November: Wren House Brewing + Fieldwork Brewing
Thursday October 30th – Wednesday Dec 3rd
Opening Weekend = Oct 31 – Nov 2
Basement Beer Club Event = November 14th
Wren House Brewing was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 2015. Original Wren House founder Drew Pool developed a love of breweries while working at Intel in Portland, he later made friends with a data wizard at Intel named Bill Hammond who went on to become a co-owner. Pool and Hammond later partnered with brewer Preston Thoeny, a veteran of the iconic Big Sky Brewing in Montana. It would be difficult to pin Wren House to one style or genre of beer, their breadth defies description other than to say they do it all. The brewery’s annual accolades at the most prestigious national competitions stretch across style categories in hazy/juicy pales, as well as American light lagers, with even a GABF medal winning ESB
Fieldwork Brewing is one of the California bay area’s biggest players, they opened their first of 5 locations in Berkeley in 2015. Founder Barry Braden is a former tech exec with a love of craft beer, he partnered up with co-owner Alex Tweet, a brewer who cut his teeth at San Diego breweries like the famed Ballast Point Brewing before helping launch Modern Times Beer. Fieldwork Brewing was initially known for their farmhouse beers and embracing NE-style hazy IPA from early on. These days the Fieldwork portfolio has expanded along with their locations, from crystal clear Japanese, American, German lagers to heavy doses of West Coast IPA, and some Belgian, stout, fruited sours, etc. all filling out a diverse lineup.
