip we took before we started brewing at Bone Up. Having moved all our equipment in and being in the midst of our buildout at the time, we had a real appreciation for all the hard work that goes into building a brewery.

What is your favorite beer to enjoy together: Extra Naked, our cream ale. We always say that our beers are like our children and we don’t like to play favorites, but really this one wins every time. It usually tastes best after a long day of production work.

Nathaniel & Andrea Miller | Big Choice Brewing | Broomfield, CO

Nathaniel and Andrea Miller of Big Choice Brewing. (Credit: Big Choice)

Role in the brewery: Nathaniel is the brewmaster and owner, and Andrea Miller is owner and manages community and events.

Together: 16 years

How did you meet: We met in Boulder at the Walrus. Nathaniel had just got done with Battle of the Bands, and I was visiting friends that attended CU. I couldn’t resist his bright pink hair.

How did you decide to open a brewery together: Nathaniel worked with his good friend Tyler Ruse to open it up. I wasn’t sure about it as it was such a risk to own your own business. I kept my mouth shut and next thing you know, we were in the brewing business. I came into the picture about a month before we opened, when I asked if any event planning or promoting had been done for the opening. When he said no, I stepped in and put it together. I was hooked!

How has opening the brewery influenced your relationship: This has truly strengthened our relationship. It takes great patience and compromise to work with someone that you then have to go home with. We are always working on separating our personal life from our business. That can be pretty hard, but we have managed.

Since working together, what’s one thing you’ve learned about each other you didn’t know already: Nathaniel is constantly in awe of the tremendous amount of work I put forth and am capable of achieving, and I am always surprised by his creativity and ability for developing forward thinking beers. I am cautious and think, “I don’t know about that,” but his ideas always hit the mark.

What is your favorite beer to enjoy together: We love trying new beers together and seeing what each likes and dislikes about them, which is always different. But the one constant is that we really enjoy our Disconnected Red IPA.

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Clarke Pelz and Cindy Drinkwater | Cynosure Brewing | Anchorage, AK

Clarke Pelz and Cindy Drinkwater run Cynosure Brewing in Anchorage. (Credit: Cynosure)

Role in the brewery: Currently, Cindy manages the taproom and Clarke does just about everything else: brewing, bookkeeping, taxes and so on.

Together: 24 years; Married 19

How did you meet: As it turned out, we grew up 40 miles from each other in Massachusetts, but we met in Anchorage through mutual friends and backcountry skiing.

What inspired you to open a brewery together: Clarke was working professionally as a brewer, and when he turned 50 we decided it was now or never for him to open his own shop. He envisioned a comfortable space to enjoy beers that were well balanced, flavorful and sociable. Clarke had the vision and Cindy was drawn into the project as an innocent bystander. We’ve always loved each other’s company and perspective on life; working the brewery together seemed a way to enjoy more of both.

What is the best part about working together: Working the serving counter together and hearing from happy customers who are enthusiastic about our beers and taproom. Knowing that we accomplished those goals through our combined efforts.

Favorite beer to enjoy together: We enjoy most any beer together, so it’s hard to pick a single favorite. There are so many great beers available now it’s more a matter of context. So, the beers stashed in a creek after a long hike in the Chugach, the beers at the lodge after an afternoon skiing or the beers at a favorite watering hole after a long day at work all rank pretty high.

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7 Offbeat Places for People Who Like Craft Beer

Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee. (Credit: Beall + Thomas Photography)

March 1, 2017

A lot of us write “try new things” at the top of our new year’s resolution list. While you may have fallen behind on some of the more serious 2017 resolutions (let us guess: you’ve been to the gym twice?), we thought we’d give you a push in the right direction when it comes to trying new places.

One way breweries work to differentiate themselves is by focusing on the ever-important “location, location, location!” motto. From a remodeled jail to bank vaults to train depots, here are seven offbeat places to add to your beercation bucket list for 2017.

