FAMILY OF BRANDS CUSTOMERS BEER & WINE TRENDS THE FREEDOM WAY TOUR CONTACT Freedom Beers Freedom Beverage can offer you a beer from 6 of the 7 continents in the world. Africa? Check. Australia? Check. What about a beer from some of the outer reaches of Asia? We have that, too. When someone starts brewing in Antarctica, we’ll be ready. Our beer portfolio spans traditional and ancient practices in brewing to innovative techniques and styles that are brewed close to your backyard. ALMANAC Category: Beer Url: www.almanacbeer.com Region: United States Description: The Almanac Beer Company was founded in 2010 by Jesse Friedman and Damian Fagan, and is best known for their barrel aged sours, such as their Farmers Reserve, Brettaville and Hoppy Sour series – sour and wild beers that combine oak aging and the bounty of California farms to create complex flavors and aromas. In addition, Almanac also produces Fresh Beer now available in cans, highlighting hoppy and bright flavors in San Francisco IPA, Saison Dolores, Craft Pilsner and citrus-laden Mandarina Farmhouse Ale. Farm-to- barrel brewing is about selecting the best in locally sourced fruit and blending it into beers inspired by the great brewing traditions of the world. Jesse and Damian collaborated to found the Almanac Beer Company—a brewery dedicated to producing seasonal artisan ales, brewed specifically to complement local cuisine sourced and prepared with the same great care and craft. ARTISANAL IMPORTS Category: Beer & Cider Url: www.artisanalimports.com Region: Worldwide Description: Artisanal Imports’ portfolio of fine ales and lagers is broad and represents a wide range of beer styles, but it is not our mission to collect every small brewery across Europe. They don’t import awards, just the beverages that win them. ATLANTA BREWING COMPANY Category: Beer Url: www.atlantabrewing.com Region: Atlanta, Georgia Description: Founded in 1993, Red Brick began their brewing odyssey at a small building in downtown Atlanta. They have established a 20-year tradition of producing fresh, interesting, and delicious brews for your drinking pleasure. They pride themselves on crafting a variety of year round and seasonal offerings, including their exclusive Brick Mason series. B. UNITED INTERNATIONAL, INC. Category: Beer, Cider, Mead Url: www.bunitedint.com Region: Worldwide Description: B. United International was established in the summer of 1994 upon a review of the most distinctive beers available around the world. The resulting portfolio contains an exclusive mix of brands that share several common characteristics including: traditional brewing processes and ingredients, superior longevity, and the ability to deliver the ultimate taste and flavor experience to our customer for the respective category. THE BRUERY Category: Beer Url: www.thebruery.com Region: Placentia, California Description: The Bruery is a thirteen year-old craft brewery located in Orange County, CA, known for innovative, inspired, taste-forward beers that push the boundaries of what beer can be. Along with two Tasting Room locations in Orange County, and a store in Washington D.C., The Bruery runs three beer premium beer clubs: The Preservation Society®, The Reserve Society®, and The Hoarders Society®. CASCADE BREWING BARREL HOUSE Category: Beer Url: www.cascadebrewingbarrelhouse.com Region: Portland, Oregon Description: Tart, barrel-aged beers are the emerging beer style and Cascade Brewing is a pioneer of the NW style sour beer movement. Cascade Brewing is, by nature, the definition of artisanal brewing: not bound by stylistic guidelines, just their own imagination and the ingredients they can get their hands on. Pucker up and join the sour revolution! CLOWN SHOES Category: Beer Url: www.clownshoesbeer.com Region: USA Description: Something’s happening, and it involves clown shoes and beer. Clown Shoes? It’s a long story, but to condense it a group submitted the name to the Beer Advocate contest that resulted in The Wrath of Pecant. Clown Shoes’ submission didn’t crack the top 5, which then fueled the fire for this team to keep at it. Now they are creating some truly spectacular brews with a mission to produce beer without pretension while being free and a little crazy. DRAKE'S BREWING CO. Category: Beer Url: www.drinkdrakes.com Region: California Description: Drake’s started brewing inside a former Dodge car factory during the first wave of craft beer in the Bay Area. Since then, the company has evolved from pioneer to persistent innovator. See how our story began and the milestones that followed. ECLIPTIC BREWING Category: Beer Url: www.eclipticbrewing.com Region: Portland, Oregon Description: Ecliptic Brewing is a venture from John Harris, an Oregon craft brewing icon. John unites his two passions, brewing and astronomy, to push the limits of creativity in the brewhouse, and create a sense of place in both the restaurant and the beer they build. EEL RIVER Category: Beer Url: http://eelriverbrewing.com/ Region: United States Description: Eel River Brewing Company has blazed a trail in the craft brewing industry over the past twenty years. Continuing their unfailing commitment to quality, taste and consistency they have achieved many diverse offerings of excellent craft beer. Much like the tenacious people who brew