The best Philly cheesesteak to ask for! Dropped into Prohibition on MLK Day, found a fantastic pub with excellent drafts, tasty menu, and relaxed atmosphere.

Prohibition Taproom / Philadelphia PA / MLK 2024

Krazy Kat Tap Room

Almonesson, NJ

Opened in 1927 as McGroarty’s Gas & Service Station. They illegally sold liquor during prohibition and turned the location into a tavern after prohibition ceased. It was allegedly named after a cat who enjoyed drinking whiskey.

Beer Events 4.5

Events

Irish brewer filed a lawsuit against English brewers for unfair business practices (1773)

Westmalle 1st served their Trappist beer (1836)

Henry Kobold (1895)

Kasper G. Schmidt died (1898)

Prohibition ended in Saskatchewan, Canada (1923)

San Francisco Brewing 1st released their beer in cans (1935)

Willy Heyer patented a Hop Powder Preparation Method (1957)

Wilhelm Schultheiß and Walter Specht patented a Beer Brewing Process (1957)

Falstaff Brewing patented the Deep Vat Fermentation of Beer (1968)

Bowmans Brewer Ltd. patented a Brewing Apparatus (1985)

St. Louis Brewery & Taproom brewed its 1st beer, which was a hefeweizen (1991)

Primo Beer for sale again after stopping production in 1998 (Hawaii; 2007)

Ian Williams and Anders Wam patented a Combined Brewing System (2013)

James Nikora patented a Keg Trolley (2015)

Breweries Opened

D.L. Geary Brewing, Maine (1986)

L'Inox (Canada; 1987)

Great Basin Brewing (Nevada; 1993)

Big Horn Brewing (Texas; 1995)

Oglethorpe Brewing (Georgia; 1996)

Being National Lager Day, we wanted to highlight our newest release – Quincy Point Lager! This beer celebrates the legacy and contributions of “The Point” and Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. It’s a beautiful brew. A Pre-Prohibition style lager that was conditioned for over a month. It is clean and refreshing, checking in at a manageable 5%. To celebrate this tasty lager, we explored Quincy Point a bit more yesterday. We would like to thank the crew of volunteers at @uss_salemca139 / the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum for hosting us on board! The Salem, aka “The Sea Witch” is the last remaining heavy cruiser in existence. It was built in Quincy Point at Fore River Shipyard, where it now lives as a floating museum welcoming guests to appreciate what it means to be #quincybuilt Quincy Point Lager is on draft in the taproom now and ready to go in cans! come on down to the taproom today and grab some! A portion of proceeds to benefit a local charity. #breakrockbrewing #quincybuilt #usssalem #forerivershipyard #navy #quincypoint #nationallagerday #lager We have Sandwich Boy here to feed ya and the Madi & Mack Duo at 1p to bring some Sunday Funday vibes. And of course, football games will be on! https://bit.ly/4agu2Yu

Stoup Brewing assumes management of Optimism Brewing's location and brewery after closure.

Press Release

SEATTLE … Two well-respected, independent Seattle breweries with neighborhood taproom destinations have inked a deal that will make Stoup Brewing the owner of Capitol Hill-based Optimism Brewing in late August. Stoup is purchasing the assets of Optimism Brewing taproom and brewery and will operate it as Stoup Brewing. Optimism owners and husband-wife team Gay Gilmore and Troy Hakala will maintain ownership of the 16,000- square-foot building located at 1158 Broadway St. Financial details of the sale will not be disclosed.  

Optimism Brewing was founded in 2013. Gilmore and Hakala, Capitol Hill residents, took on an ambitious construction and rehabilitation of a century-old warehouse and officially opened on December 5, 2015, the anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition. In the seven years since, Optimism galvanized itself as a community stalwart, remained strong through the Covid-19 pandemic, and continues to turn a profit.  

The two self-professed brand-builders and entrepreneurs both worked at Microsoft, then founded, built up, and sold Recipezaar/Food.com. With growing children, the couple forged a plan with Stoup that would keep the space a beloved neighborhood brewery destination in the hands of independent, like-minded peers.  

“People thought Troy and I were crazy to build such a large taproom in the middle of the city, with a focus on causes and community,” Gilmore said. “We are so proud of what we’ve accomplished with Optimism and grateful to our customers all these years. Stoup has what is required to scale the business to the next level.” 