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Blackberry Farm | Walland, TN

If you’re a fan of farmhouse ales, chances are you’ve heard whispers about the mythical bottles of Blackberry Farm’s traditional farmhouse ales. The family-owned brewery has been gaining attention and praise for their earthy saisons and barrel-aged beers since the brewery’s inception in 2011. What you might not know is this brewery is located on a gorgeous 4,200-acre estate in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Although Blackberry Farm doesn’t have a traditional taproom, you can enjoy their beers on-site at their restaurant. As if food and beer wasn’t enough, this working farm also boasts luxury accommodations, including a wellness center and spa — it’s a grown-up’s paradise. Plan your next beercation at this relaxing property and fill your days with delicious beer, culinary adventures, fly fishing and hiking excursions, and a tasting tour of the farm.

Titletown Brewing Company | Green Bay, WI

In the heart of one of the biggest football cities in the country is the Titletown Brewing Company, a small brewpub located in a renovated train station. Originally opened in 1899 as the Chicago & North Western Depot, the building was filled with the hustle and bustle of travel in its day, eventually shuttering its doors in the early 1970s. In its heyday, the depot was also the main port of call for the Green Bay Packers, with all travel to away games for the team always beginning and ending at the depot. When the Packers clinched their first NFL championship in 1929, 20,000 fans attended the team’s homecoming at the depot. In 1996 the building was reopened as the Titletown Brewing Company and in homage to the depot’s rich history, craft beer drinkers can order up a Pullman Porter or a Steam Engine Common and geek out on the brewery’s train-themed decor on the walls.

Salt Springs Brewery | Saline, MI

Salt Springs Brewery opened in an old Methodist church. (Credit: Salt Springs Brewery)

Let’s be honest — if more churches had barstools instead of pews and house-made craft beer on tap, we’d all probably attend mass more often. In the small town of Saline, Michigan, that’s exactly the scene inside of the Salt Springs Brewery. In 2015, the brewery and restaurant opened up shop in a former Methodist church in the town’s downtown drag. The historic building still retains its beautiful brick exterior and colorful stained glass windows which let copious amounts of sunlight into the huge open space that is filled with an open kitchen, large dining room, small brewhouse, and bar area where guests can belly up for one of the brewery’s popular Big Brown Bunny Porter — a 6.9% percent ABV dark, rich and slightly sweet beer. And although church services are no longer held inside of this former place of worship, the brewery’s delicious weekend brunch menu will make you say amen.

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The Old Schoolhouse Brewery | Winthrop, WA

In the 1970s, the main street of the historic mining town of Winthrop, Washington, got a makeover that transformed its historic buildings into a picturesque Wild West town. There’s a grocery store, a dance hall, an emporium, and most importantly, an old school house building which is currently the home of the Old Schoolhouse Brewery. The charming building may look small from the outside but it extends back to the waters of the Chewuch River where visitors can enjoy a pint and live music on the riverfront deck. About a four-hour drive from Seattle, the small town of Winthrop is located along the scenic North Cascades Highway and is the perfect landing place for road trippers looking to grab a hoppy beer and hearty meal.

Haymarket Pub & Brewery | Bridgman, MI

The brewhouse at Haymarket’s new Michigan location used to be jail cells (Credit: Pete Crowley)

Haymarket Pub & Brewery has added a second location in southwest Michigan, about 90 miles east and one big Great Lake away from its original location in Chicago. The new 30-barrel Haymarket Brewery was built on 18-acres of land that was once home to a Michigan State Police post. The brewery now fills the space that once held the jail cells, but visiting beer lovers will feel anything but locked up sitting at the beer garden out back overlooking 8-10 acres of protected wetlands.

Vault Brewing Company | Yardley, PA

The small town of Yardley, Pennsylvania, is where you’ll find one of the only breweries in the country that has an original 8,000 lb. vault door protecting the beer cellar. The Vault Brewing Company’s digs are a former National Bank originally built in 1889. Today, the brewery has preserved the building’s past and infused its history into nearly all aspects of the buildings current state. An old safe and bank deposit slips can still be found in the building’s decor, and instead of a modern day brewery, the vibe inside of the Vault Brewing Co. is more of a throwback to the speakeasy era.

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Moon River Brewing Company | Savannah, GA

It’s no surprise that one of the most haunted cities in America is also home to one of the most haunted breweries in the country. Savannah, Georgia’s Moon River Brewing Company has been featured on Ghost Hunters and shares a collection of patrons’ ghost encounters at the brewery on their website. The brewery is also routinely featured as a stop on ghost tours that take place throughout the city. The building’s history dates back to 1821, but today, beer lovers can enjoy hand-crafted beers and pub fare in one of the city’s oldest buildings.

