Martin House Brewing - Fort Worth, TX3/13/2026  Get to know your brewer @martinhousebrewing. Meet Vic, slayer of suds, the master of mash, and your head brewer at Martin House Brewing. MHBC is more than just a sour pickle paradise, it’s your spot for an ever-evolving rotation of crispy Lagers, crushable IPAs, and out-of-the-box brews like Chicago Playground, a @jeppsonsmalort barrel-aged Stout, and Nashville Chicken Baby, a hot chicken-spiced beer. 🔥 • Martin House sold its first beer in March of 2013 to @flyingsaucerfw. • Vic has been in the local craft beer industry for 12 years, with stops @rahrbrewing, @oakhighlandsbrewery and @512brewing. He’s been brewing at MHBC for four years. • His first solo brew at MHBC was Bangarang, a seasonal Imperial Stout. • MHBC utilizes three different brewing systems in-house: a 5bbl system for taproom and R&D brews, a 30bbl system that they opened with, and a 60bbl system for production brewing. • Vic’s favorite styles to brew are the Hazy IPAs and Fruited Sours. • One of the hardest challenges Vic has faced has been learning the behind-the-scenes operations of a brewery the size of MHBC. A lot of trial by fire. • Outside of the fun and silly beers at MHBC, one thing to look forward to is the release of a 12-pack Mexican Lager. 🤫 • Great reason to stop by Martin House this year are their array of beer styles available, family-friendly events, and of course their meatball food truck (shout out to Kent and Milam)! • It’s lawnmower beer time—Vic’s go-to is @millerhighlife. • When he’s not brewing, or brushing up on disc golf in the brewery, you can catch Vic hanging out with his wife and two sons, playing video games, or taking those newly-learned disc golf skills out on the course. ⛳️ Say hey to Vic and the crew next time you stop by MHBC!   
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Indeed Brewing - Milwaukee, WI7/16/2025   Get to know your brewers @indeedmilwaukee. Meet Andrew and Dana—the incredible duo responsible for some of your favorite brews in Cream City. • Indeed MKE, sister brewery of Indeed MSP, opened its doors in 2019. • Andrew recently joined Indeed MKE, having previously worked at @mkebrewco and @thirdspacebrewing. Dana started in production in 2020 and has worked at @karben4brewing as well as MKE Brew Co. • The first beer Andrew brewed at Indeed was their Czech Pils. For Dana, it was the Pistachio Cream Ale. • Indeed MKE brews with a 10bbl system. Did you know Indeed’s famous Pistachio Cream Ale started here? • Andrew loves to brew their Czech Pils. For Dana, there’s nothing like brewing a good weird beer—Cranberry Spruce Kölsch—spruce tips smell so good in the whirlpool! • The most difficult challenge for Andrew, as the head brewer, has been planning the production schedule to meet the demands of the taproom and distribution. • Future plans for the brewery include brewing up a West Coast Pils and introducing some new Oktoberfest beers. • Need a reason to stop in? Besides their massive array of beer selections, you can check out their UpTop Rooftop Beer Garden across the street for some of the best views of downtown Milwaukee. • Andrew’s favorite lawnmower beer would be @millerhighlife. For Dana, she’d have to agree…and throw in a @modelousa. • When he’s not brewing, you can catch Andrew reading the newest book from his sci-fi book club, or playing Dungeons & Dragons. Dana loves to bike and play Baldur’s Gate and Stardew Valley. Next time you’re in the Walker’s Point neighborhood in Milwaukee, make sure to stop in at Indeed and savor the suds of some of Milwaukee’s finest brewers.     The MJF with Garrett Oliver4/26/2025  Get to know Garrett Oliver and the MJF. The Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling has been promoting technical education and creating career opportunities for people of color in the brewing and distilling industries. Their scholarships have planted the seeds for real change in these industries by giving people of color opportunities to advance, innovate, and lead. Diversity and inclusivity makes beer better. Each year at the Craft Brewers Conference, Garrett and his team raise money to fund these scholarships. Past and present recipients have had a chance to gather at CBC and share with others what these scholarships have helped build. Thanks to the donations of so many wonderful companies, and individuals, in brewing and distilling, these dreams continue year after year. As the brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery, and chairman of the MJF, Garrett Oliver has been breaking down barriers for decades. A multi award-winning brewer, author, and spokesperson, Garrett has helped with innovation in the industry. Recently, he’s brought attention to fonio, an ancient West African super grain, recognizing its potential in brewing. Collabs with Guinness, and brewing several fonio styles at Brooklyn Brewing, have brought this grain into the spotlight. Change starts with awareness. Garrett and the MJF have shaped the brewing and distilling landscape by fostering the growth of future leaders. An inclusive exchange of ideas, cultures, and experiences will always create the best atmosphere for these industries to continuously thrive.   Munkle Brewing - Charleston, SC12/18/2024   It’s a Southern state of mind @themunklebrewingco.