Hakala added “After two years of building Optimism, nearly eight years of brewing and selling beer, including two years of Covid resiliency, we’ve reached a plateau and logical transition point. We’re happy this opens doors and opportunities for Stoup to grow.”

Stoup Brewing, known as a purveyor of award-winning beers served in a thoughtful, communal space, opened in Oct. 2013 as a cornerstone of Seattle’s burgeoning Ballard “Brewery District.” The partners include Robyn Schumacher, and married couple Lara Zahaba and Brad Benson— the latter being Stoup’s head brewer and director of brewing operations. The team partnered in a second location during Covid-19's fallout in May 2021: Stoup Kenmore, a taproom and kitchen in conjunction with the Weimann-Maclise restaurants. Last year, the much-lauded brewery was named the Washington Beer Awards’ Large Brewery of the Year (Stoup brews 6,000 BBL annually). Stoup’s beer offerings are found at the taprooms and, via self-distribution at select restaurants, bars and retailers. 

“We are honored to be entrusted with the next chapter and are very excited to join the vibrant, inclusive Capitol Hill neighborhood,” Zahaba said, noting that Gilmore and Hakala care deeply for the business they built and for their employees who have imbued the customer experience. 

Benson, who shares Hakala’s science-minded passion for brewing and whose first career was as a forensic chemist added “Troy and Gay have designed a first-class brewery and we are really looking forward to producing Stoup beers on Capitol Hill.”  

Before either brewery opened its doors, the partners crossed paths on an earlier opportunity but continued in different directions. Schumacher, a former school teacher, was researching a bottle shop/ neighborhood market concept with a group of other business owners. Gilmore coincidentally was researching a similar concept at the same time and a contact brought the two together. They considered combining forces on the project, but Hakala and Gilmore chose to open Optimism, while Schumacher joined Zahaba and Benson to open Stoup Brewing.  

Stoup and Optimism’s operating models are well-aligned. Both award-winning breweries are independent, local, scientifically-minded, and share inclusive values. Their taprooms are neighborhood-oriented and always family-friendly. Both boast exceptional staff retention; several employees have remained since their respective, earliest days. Also notable: Both have women in ownership and represent roughly 50% of staff (which for Stoup also represents four women among its nine brewers and cellar crew). Stoup also has an LGBTQ partner.  

Excluding the partners, Stoup currently has 18 full-time and 10 part-time employees at the Ballard location and approximately 30 employees in Kenmore; Optimism has 11 full-time and 10 part-time employees. Zahaba said Stoup hopes to retain as many Optimism employees as possible and will explore all opportunities. Gilmore and Hakala said they were purposeful in giving their own staff ample notice before the transition and in providing severance pay to those who will not continue with Stoup.  

Optimism is the largest taproom in the state when measured by square footage and draft beer sales. The Stoup partners said they were excited to embrace the added flexibility inherent in a second brewery. 

Upon closing, Stoup will change signage and make small details reflective of the Stoup brand. The food trucks and beverage offerings will likely remain very similar, Zahaba said. Stoup will make and sell its own beer at the Capitol Hill location. Hours may see small adjustments. 

“We are excited to bring Stoup beer to the Capitol Hill neighborhood and to continue the community focused spirit that Gay and Troy have built through Optimism,” Schumacher said. 

Learn more about Optimism Brewing at https://bit.ly/3qZVurG and Stoup Brewing at https:// https://bit.ly/3NGIvDZ. 

from Northwest Beer Guide - News - The Northwest Beer Guide https://bit.ly/3qVaFSK

Breweries With Food Trucks in the South

Breweries with food trucks are an excellent option for people looking for an affordable and tasty place to grab a bite. Many breweries have large outdoor venues where food trucks can stop and serve delicious food and drinks. Many also have beer festivals, which offer plenty of opportunities to eat, drink, and purchase search. It's also an excellent way to get to know your neighbors better.

There are several breweries in the South that offer food. Although many don't have full kitchens, many serve up a variety of snacks and light meals. As long as the breweries meet state license requirements, they must offer food to the public.