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Tyra Sutak is a freelance writer sharing stories about her favorite things: travel, food, music, craft beer and entertainment. Based out of Boulder, Colo., Tyra gathers inspiration by exploring the world by foot, bike, train, car, plane, greyhound bus, and any other form of travel that will lead to a new adventure. Whether it’s climbing 14er’s under a blue ColoRADo sky, sailing on a boat in Costa Rica, living out childhood dreams on Wrigley Field, or simply taking a moment to appreciate the everyday adventures that can be found at home, the open road calls—and Tyra’s bag is always packed. Read more by this author

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Fifth Street Brewpub: How Neighbors Started a Co-Op Brewery

Fifth Street Brewing was founded in a historic building in Dayton, Ohio. (Credit: Fifth Street Brewing)

March 1, 2017

Fifth Street Brewpub is one of 14 breweries to spring up in the Greater Dayton area within the last five years, but it’s Ohio’s only co-op brewery, and one of only a handful of such cooperatively owned breweries like it in the country. Started in 2012, Fifth Street Brewpub differentiates itself from other local brewpubs by being 100 percent member-owned.

What makes a co-op brewery different? On the surface, not much, says General Manager Tanya Brock. “Anybody who’s just going to stop and have a drink, they are none the wiser.”

Fifth Street’s Darren Link, Crooked Handle’s Jason Moore, Neil Chabut from Eudora Brewing Company and Fifth Street’s David Jennings making a collaboration beer. (Credit: Fifth Street)

Yet, dig deeper and you find an organization that is responsive to the community. Being a co-op, Brock explains, “makes us listen more to the patrons that come in and be more cognizant of getting to know them.”

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Building Fifth Street Brewpub as a Co-Op

This responsiveness is rooted in the pub’s origins, which started as a neighborhood initiative to save a historic building. The brewpub, located at 1600 E. Fifth Street, is in a downtown residential neighborhood known as St. Anne’s Hill. The architectural features of the neighborhood’s Victorian homes landed St. Anne’s Hill on the National Register of Historic Places in the mid-1980s, but until recently, economic recovery has been slow to come to post-industrial Dayton.

Residents of the city that birthed the Wright Brothers and Guided By Voices have found that innovation and growth most often come through DIY bootstrapping. In 2010, a group of 34 St. Anne’s Hill residents invested to restore the local landmark at 1600 E. Fifth Street.

The initial plan was to fix and sell the building to a business, but post-renovation, the building sat empty. The group realized that if they wanted a business in the building, they’d have to build one themselves. After a meeting with Jeff Black, brewer and a founding member of Austin, Texas’ Black Star Co-Op—America’s first cooperatively owned brewery—the St. Anne’s Hill neighbors decided to emulate Black Star’s model.

The co-op brewery is in a historic district of Dayton. (Credit: Fifth Street Brewpub)

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Co-Op Membership and Management

Membership is open to anyone with $125 and the pitch for membership was, and still is, simple: One share, one stake. Member-owners get to claim that, “I own a brewpub,” a slogan that dominates the brewery’s marketing campaigns. And Dayton has responded enthusiastically, immediately purchasing more than 800 memberships. Five years later, membership tops 3,300.

Membership draws from the surrounding community, with a heavy tilt towards those in the neighborhood. “We’re a real life version of Cheers,” Brock explains. “The majority of people who come here two, three, four, five times a week. This is their watering hole; this is a place that they rely on for dinner, or lunch or breakfast.”

Many employees are members, but membership isn’t required to work at Fifth Street Brewpub. “We leave it up to the individual employee,” says Brock, although she notes that there is a “strong nudge” for management to join. “[It’s] self-beneficial that we’re members because members have a voting right.”

With so many owners, how does anything get done? Brock runs the day-to-day operations and members elect a Board-at-Large, which advises, and a Board of Directors, which oversees operations. There are four officers: the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.

“Those four are my direct supervisors,” Brock explains. “They’re the ones that I work very closely with on figuring out the business management and the larger goals of what we’re doing.”