it, their beer is award-winning. Edgy. Different. Daring. Spirited. And you’re going to love it. EPIC BREWING COMPANY Category: Beer Url: www.epicbrewing.com Region: United States Description: David Cole and Peter Erickson are the founders and co-owners of Epic Brewing Company. Cole and Erickson, originally from California, started an international aquaculture company in Utah in 1992. In 2008, Utah law changed allowing these two entrepreneurs to pursue their longtime dream of opening a strong beer microbrewery in Utah, like those they frequented in the Golden State. Admittedly, beer geeks, foodies and "Epic" adventure junkies, they share a passion for making and drinking fine ales and lagers. The Epic team has a strong belief in doing everything "all out." GLOBAL BEER NETWORK Category: Beer Url: https://www.globalbeer.com/ Region: United States Description: Global Beer Network is the exclusive U.S. importer for six award-winning Belgian breweries, one German brewery, one Austrian brewery, one Italian brewery and one Belgian Cidery. Global Beer Network is passionate about their brands and see them as more than just liquid in a bottle. Their brands are the embodiment of the place and culture from which they are born, and in many cases they are family recipes that have been handed down over generations. GOODWOOD BREWING Category: Beer Url: https://www.goodwood.beer/ Region: United States Description: The gents behind Goodwood are some of Louisville’s longest-serving brewing veterans, running production breweries here since 2001. They are now thrilled to branch off on their own! To that end, Goodwood’s "shade-grown beers" are all touched by the natural gradations of reclaimed casks and other wood types for flavorful expressions that are unique to Goodwood. HACKER-PSCHORR Category: Beer Url: www.hacker-pschorr.us Region: Munich, Germany Description: The name Hacker-Pschorr dates back to the marriage of Teresia Hacker and Joseph Pschorr. Under the couple’s leadership, Hacker-Pschorr advanced to become Munich’s leading major brewery in the 18th century. Doing business in a sustainable and environmental manner combined with courage and innovation, that is “the heaven of the Bavarians,” a Hacker-Pschorr tradition since 1417. HERETIC BREWING COMPANY Category: Beer Url: www.hereticbrewing.com Region: USA Description: Jamil Zainasheff started brewing in 1999, soon thereafter he was winning awards in homebrew competitions. Brewing beers in every style recognized by the Beer Judge Certification Program and winning medals in the finals of the National Homebrew Competition every year since 2002, Jamil embraced his inner heretic and joined Heretic Brewing to push the boundaries of beer flavors. At Heretic Brewing Company Jamil Zainasheff is pushing his passion for beers to a new level and putting his craft in the hands of beer lovers nationwide! HOFBRAU MUNCHEN Category: Beer Url: www.hofbraeu-muenchen.de/en Region: Munich, Germany Description: The story of Hofbräu München began with a culinary challenge more than 400 years ago: Since he found the beer brewed in his court in Munich to be of poor taste and quality, William V, Duke of Bavaria, founded the Hofbräuhaus in 1589 – the birthplace of the brewery and gastronomy. Today, the Hofbräuhaus Bavarian State Brewery in Munich is one of two still Bavarian-run traditional Munich breweries.of Teresia Hacker and Joseph Pschorr. Under the couple’s leadership, Hacker-Pschorr advanced to become Munich’s leading major brewery in the 18th century. Doing business in a sustainable and environmental manner combined with courage and innovation, that is “the heaven of the Bavarians,” a Hacker-Pschorr tradition since 1417. HOPPIN’ FROG BREWERY Category: Beer Url: www.hoppinfrog.com Region: Akron, Ohio Description: Hoppin’ Frog Brewery is a small, hands-on brewery in Akron, Ohio crafting award winning beers in the most flavorful styles. Hoppin’ Frog brews the highest quality beer with an uncompromising focus on detail, from ingredient selection all the way through the brewing process. HORNY GOAT BREWING CO. Category: Beer Url: www.hornygoatbrewco.com Region: USA Description: Horny Goat carefully crafts all of their products so you can have a famously fun time, every time. Horny Goat Brewing Co. embraces aggressiveness, crazy events, unique brews and colorful characters. The name “Horny Goat” was chosen to represent the breweries playful and lighthearted way of life. IPSWICH ALE BREWERY Category: Beer Url: https://www.ipswichalebrewery.com Region: United States Description: Residents of Boston’s North Shore were first introduced to Ipswich Ale during the spring of 1991. With over 27 years of history behind it, Ipswich Ale has been in existence longer than nearly every other craft brewer in New England. Since that time, the Ipswich Ale portfolio of brands have developed into a tradition shared by not only the residents of eastern Massachusetts, but across New England. IRON CITY BREWING CO. Category: Beer Url: https://pittsburghbrewing.com/ Region: United States Description: Asked for by name by all of Pittsburgh Nation, Iron City is the quintessential Pittsburgh beer and the original lager created by Pittsburgh Brewing Company. And even though its namesake was built on gritty toughness and the strength of