Food at breweries can be delicious and decadent. Many breweries offer sandwiches, burgers, and more. They also have a menu crafted to pair with the beer on tap. For example, Wooden Robot's famous Good Morning Vietnam coffee blonde is excellent with a fried egg or a burger. They also started serving brunch in the spring.

Another option is to partner with a local restaurateur. This option allows the brewers to focus on their craft beer while the restauranteurs take care of the day-to-day operations. However, some breweries decide to develop and manage their kitchen and menu. This option requires more time but may result in the ultimate goal of the business: serving the best possible food for their customers.

Another option is the Elevator Brewery, the original beer option in Columbus. It's located in a convenient downtown location and offers an extensive menu. A unique feature of the area is that it feels more like a restaurant than a taproom. This location's site makes it a popular spot among downtown employees.

Southern Prohibition Brewing Company is a famous brewery in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was the second brewery to open after the law change in 2012. The brewery's popularity has skyrocketed since its opening, and its sales are booming. As it grows, the brewery has added a kitchen and hired Jeremy Noffke as Culinary Director. Jeremy is a former chef at the Purple Parrot Cafe and has 20 years of experience in the industry.

For those who enjoy a full-service restaurant, Blue Mountain Brewery & Brewpub in Afton, VA, offers a wide variety of food and drinks. It serves lunch and dinner daily and even serves brunch every Sunday. Typical pub fare like pizza and specialty desserts are available for dinner. Visitors can also enjoy cornhole games in their outdoor patio area.

Breweries with food are a good choice for families. Some are family-friendly, while others are more casual and modern. While they offer a wide selection of craft beer, they also feature good-sized food portions. Menu items include Blue Cheese Crispy Duck Nachos, a bar burger, and pretzel bites. You can also grab a BBQ at some locations. And don't forget to try some food trucks.

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Newest brewery to New Orleans!! All Relation opened in November by Southern Prohibition Brewing owner and local brewer/recent Other Half brewer! Beautiful taproom and very delicious beers! Legit Snack is a 15% candy/chips stout that was unreal, Are We Still Doing Citra IPA, Swizz Mizz (not pictured) is a hot chocolate stout coming in at 11%, Street Wayz a zero IBU Pilsner and Nobodi Cares West Coast Style IPA!!

#Repost • @nuthinbutabeerthang Went to visit the brewery named after the law that repealed the prohibition of alcohol. Also the brewery that makes my fave watermelon wheat beer 🍉 🌾🍺 The taproom has great ambiance & servers took good care of us. Ordering food & beers were all done online but it was super quick & easy. https://www.instagram.com/p/CS16n4Anmzk/?utm_medium=tumblr

at Prohibition Taproom https://www.instagram.com/p/CN3fLntj-WH/?igshid=1gh4k7wxv8s64

This is the [incomplete] story of Oregon beer, part 2

This is the second part of the story of Oregon beer. 

Read This is the [incomplete] story of Oregon beer, part 1

This talk is based on an Oregon Encyclopedia article I wrote.

Last February I gave a talk at the Oregon Brewers Guild dinner. None of us knew what was ahead for public health, the economy, and social change. I love giving talks and will certainly repurpose this one, but for now, here are the slides and script with a few additions to reflect the pandemic shut down and updated screenshots from the beer guides.

https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/beer_research

https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/brewingarchives

In the spring of 1980, Charles and Shirley Coury, who had owned a vineyard for 13 years in Forest Grove, opened a brewery Portland. They called it Cartwright Brewing Company (Cartwright was Shirley’s maiden name) and their first offering was 150 cases of a mild, English-style ale called Cartwright Portland.

Coury found century-old beer beer-making recipes in “beautiful, old brewing textbooks” in the stacks of the Multnomah County Library. He also made Legal Lager and Deliverance Ale, the latter an attempt to raise money to keep the business open. The beer was nearly $1 per bottle, which was more than customers expected to pay; but the price point wasn’t the issue, the inconsistency was. Although Cartwright closed in 1981, it roused consumers’ appetite for a locally made, small-batch beer, but it also inspired the brewers who came a few years later.

The mid to late 1980s were an exciting time for Oregon Beer. 

