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Craft Cocktails

What do the lottery, an axe, a gate, and craft cocktails have to do with each other? The year is 1798. The proprietor of the "Axe & Gate" tavern in London won a portion of the lottery. Beset by beneficence, said proprietor decided to clear the tabs of all of his regular customers, many of [...]

What We Did on Winter Break…Local Farm Tours!

There is nothing cuter than looking at a baby pig or - wait a minute, maybe a baby cow. Well we got to see them all this past Monday as we went on a local farm tour. As we look to expand our locally sourced food for Cantina we teamed up with Lee Petitgout, Agriculture [...]

LRB Cantina Winter Break

Well, no time like a pandemic to open a restaurant. As we get ready to celebrate the holidays and look forward to 2021, we are going to take a Winter Break. You may have heard that we will be closing LRB Cantina from December 21 to mid-January. We are taking this time to recharge, and [...]

LRBeerthday Spirit Week

Since we can't host our usual #LRBeerthday celebration this year - we decided to spread it out all week long with a little something for everyone every day during LRBeerthday Spirit Week! Cheers to Six Years Served! 🎉Wednesday, August 26th - Four Legged Friends It's National Dog Day and it's also bring your pup to [...]

Special Release: Black is Beautiful

Collaborative Friendships One of the greatest things about being in the brewery business is the friendships we make with other breweries. We really do root for each other, support each other and celebrate each other's accomplishments. Earlier this summer, when our country came together to bring awareness to injustices that many people of color face [...]

Masks Required

LRB Brewpub is opening again this Thursday, July 9th at 4pm with continued safety guidelines in place. We are so appreciative of everyone’s well wishes and notes of support over the past week. We are continuing with our safety guidelines we have in place. These include pre-screening our employees prior to work shifts, reinforcing hand [...]

Book Report: Beer School

For her latest Book Report, Cassie educates us with a quick summary on Beer School. Jonny Garrett and Brad Evans are a pair of British guys that explore the world through beer. They document their journey and put it on their YouTube Channel: The Craft Beer Channel (which you need to check out). They love [...]

Pink Boots Brew Hazy Pale Ale – Round 2

The Pink Boots Brew was so good the first round, we got it on the schedule again. Back in March, we brewed this beer using the Pink Boots Blend of hops by Yakima Chief Hops. The hops were especially selected by the Pink Boots Society for International Women's Brew Day. The blend consists of Azacca, [...]

The Glass is Half Full

The glass, and our dining room, is half full. Thanks to everyone who has come out the past couple of weeks and joined us for a pint. You may have noticed that we took over part of our parking lot for waiting areas, spread out the patio seating, and recently, started seating inside. The rules [...]

Book Report: Barrel-Aged Stout And Selling Out

If you are in the beer business this is a must read. If you are interested in a startup business, family relations or the biggest beer company in the world, you want to read this book. Josh Noel does a great job of weaving together the story of John Hall and his son Greg building [...]