Award-winning head brewer, Joe Bowden, and owner, Palmer Quimby, have constructed an abbey-like oasis in the heart of Charleston, SC. From their Belgian-style brews to their crushable Lagers, Munkle is your destination for some of the South’s best suds. • Munkle opened its doors on October 19th, 2017. • Palmer started home-brewing in 2009, while Joe began back in 2003. Joe started his professional brewing journey @equinoxbrewing and @cbpottscollindale before settling in as the head brewer at Munkle in 2017. • The first beer brewed at Munkle was their Brugge City Brune, a lovely Belgian-Style Brown Ale (6.2% ABV). • Munkle brews with a 20 BBL Newlands two vessel steam brewhouse. The brewery houses six 40 BBL conical fermenters and four 40 BBL brite tanks. • Joe loves to brew the Munk Pils, their top selling German-Style Pilsner. Palmer believes all their beers are his children, and it’s hard to pick just one. He does look forward to Fest Bier season though. • One of the hardest challenges at Munkle is continuing to evolve and stay relevant in a shrinking market. It’s about making beers they want to drink, and not about chasing trends. • Future plans for Munkle include some delicious beers currently resting in rum, brandy, and bourbon casks. They also have a collaboration coming up with their friends down the street @coastbrewing. • Want another reason to stop in? Munkle has some of the best beer prices in the state. They recently won two 2024 @greatamericanbeerfestival awards for their Lager and their Wit (featured in the photos). • When Joe and Palmer aren’t drinking Munkle brews, you can catch them sipping @pabstblueribbon, @coorsbanquet or @millerhighlife. • Life away from the brewery, for Joe, includes gardening, cooking and golf. Palmer enjoys spending time with his wife and their two pups…and golf too, when he can get a round in. 😉 On your way to Charleston? Looking for a great brewery to quench your thirst? Make Munkle your next destination. #explorecharleston #brewery #visitcharleston #scbeer#belgianbeer Grace Weitz - Hop Culture5/16/2024  Get to know Grace, the Senior Content Editor behind some of the juiciest scoops and craft brewing recommendations @hopculturemag and @untappd. • Grace started working for Hop Culture in 2017 while attending grad school at NYU. Answering an ad, placed by founder Kenny Gould, Grace began a career in beer journalism as an intern. Seven years later, it was the best decision Grace made. • Grace began writing and editing in high school. Instead of pursuing a career in sports journalism, Grace started as a brand ambassador for @3sheepsbrewing and eventually worked full time selling beer @5rabbitbrewery. A career at Hop Culture brought it all together—beer and writing. • The first article Grace wrote for Hop Culture was, “The Fermenting Ecosystem: Scratch Brewing in Ava, IL.” With dad in tow, the pair traveled two hours by car to gather the story on @scratchbeer Co-Founder, Marika Josephson. • Juicy beer writing around the world. That’s how Grace describes the ethos of Hop Culture. HC aims to make craft beer more inclusive, positive, accessible, sustainable, and fun by writing and sharing stories about the people, trends, and culture of beer. • Favorite beer? Well, it changes with the season, naturally. But lately, Grace enjoys a Czech Pale Lager or a Munich Dunkel. • The hardest challenge Grace has faced working at Hop Culture has been starting a femme-identifying, and non-binary beer festival called, Beers With(out) Beards. The festival was conceptualized as part of Grace’s grad thesis. Grace has hosted five festivals and started Queer Beer in 2021. • Some future plans for Hop Culture include truly embracing their status as a worldwide publication. Beer didn’t start in Anglocentric cultures. Grace wants to highlight beer cultures globally. • Why check out Hop Culture? Want to know about the best breweries in London? Tokyo? Buenos Aires? How about learning about a certain beer style? If you’re thirsty, and curious, Hop Culture is the magazine for you. • Having grown up in Minnesota, Grace loves @hammsthebeer. Otherwise, it’s @millerhighlife in stubbies. • When not deep in a story, Grace enjoys watching British detective TV, and cheering on the Vikings. Bierstadt Lagerhaus - Denver, CO12/15/2023  Get to know your brewer @bierstadtlager. Meet Ashleigh—head brewer, self-professed Lagerhead, and all around badass. She, and her husband, Bill, are the owners and operators of one of Denver’s most popular breweries: Bierstadt Lagerhaus. • Bierstadt opened its doors in August 2016–bringing you some of the best Lagers in the country. • Ashleigh has been brewing