Richard and Nancy Ponzi, also winemakers, opened Columbia River Brewing (later called BridgePort) and brothers Kurt and Rob opened Widmer Brewing (they added “Brothers” to the company’s name a few years later). Karl Ockert, a recent UC Davis graduate with a degree in winemaking, joined the Ponzis summer 1983 at their vineyard. He and Ponzi were interested in beer and began planning a brewery and portfolio of ales. One became their namesake: BridgePort Ale. Others followed: the award-winning BridgePort India Pale Ale, Blue Heron Pale Ale (named after Portland's official city bird), and a barley wine named "Old Knucklehead." BridgePort was acquired by The Gambrinus Company, owned by Carlos Alvarez, in 1995. Brewery operations ceased in February 2019, and the brew pub closed the next month.  

Kurt Widmer enjoyed homebrewing and full-flavored beer. After seeing Chuck Coury’s brewery he knew he had a chance at success. His brother quit his job, his father came out of retirement, and his sister in Germany joined as a partner. Their first beer was a Dusseldorf-style Alt and in 1986, they introduced their "Hefeweizen" to America. Rather than a traditional Hefeweizen characterized by distinctive yeast flavors, this was an unfiltered version of their existing wheat beer (Weizenbier) and used Cascade hops. They served it with a slice of lemon to accentuate the citrus flavors of the Cascade hops. In 2007, Redhook Ale Brewery and Widmer Brothers merged to form a new company called Craft Brewers Alliance, which was later renamed as Craft Brew Alliance. In January 2019, Widmer Brothers Brewing closed its taproom after 22 years. In November, 2019 Anheuser-Busch purchased the remainder of CBA.

Fred Bowman started homebrewing after receiving a “How To” guide from high school friend Jim Goodwin, who was also a talented jazz musician. They brewed test batches in Bowman’s basement and were soon joined by high school friend Art Larrance. In 1984, Bowman and Larrance had a franchise agreement for Portland Brewing Company to produce Bert Grant’s Scottish Ale and Russian Imperial Stout and had leased the 58-year-old Holly Farms creamery building in Portland, but they needed more money before they could open. The two raised $125,000 with a common stock offering and leased equipment from Imperial Leading in Lake Oswego. “Mac” MacTarnahan invested $25,000 and in 1992 they named MacTarnahan’s Pale Ale after him; it became the Portland Brewing’s flagship brew. By 1998 the company was in financial trouble, and that year MacTarnahan bought $3.5 million in debt in exchange for stock. Portland Brewing Company merged with Saxer Brewing Company of Lake Oswego in 2000. In 2004, MacTarnahan, then 88 years old, sold the company to Pyramid Breweries of Seattle. In 2008, Pyramid was acquired by Magic Hat Brewing Company, which was subsequently bought by North American Breweries and then by the Costa Rican company Florida Ice & Farm Company.

McMenamins is famous for brewpubs, music, and hotels. Many of their locations are in rehabilitated historical properties and at last nine are on the National Register of Historic Places. McMenamins was founded by brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin, who grew up in northeast Portland, Oregon. Their influence began in 1974 with the opening of Produce Row Café, which soon made a name as one of Portland's first bars devoted to quality imports and craft beer. Don Younger’s Horse Brass Pub, which opened in 1976, was also an essential component in increasing consumer access and awareness of imported and local beer, as well as provided a community space to share beer experiences. In 1985, the McMenamins opened Oregon’s first brewpub in the Southwest Portland neighborhood of Hillsdale with brew master Carlos Santos. They didn’t adhere to a style and their beers were often unsettling to brewing traditionalists; they used ingredients like blackberries, apples, blueberries, spices, and candy bars. Their first theater pub, and the first in Oregon, was the Mission Theater & Pub (1987). The company then entered the broader hospitality business starting in 1990, when they converted a 74-acre site (that at one time served as the Multnomah County Poor Farm) into McMenamins Edgefield.

One major event that impacted the trajectory of the beer industry in Oregon in the 1980s was legislation that married production and sales. 

Before 1985, brewpubs were essentially illegal in Oregon. The state’s post-Prohibition laws said alcohol manufacture and retail could not occur on the same premises; instead, breweries had to work with a third-party distributor to add taps and sell their product. Bowman, Larrance, the Ponzis, the Widmers, and the McMenamin were instrumental in lobbying to legalize the marriage of production and on-site sales. 