Brewing Classic Beer Styles

Darren Link, Fifth Street’s brewmaster, manages the beer for Brock. Link’s seven-barrel brewhouse is located across a paved biergarten from the main pub, in an outbuilding restored and retrofitted for the brewing equipment.

Link’s beer list is peppered with classic styles — a German-style Kolsch and a Scottish Wee Heavy sit alongside English-style pale ales, browns and stouts. Link is a prolific brewer who plays with expectations.

“I like to challenge myself mentally, challenge my skills by throwing the curve balls in there,” he explains. One of his signature beers is Herbavore #1, a pale ale with honey and basil.

A homebrewer turned pro, Link’s homebrewing experience has allowed him to make beers that are different without being gimmicky. Expect Link to push the envelope, but not chase trends: “I’m going to have to be pulled kicking and screaming into the Northeast IPA,” he jokes. And barrel aging? It’s pretty limited. “We have a whopping four barrels,” laughs Link.

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A Decision to Distribute

Fifth Street initially planned to limit distribution to on-premise sales, but in the last year, Link has expanded to nearly three-dozen outlets throughout Dayton. Although the brewpub produced less than 400 barrels last year, Link sees distribution as necessary because it allows them “to increase production, increased our perception in the market, and use that distribution as an advertising tool and an additional source of income.”

And that visibility brings this co-op brewery full circle to its roots: building community. The pub and its members continue to invest in community, be it through an annual homebrew competition where the winner brews his or her recipe on Link’s system, or the popular Monday night Guest Bartender program that allows local non-profits to sling beers in exchange for a portion of the sales.

Brock and Link work together to find additional outreach, often at the suggestion of members, and look forward to projects like creating a commemorative anniversary brew for Link Dayton Bike Share, a non-profit organization with self-serve bike rental locations throughout town. These actions are a way to give back to the neighborhood that gave life to the brewery.

Kevin Gray

Kevin J. Gray is passionate about exploring how craft beer impacts communities. Located in Dayton, Ohio, Kevin helps organize three beer festivals, all of which benefit local non-profits (Montessori School of Dayton’s Brew Ha-Ha, Diabetes Dayton’s Big Brews and Blues, and the Resident Home Association’s Big Beers and Barley Wines). As a freelance beer journalist, Kevin contributes articles to a variety of local and national publications. When not exploring breweries, Kevin can be found playing in the woods—hiking, biking, or kayaking. Read more by this author

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Craft Brewers Send a Message: Drink Beer Fresh

CraftBeer.com

February 16, 2017

At this year’s Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival, I was lucky enough to enjoy a 2009 Dogfish Head Fort, poured by none other than Dogfish’s founder, Sam Calagione himself. It was just as awesome as it sounds. In fact, that festival was chock-full of so many brilliantly aged beers that the entire event sort of runs together. When people ask me how such-and-such a beer was, I just throw up my hands and say, “Awesome, probably.”

Consider a contrast case: At a weekly beer tasting, the group sampled an “aged” (read: out of date) American pale ale from a major craft brewer. (Names have been changed to protect the innocent.) The experience was far from awesome. The hops had worn and the flavor left us all questioning our sanity, since we’d all been long-time fans of this particular brew. Fortunately, someone decided to check the date on the bottle: five months old. Mystery solved, sanity intact (at least for now).

While my experience at Big Beers was confirmation that some beers age especially well, the latter case is much, much more common. More often than not, beer does not age well—especially the hoppy ones, which have been, and remain all the rage.

So we asked craft brewers why they want you to drink beer fresh — and the reasons make a lot of sense.

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Arts and Craft(s) Beer

“We package the beer when we are happy with it,” says Jon Mansfield of War Horse Brewing. (Credit: CraftBeer.com)

There are a few reasons brewers want you to drink their beer ASAP. One has to do with the artistic nature of craft brewing.

If we follow Merriam-Webster, both beer and art more generally are “expression[s]or application[s]of human creative skill and imagination [which]produce works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” Just like a painter puts down the brush when her painting matches her vision, brewers package their beers at the moment when they’ve captured something maximally beautiful.

“We package the beer when we are happy with it,” Jon Mansfield, brewery operations manager at New York’s War Horse Brewing Company, tells CraftBeer.com. “The brewer is happy with flavors, aromas and appearance of the beer and our packaging manager is happy with the canning or kegging line being dialed in properly. If those things weren’t right, we wouldn’t package the beer and we certainly wouldn’t want people drinking it. We say that the beer in the tank on packaging day is as perfect as it gets, and we try and get that beer into people’s hands that way.”