professionally since August of 2011. • The first beer she brewed at Bierstadt was an IPL collaboration with @comradebrewing, in order to test out their brewhouse before making their core beers: the Slow Pour Pils, Helles, and Dunkel. • Bierstadt brews with a 30 bbl system. They utilize eight 100+ bbl horizontal fermenters for those delicious Lagers. • Ashleigh’s favorite style to brew would be, you guessed it, Lagers. That’s the only style they make at Bierstadt. Their philosophy is, “Do one style, but do it well.” • The hardest challenge she’s faced as the head brewer would be just improving—to get more dialed in every day and not be complacent. Her most challenging skill would be learning packaging. It wasn’t a skill she opened the brewery with and had to learn quickly. • Unlike other breweries, you won’t catch Bierstadt planning on new beers. Ashleigh loves doing collabs with friends, and she emphasizes the importance of Bierstadt getting in a groove and continuing to make their core offerings exceptional. • A great reason to stop by Bierstadt would be the fact they make some of the best Lagers in the business. They are committed to making Lagers traditionally, with patience, and serving it well. She wants one to feel like you haven’t visited Denver without a stop at Bierstadt. • Asleigh’s favorite lawnmower beer would be @coorsbanquetor @theoriginalolympia. • When she’s not brewing, you can catch Ashleigh hanging out with her dog, traveling, drinking Lagers and talking shit. Oh, and she makes some mean tortillas. Next time you’re in Denver, make sure to stop by Bierstadt and savor their excellent array of Lagers. It’s not a trip to Denver without a visit. 😉 Pryes Brewing - Minneapolis, MN8/10/2023  Get to know your brewer @pryesbrewing and @idyllforestartisanales. Meet Jeremy Pryes. He’s the founder, head brewer, and creative genius at Pryes Brewing and Idyll Forest Artisan Ales. • Pryes first opened in Minnetonka in 2012 under a dual proprietorship with Lucid Brewing. This allowed Pryes to use their equipment while supplying their own malt, hops and yeast. They brewed with @badweatherbrew, @inboundbrewco and @badgerhillbeer as a kind of “brewery incubator” program. Four top MN breweries came out of Lucid’s facility! Pryes, as you know it now, opened its doors in 2017. • Jeremy was a home brewer (beer, ciders, mead) for 12 years before getting his brewing degree at the American Brewers Guild. He’s now been brewing professionally for 11 years. • The first beer he brewed at Pryes was Miraculum, their flagship Midwest IPA—first designed at Lucid in 2012. • Pryes Brewing currently operates a 15bbl, three vessel hybrid system. This allows an overlap of turns on a brew day. • Jeremy’s favorite style to brew is what you see above—his Lambic-influenced/mixed culture program: Idyll Forest. He formed Idyll Forest to explore where flavors can go. It embodies a hands-on approach to create these exceptional hybrids—a true farm-to-table or grain-to-glass experience. • The hardest challenge for Jeremy has been raw materials. Ingredients are never the same because Mother Nature doesn’t care about consistency like brewers do. • Future plans at Idyll Forest include releasing a Cider Hybrid series. His custom coolship allows the production of these hybrids with what is in the air at any given time. It’s a celebration of the day, if you will. • A good reason to stop by Pryes is their new expanded taproom—and also their exceptional shows and music acts put together by the wizard, @drewkoe. • Jeremy’s favorite lawnmower beer would be @buschbeer. He once had 13 in an afternoon on a bet, but just ended up very full. Not even tipsy, just full. 😆 • When he’s not brewing, you can catch him with his wonderful wife and two kids at a local park. At night, he’s probably getting primal around a campfire. He doesn’t have an off switch yet, but he’s working on it.  Get to know your brewer @boathouse_bros. Meet Emmett. He’s the owner, head brewer, and resident prankster at Boathouse Brothers Brewing in Prior Lake, MN. • Boathouse Brothers opened their doors on April 20th, 2018. • Emmett started brewing at age 11 (he jokes as he explains his disappointment when he found out his dad’s @mrbeer kit wasn’t producing root beer). Fifteen years later, a session at Vine Park turned him on to the home brewing world. • The first beer Emmett made for Boathouse was the CTZ IPA—a simple smash brew to see how the bigger equipment would work with his recipe designs. • The brewery has a 3bbl brewhouse, and a cellar of four 3bbl and five 7bbl fermenters, for double batches. • Emmett’s favorite style to drink would be a Märzen. His favorite style to brew would be his Pilsners—something about that clean, crisp Lager that makes trickier parts of brewing fun. • The hardest challenge he’s faced at Boathouse has been equipment that seems to break or malfunction at inopportune times. • Future plans for the brewery include expanding to a 7bbl system (but he’s going to