In early 1985 House Bill 2284 proposed a brewery-public house license that would allow the brewing and selling of malt beverages at the same location; however, wholesale beer suppliers feared new brewpubs would cut into business and launched a counter campaign. On May 9, 1985 HB 2284 was tabled and died. The second bill, SB 813, proposed a bed and breakfast license to permit the sale of beer and wine, as well as a brewery-public house license for manufacturers producing less than 25,000 barrels of malt beverage. On July 13, 1985, Governor Vic Atiyeh signed Senate Bill 813, the “Brewpub Bill,” into law. It allowed brewers to make and sell beer on the same premises, key for increasing revenue and gaining new customers.

Although growth over the next 10 years was slow, throughout the 1980s, four other breweries opened in other parts of the state: Full Sail Brewing (Hood River) and Oregon Trail Brewery (Corvallis) in 1987, and Deschutes Brewery (Bend) and Rogue Ales (originally in Ashland) in 1988. Portland has always had the largest concentration of breweries and Central Oregon has seen exceptional growth, but breweries have opened in new areas to attract diverse consumers. Examples include Calapooia (1993, Albany), Cascade Lakes Brewing Company (1994, Redmond), Terminal Gravity (1996, Enterprise), Barley Brown’s (1998, Baker City), Walkabout Brewing (1997, Medford), Ninkasi (2006, Eugene), Fort George (2007, Astoria), and Block 15 (2008, Corvallis).

A maturing industry needed skilled brewers and since its establishment in 1995, Oregon State University’s Fermentation Science program in the Food Science and Technology department has led brewer education. Homebrew clubs and organizations around Oregon have also provided training for future professionals. Founded in Portland in 1979, the Oregon Brew Crew is one of the oldest and largest home brewing clubs in the United States; it is appropriate that their meetings are held at F.H. Steinbart, a homebrew shop founded in 1918 and the oldest in the country. Other pioneering clubs include the Heart of the Valley Homebrewers (1982, Corvallis) and the Cascade Brewers Society (1982, Eugene).

The Oregon Brewers Guild fills an important role as a non-profit advocate for the state’s breweries; founded in 1992, it is one of the nation's oldest craft brewer associations. Two other important organizations to support increased gender equity in brewing started in Oregon. The Pink Boots Society was founded in 2007 by Teri Fahrendorf, former brewmaster at Steelhead Brewing in Eugene, as a professional organization to support women in the brewing industries. In 2011, Pink Boots members created Barley’s Angels as an educational community for consumers; it became its own organization in 2012.

In addition to more breweries to choose from, consumers had other ways to engage with beer. The Oregon Homebrew Festival, established in 1982, is the Pacific Northwest’s oldest homebrew competition; others followed, including the KLCC Brewfest Homebrew Competition and SheBrew. The Oregon Brewers Festival (established 1988) is one of the nation’s longest running and largest craft beer festivals; others throughout the state include the Portland Craft Beer Festival, the Festival of Dark Arts in Astoria, Bend Brewfest, and Mt. Angel's Oktoberfest.

The increasing popularity of homebrewing and accessibility of imported beers certainly had an impact on the preferences and palates of consumers, as did writing about beer in the public press. Fred Eckhardt was a well-known advocate, critic, educator, mentor, and historian, and his written work on beer and brewing encouraged generations of people to think about beer in new ways. Inspired by a 1972 visit to Anchor Steam Brewery, Eckhardt became an avid proponent of tasteful, complex craft brews. He urged people to focus on flavor, style, and experience in the Oregonian, and also wrote regular articles in national industry publications like Celebrator Beer News and All About Beer. He rose to prominence with his 1970 A Treatise on Lager Beers, a guide to homebrewing and the evolution of lager beer, and 1989 The Essentials of Beer Style. 

The Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives acquired his papers in 2015, and I feel incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to preserve and provide access to materials that document such important moments in this history.

In more recent years, as print publications have folded, blogs, podcasts, and news aggregate sites have dominated Oregon beer news and information. Reporting about the beer industry has changed a lot in the past year, and I am grateful that there are still web sites like New School Beer and Brewpublic, as well as notable journalists and authors like Jeff Alworth, Denny Conn, and John Abernathy reporting on local issues.

