After working together on a few creative brew sessions, the beginnings of a brewery began to percolate. In 2009, the Tucson Homebrew Club brought father & son together with Tristan White-a like-minded home brewer and craft beer evangelist who'd been entertaining similar fantasies. Within 10 years, his son Eric had been bitten by the brewing bug, become a BJCP certified beer judge, and wandered off to Vermont to study at the American Brewer's Guild. Right then he decided to start saving to open his own brewery. Founding partners include Maneet Chauhan and her husband Vivek Deora, as well as CEO Mark Jones and Brewmaster Derrick Morse.Dragoon Brewing Company's origins go back to the mid-90's, when company founder Bruce Greene brewed his first batch of beer in his kitchen. Life Is Brewing, LLC, established in early 2017, is the dynamic team behind Mantra Artisan Ales and the newly established Steel Barrel Brewing Co. Steel Barrel Brewery’s main brewing facility and taproom is scheduled to be completed in Murfreesboro agritourism destination Hop Springs in late 2017. Brewing hard-working beer for the hard-working individual, the company’s first line of approachable brews was introduced in 2017 and included four mainstays: Americana, an American Pale Ale, Frost, an American-Style Kolsch, Johnny Red, an American-Style Scottish Ale, and Pioneer, an American-Style British Mild. Steel Barrel Brewery, Middle Tennessee’s newest brewery, is the brainchild of Mark Jones, Derrick Morse and a team of partners and experienced beer industry veterans. Phase two of Hop Springs, which is set to begin in spring 2018, will include lodging as well as a multi-purpose event venue with further details to be announced. Middle Tennessee’s newest craft brewery, Steel Barrel Brewery recently introduced its first line of craft beers earlier this year that are now available in various restaurants, bars and retailers throughout Murfreesboro and across the state.

Available for enrollment in fall of 2017, the MTSU Fermentation Science program is only the second certified program of its kind in the nation.įounding partners include Maneet Chauhan and her husband Vivek Deora, as well as CEO Mark Jones and Brewmaster Derrick Morse. MTSU was granted legislation by the state that allows the university to permit students to do lab work at neighboring Steel Barrel’s brewing facility.

In a partnership with Middle Tennessee State University, Hop Springs will also be home to a fermentation lab to be used by the MTSU Fermentation Science program.

Once complete, Steel Barrel Brewery at Hop Springs will be Tennessee’s largest craft brewery and second largest brewery. Scheduled to be complete in late 2017, the first phase of Hop Springs will include a 2,000-seat amphitheater, a 10-acre hop field, wet and dry dog parks and scenic hiking and biking trails.

– Life Is Brewing, LLC-the team behind Mantra Artisan Ales and the recently-launched Steel Barrel Brewery-has broken ground on Hop Springs at 6790 John Bragg Highway in the heart of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.Ī one-of-a-kind agritourism destination, Hop Springs is set on more than 80 acres on which Steel Barrel Brewery’s main brewing facility and taproom will be housed. Team Behind Mantra Artisan Ales Reveals Plans for the 80+ Acre Agritourism Destination Scheduled to Open in Late 2017

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