have to figure out the logistics of how to raise the ceiling first). • A great reason to stop by Boathouse Brewing this year would be their multiple tap lines and constant rotation. They’ve put around 100 different beers on their menu in the last five years! Emmett isn’t afraid to put different beer styles on nitro either. • Emmett’s favorite crushable lawnmower beer would be Purgatory Pils from @unmappedbrewing. It’s crisp, cold, and a reliable old friend. When he’s not brewing, you can catch Emmett playing Legos with his “assistant” brewer son, Soren. Emmett and his wife do a fantastic job with charity beers, and have organized some fun and philanthropic events in the taproom. If you’ve never made your way to Prior Lake before, stop on in to Boathouse Brothers. You never know what delicious styles will be on tap next! Zilker Brewing - Austin, TX5/25/2023   Get to know @zilkerbeer. Meet Dan and Marco. Dan’s the Chief Brewing Officer, aka head brewer, and Marco is the Director of Brewing Operations, one of the principal owners (along with Patrick and Forrest Clark) of Zilker Brewing in Austin, TX. • Zilker opened its doors in 2015, after years of Marco, Patrick and Forrest dialing in their award-winning beers. Dan came on board as head brewer in January 2021. • Dan’s first commercial brewing job came @gordonbiersch in San Diego. Later, he worked as the head brewer @rockbottombrewery in La Jolla, CA, before opening the brewpub, Puesto Cerveceria. Marco volunteered @jesterkingbrewery for three years, being a jack of all trades (bottling, cleaning, milling) and even some koelschip work before plying his trade creating beers for Zilker. • The first beer Dan brewed at Zilker was Parks & Rec Pale Ale. The first beer he designed was a Czech Style Pilsner. Marco’s first beer was, you guessed it, the beer that became Marco IPA. • Zilker utilizes a 15bbl two-vessel brewhouse, with five 15bbl, seven 30bbl, and three 60bbl fermenters. • Dan’s favorite style to make at Zilker is any seasonal Lager or clear IPA. • Production demands are the biggest challenge at Zilker. Making as much beer as possible seems straightforward, but it’s a multifaceted challenge. “Good problems,” but problems nonetheless. • Future plans for Zilker include a packed schedule of seasonal releases and one-off collaborations. Keep an eye out for new collabs dropping! • A great reason to stop by Zilker would be their super fresh hoppy beers of all clarity levels. And don’t forget their expanded patio with @spicyboyschicken! • Dan’s favorite crushable lawnmower beer would be Budweiser. Otherwise, you can catch him sipping Hans Pils by @realalebrewing, with Marco apparently, because it’s his favorite crushable beer as well! • When he’s not working, you can find Dan going to shows, playing guitar, and hanging out with his wife…and designing new beers. Marco enjoys cooking brisket, exercising, and recently took up classes in Español. Lotus Beverage Alliance - Lincoln, NE5/17/2023  Get to know the CEO of @lotusbevall. Meet John Ansbro, Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed Lotus Beverage Alliance. This $100 million merger of six different craft beverage entities— @automatedextractions, @brewmation, @gwkent_equipment, @stouttanks, @alphabrewops and @twinmonkeysbeveragesystems—will allow manufacturers, and breweries of all sizes, access to the most comprehensive array of products for every step of the craft brewing process. And we’re not just talking about beer. Lotus covers wine, hard cider, spirits, cold brew coffee, kombucha, sake and CBD/THC-infused beverages as well. John has had over 30 years of equipment manufacturing and infrastructure experience and was tabbed to lead this joint venture. The five founders of the six merged companies will also remain in senior leadership positions in order to keep years of relationships and product knowledge within the company. It’s important to Lotus, as John says, “To go the extra mile for our customers. Most of our sales people are craft brewers themselves, or have brewery experience.” Lotus also offers financing in as little as 24 hours, so that breweries can get on their feet, or secure the equipment they need. Although 80% of their business focuses on the beer and wine space, Lotus is pushing into other markets to assist brewers in the fields of kombucha, specialty coffees, ready-to-drink cocktail beverages, and more. Lotus is an end-to-end supplier—a one stop shop. Beyond hardware, they also specialize in consumables. Their vast network includes the ability to secure malt and specialty ingredients, or even cleaning agents. Brewers can rest easy knowing they can connect with Lotus for all of their brewing needs. Lotus is driven by continued innovation, growth, and expert end-to-end customer service and support. They are an employee-owned company with a bold vision to both facilitate, and simplify, the business of brewing. So, the simple question is, could Lotus be the next Amazon for brewing? |