There’s still room for beauty to reside in the eye of the beholder, however. “Having said that, craft beer drinkers are smart people and the ones that purposefully age beers with care and an eye to curiosity know that the beer changes, sometimes drastically, as the days roll by.”

So beer-art can still be a two-way street, so long as you are cognizant of what you’re doing when you lay that bottle down.

“We are more worried about the online review that bashes the beer and it turns out it’s a two-year-old IPA that was left in the garage,” Mansfield insists.

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Beer is Alive!

A second major theme that emerged from brewers we asked was the fact that beer is a kind of organism, something that lives and breathes (although hopefully not oxygen!). Taking that artistic creation and locking it away in a cellar may kill its vivacity—or at least its hop profile.

“After enough time the magic is gone, wasted and un-enjoyed. A veritable shame!” ~Mike Sardina, Hill Farmstead

“Beer is a living, magical thing, and the moment it goes to package, it begins to lose its luster and brilliance and mystery,” says Mike Sardina of Hill Farmstead. “After enough time the magic is gone, wasted and un-enjoyed. A veritable shame!”

Wasted beer? A shame, indeed!

Jim Koch, founder of Sam Adams, echoes Sardina’s sentiments. “Beer is liquid bread,” he says. “Would you eat six-month-old bread? Yeah, me either.”

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Do Your Homework

Lest I endure the monologic wrath of collectors (hoarders?) in the comments section of this article, it is important to reiterate that some beers are age-worthy. In fact, some are almost certainly better with age. I, for one, am thrilled that Dogfish Head kept those old bottles of Fort laying around.

But the fact remains: while some beers will age well, most won’t.

“It goes without saying that certain styles are absolutely best when fresh — think IPAs,” says Sardina. “But even styles that are traditionally aged — think imperial stouts and barleywines — are more often than not better when fresh.”

Jim Koch shares a similar sentiment: “Most beer retains its brewery fresh taste for about four months, maybe three months for an IPA — though there are a handful of beer styles that last much longer, like Samuel Adams Utopias which, at 28% ABV, is nearly immortal.” OK, OK. If you have a 28% beer, you’re excused.

The key is doing some homework. Just don’t be surprised if your experiments indicate that, by and large, drinking beer fresh is best.

“Fresh beer just tastes better,” says Koch.

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The Hard Work Behind Fresh Beer

Craft brewers like Koch don’t just talk the talk when it comes to fresh beer — they walk the walk, too. In particular, craft brewers are fighting against two enemies of freshness: time and temperature.

Sam Adams began putting legible freshness dates on their beers all the way back in the late 1980s. “We take back from retailer shelves and destroy several million dollars of beer every year,” he says. “I’d rather put people into stale beer than stale beer into people.”

Other craft brewers have gone so far as to start their own distributorship in order to ensure optimal handling of their beer from tank to consumer. Improper storage can greatly impact a beer’s flavor, so going the extra step with refrigerated trucks and warehouses can go a long way. Additionally, brewers like Sam Adams keep a limited wholesaler inventory so that beer is not laying around waiting to be delivered.

Join us in celebrating #drinkitnow on Sunday, Feb. 19th by opening—and enjoying—that special bottle you’ve been saving. You know the one:) http://pic.twitter.com/APQIfM3c2S

— Allagash Brewing Co (@AllagashBrewing) February 3, 2017

And, once again this year, Allagash Brewing is promoting drinking fresh with their annual “Drink it Now Day.” Looking for a reason to crack that special bottle? Allagash argues there’s “no better reason to enjoy a delicious beer than no reason at all.”

No better reason than no reason? Whoa. Meta.

Don’t worry if you can’t follow the logic. Just remember: when in doubt, drink beer fresh!

Jay Wood

Jay is the current Craft Beer Program Intern at the Brewers Association, where he works to promote craft breweries on CraftBeer.com. Originally from Georgia, he recently relocated to Colorado in order to get more involved in the craft beer scene. He loves 80’s hair metal, and he doesn’t trust you if you don’t. Read more by this author

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