steel, Iron City has a clean, crisp taste you’ll enjoy. LOST COAST BREWERY Category: Beer Url: www.lostcoast.com Region: Eureka, California Description: Founded in 1990 by two women, Lost Coast Brewery and Café is one of the only breweries in the United States founded by women. Located in the Humboldt Bay area of California, Master Brewer Barbara Groom uses West Plains barley and the exceptionally clean water of Humboldt County to add West Coast flavor to her reimagined traditional English-style ales. MOODY TONGUE BREWING Category: Beer Url: https://www.moodytongue.com/ Region: United States Description: Moody Tongue’s goal is to create thoughtful, exciting beers that blend familiar flavors with quality ingredients through a philosophy of culinary brewing: using a chef’s mindset to highlight flavors and aromatics in balanced beers. Culinary brewing rests on three principles: 1. Sourcing the highest quality ingredients 2. Understanding how best to handle those ingredients to showcase flavors and aromatics 3. Knowing when during the brewing process to incorporate these ingredients Brewmaster Jared Rouben draws on his culinary training to forge this connection between the kitchen Moody Tongue Brewing, building recipes for beers in the same manner a chef would for a dish. Their beers are created with simplicity and balance in mind, and can be enjoyed both on their own or paired with food. MOYLAN'S BREWERY Category: Beer Url: www.moylans.com Region: USA Description: In 1995 Moylan’s Brewing Co. opened at Rowland Plaza, bringing Novato into the ranks of other world class brew towns like Portland and Seattle by claiming the rights to its own Microbrewery thanks to bay area native Brendan Moylan. The 44 year old co-owner of Marin Brewing Co. in Larkspur, Brendan brings more than 28 years of brewing experience to Novato, which began with his first home brewing kit one year after college. NEBRASKA BREWING CO. Category: Beer Url: www.Nebraskabrewingco.com Region: United States Description: Nebraska Brewing Company was formed in November of 2007 and has established itself as a Midwest Innovator of quality Craft Beers and Artisanal Barrel-Aged Products. Building on a reputation for quality, flavor, and creativity Nebraska Brewing Company strives to be a stand-out in an ever growing field. OFF-TRAIL COLLECTIVE Category: Beer Url: https://off-trailcollective.com/ Region: United States Description: For producers of craft beer, cider, kombucha, and hard seltzer, Off-Trail provides a range of services from distribution development to brand management to wholesaler relations. Off-Trail has relationships and licenses across the US which allow them to sell your product to craft-friendly wholesalers. They act as a clearing house to streamline expansion. Off-Trial also offers a full range of contract services for suppliers. ORANGE BLOSSOM BREWING Category: Beer Url: www.orangeblossombrewing.com Region: Florida Description: Orange Blossom Brewing is a home-grown company started by Orlando native Tom Moench. Starting with his very approachable, light, crisp honey beer named Orange Blossom Pilsner, Tom set out to help people discover and enjoy craft beer. His passion, creativity, high standards for quality and dedication to the science of brewing, has helped win fans all over the country. OBB now offers five beers available across Florida and parts of the Southern US. OTTER CREEK BREWING Category: Beer Url: www.ottercreekbrewing.com Region: Middlebury, Vermont Description: Otter Creek has been hitting, hopping and dosing brews with creativity since acid-wash jeans were hip. Under the direction of brewmaster Mike Gerhart, Otter Creek is undergoing a renaissance of rad, a rebirth of cool—throwing a bit of kind into the kettle whenever possible. RODENBACH BREWERY Category: Beer Url: www.cheers.rodenbach.be Region: Belgium Description: To everything that is not quite what you thought it would be. Just like Rodenbach. Trust them when they say it tastes slightly different than you would think. A beer that may look strong, but is as refreshing as taking a shower under a waterfall. Traditionally brewed but with a non-traditional taste. Dark red in color but not in flavor. Ripened and aged but blended with young beer. From the heart of West Flanders but ready to conquer hearts worldwide S&H INDEPENDENT PREMIUM BRANDS Category: Beer Url: www.shbrands.com Region: Europe Description: S&H Independent Premium Brands’ portfolio offers over a millennia of brewing excellence and a careful selection of products from award-winning, world-class breweries. For those who appreciate the rich history of brewing and the deep-rooted traditions of fine European breweries, S&H Independent Premium Brands imports the world’s finest ales and lagers to the U.S. SHMALTZ BREWING Category: Beer Url: www.shmaltzbrewing.com Region: Clifton Park, New York Description: Shmaltz Brewing Company has been crafting the award-winning, certified-kosher line called He’Brew the Chosen Beer since 1996, and has wandered in the wilderness of contract brewing until the summer of 2013 when the company’s new brewery officially opened in Clifton Park, N.Y., just outside of Albany. info@freedombeverage.net 4319 Waterleaf Ct, Greensboro, NC 27410 336.316.1260 ©2002-2021 Freedom Beverage Company. All Rights Reserved