Electronic, paper, oral histories? I’m interested in collecting all the things that document the industry. In the last year we’ve added collections from the Oregon Brewers Guild, Widmer Brothers Brewing, the Pink Boots Society and Barleys Angels.

We have Fred Eckhardt’s papers, as well as Denny Conns and a collection of research materials from Pete Dunlop. Other collections include Master Brewers of America District Northwest Chapter Records, the Oregon Hop Growers Association, and scanned collections from both Fred Bowman and Art Larrance.

Find a list of all collections and oral histories on the OHBA guide. 

Evil Twin Opens NYC Brewery in Ridgewood, Queens

Evil Twin Brewing has opened their new brewery and taproom in Ridgewood, Queens, offering a bar and retail space off the Halsey Street L stop. 

The brewery marks the first brick-and-mortar location for longtime brewer Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø, who started his Evil Twin brand in Denmark in 2010 before moving to New York City in 2012. He opened the Greenpoint bar Tørst in 2013, which gave him a place to feature his gypsy-brewed beers on tap alongside other well-respected breweries (Jarnit-Bjergsø divested from Tørst in 2017 to open the brewery, as New York tied-house laws prohibit a brewery owner from owning a bar). For the past nine months, the brewery location has been used for can and merch sales, while a pop-up taproom operated at nearby bar Nowadays. The locally-brewed beers had already gained a cult following, identified by some long and locally-relevant beer names.

The new taproom is in a bright, airy 1,450 square-foot greenhouse that adjoins the brewery building on George Street in Ridgewood. Twenty taps will pour house-brewed beers that span every style, from a Pilsner called This is the Kinda Beer Brewers Drink to a Root Beer-inspired beer called Root Beer Beer to a Double-Dry Hopped Double IPA called Isn’t Brooklyn Kinda Sketchy? Why Would You Live There? to an Imperial Stout with banana, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt called Banana Bread Made in ‘Merica. Given the long beer names, the menu is displayed on digital screens above the bar that scroll through the beer information. The taproom has a large L-shaped bar and plenty of long tables for seating.

The greenhouse space also has a retail shop where cans, crowlers, and merch are sold to-go, but there’s plenty more room outside in a courtyard overlooking windows into the brewery production space that can seat 185 more beer drinkers, making it an ideal spot to drink beer on the nice fall days to come. Snacks will be available in the taproom, and there are plans to host food trucks in the space as well.

The Evil Twin taproom is located at 1616 George St. in Ridgewood, just off the L Train at Halsey Street. Its opening hours are Monday-Wednesday 2-10pm, Thursday 2pm-midnight, Friday noon-midnight, Saturday 10am-midnight, and Sunday 10am-10pm.

Beer Events 12.10

Events

Irish brewer filed a lawsuit against English brewers for unfair business practices (1773)

Westmalle 1st served their Trappist beer (1836)

Henry Kobold (1895)

Kasper G. Schmidt died (1898)

Prohibition ended in Saskatchewan, Canada (1923)

San Francisco Brewing 1st released their beer in cans (1935)

Willy Heyer patented a Hop Powder Preparation Method (1957)

Wilhelm Schultheiß and Walter Specht patented a Beer Brewing Process (1957)

Falstaff Brewing patented the Deep Vat Fermentation of Beer (1968)

Bowmans Brewer Ltd. patented a Brewing Apparatus (1985)

St. Louis Brewery & Taproom brewed its 1st beer, which was a hefeweizen (1991)

Primo Beer for sale again after stopping production in 1998 (Hawaii; 2007)

Ian Williams and Anders Wam patented a Combined Brewing System (2013)

James Nikora patented a Keg Trolley (2015)

Breweries Opened

D.L. Geary Brewing, Maine (1986)

L'Inox (Canada; 1987)

Great Basin Brewing (Nevada; 1993)

Big Horn Brewing (Texas; 1995)

Oglethorpe Brewing (Georgia; 1996)

