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In 1984, Jim Koch discovered his great-great grandfather`s recipe for Louis Koch Lager in his father`s attic. Looking to follow his family`s passion for brewing, Jim brewed the recipe in his kitchen with the hopes of challenging the status quo in the American beer industry. He started by introducing American drinkers to craft-brewed beers that were full-flavored, balanced, and complex, and brewed with quality ingredients. Pleased with his brew, Jim started The Boston Beer Company with his co-founder and first employee, Rhonda Kallman. In those first months, Jim walked bar-to-bar with a briefcase full of beer that he called Samuel Adams Boston Lager, in recognition of one of our nation`s great founding fathers, a revolutionary man of independent mind and spirit. Boston Lager soon became a catalyst of the American craft beer revolution, making its public debut in Boston on Patriot`s Day in April 1985. Six weeks after its introduction, Boston Lager was selected as "The Best Beer in America" in The Great American Beer Festival`s Consumer Preference Poll, which became an award Samuel Adams Boston Lager went on to win an unprecedented four times.
Cascade Brewing was founded in 1998 by owner Art Larrance and brewmaster Ron Gansberg. Together, Art and Ron put their 40 years combined beer experience to work, designing and installing Cascade`s 10-barrel brewing system in Southwest Portland, then creating and distributing well-balanced traditional ales. Sour beers really came about by default. The pair had followed the trends of traditional ales and were growing tired of what they referred to as the “hops arms race” of ever-hoppier beers, especially in the Northwest. Both wanted to focus instead on beers that offered an intense sensory experience other than hops. They considered what they could draw upon from the region: an abundant supply of wine barrels from the nearby wine country, and access to delicious and plentiful local fruit.
Barley Mow Brewing Company is a nano brewery in Largo, Florida.
J B Distributors Inc is a Bowling Green, KY-based company in the Manufacturing sector.
Duckpond Cellars Inc is a Dundee, OR-based company in the Manufacturing sector.