BEER RELEASE – QUINCY POINT LAGER We took our latest release down to the “Shipyahd” to explore and appreciate the role Quincy Point played in the history of Quincy and our country. From 1941-1945, Fore River Shipyard and its 32,000 employees built 92 naval vessels of 11 different types; the most notable types being the battleship, carrier, heavy and light cruisers, and destroyers for which the yard has been known. Quincy Point was home to many of these hard-nosed employees. The numbers don’t lie, these folks were #QuincyBuilt and got $ #*@ done every day from punch-in until they heard that steam whistle blow. After work, they would hit the bars across the street to enjoy a cold lager much like this brew. One publican still in business today told us the workers’ wives would stand in line at the administration office on payday and wisely intercept the weekly paycheck before their husbands could overindulge after work! This lager, made in partnership would Quincy Is Everything, is a crisp Pre-Prohibition style lager checking in at 5% ABV. It’s traditionally made – featuring Sladovny Soufflet Czech Pilsen malt, 6-row malt, and corn in the grain bill. It’s hopped with magnum and cluster hops and achieves a perfect balance. Pours a deep golden with a nice frothy white head that chases the beer down the glass. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Quincy’s Point’s Archie Wahlberg Scholarship Foundation, which proceeds college scholarships to local kids! Available now in the taproom on draft & cans to-go as well as local stores/bars. Raise a glass to Quincy Point, and the people who made it great. Cheers! https://bit.ly/47NNXMQ

Yakima's Bale Breaker Brewing releases more varieties of Yoxi hard seltzer, in a new variety pack.

Press Release

Yakima, Wash. – March 2, 2022 – Bale Breaker Brewing Company, a family-owned brewery located in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is excited to announce the launch of YOXI Craft Hard Seltzer Variety Packs. Beginning in early March, YOXI Variety Packs will be available at select retailers and in both of Bale Breaker’s taprooms. Last August, Bale Breaker rolled out the first hard seltzer SKU: Lime Agave Ranch Water, a take on the West Texas cocktail. Now, fans of YOXI can pick up a Variety Pack with 4 refreshing flavors. Why should customers choose YOXI? Bale Breaker makes YOXI with real fruit, made by brewers you trust with quality you can count on. Each flavor is gluten free, 100 calories, and clocks in at 4.5% ABV. Perfect for easy drinkin' year round. YOXI Variety Packs are hitting shelves in select retailers in early March - use Bale Breaker's beer finder to find a VP near you. Plus, customers can pick up a Variety Pack at Bale Breaker's Yakima and Seattle taprooms beginning Friday, March 4. Get to know the new YOXI Variety Pack Flavors:

Lime Agave Ranch Water

Inspired by West Texas’s favorite cocktail, our ranch water is made with real lime juice and agave for a craft hard seltzer that is crisp, light, and packed with flavor.

Lime Agave Ranch Water

Inspired by West Texas’s favorite cocktail, our ranch water is made with real lime juice and agave for a craft hard seltzer that is crisp, light, and packed with flavor.

Paloma Ranch Water

Our paloma ranch water is made with real grapefruit juice and agave. Inspired by the classic Guadalajara cocktail made from tequila and grapefruit soda. 

Spicy Mango

Made with real mango puree and sea salt, our intensely fruity spicy mango craft hard seltzer has a crisp, light finish with a hint of heat from real cayenne powder.

Strawberry Citrus

Packed with real fruit flavor, our strawberry citrus craft hard seltzer gets its pink hue and crisp, light finish from real blood orange puree and hibiscus flower.

About Bale Breaker Brewing Co. Crafting fresh-off-the-farm brews from the middle of a hop field, Bale Breaker Brewing Company is a family-owned brewery located in the heart of the Yakima Valley. Hops are in the family’s DNA: the great-grandparents of sibling-owners Meghann Quinn, Kevin Smith, and Patrick Smith first planted hops in the Yakima Valley in 1932, the year before Prohibition ended. Over four generations, their love of hops has evolved into a passion for craft beer. Today, Meghann, Kevin, Patrick along with Meghann’s husband, Kevin Quinn, operate a 30-barrel brewhouse and a 27,000 square foot facility surrounded by their family’s hop fields, crafting seven year-round canned beers including the widely celebrated Topcutter IPA, and are distributed throughout Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. For more information, follow Bale Breaker on Facebook and Instagram (@balebreaker), or online at balebreaker.com.

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