You guys… I’m just so excited about this weekend I can’t even stand it. It’s my absolute favorite time of the year. We’ve got two little kids which just makes Christmas positively magical. John and I are loving seeing the joy of the season through their eyes. When we first imagined Trek, we knew two things for sure. First, we knew we wanted Trek to become a community gathering place – a third place. We want all to feel welcome in the taproom. We want to be a family friendly zone, because we have kids, and occasionally we like to […]

Hey guys! Happy Thursday! Last week we spent some time talking about the Grand Opening and how incredibly awesome it was. We mentioned in that post that we now have 9 amazing Trek beers on tap. We want to spend some time this week talking about one in particular, our In Tents Experience Imperial Black IPA. We haven’t done a style spotlight in awhile, but the Black IPA is one worth exploring a bit. The entire concept seems a little out there. An IPA is traditionally pale in color, with almost no noticeable malt characteristics. A dark beer conversely is […]

Wow guys. Just Wow. We’re still reeling from one of the BEST weekends ever. We are GRATEFUL for all of your incredible support for our official Grand Opening. It was amazing! From the official ribbon cutting till the time that we locked the doors, we had an absolute blast.We had an awesome crowd, and we really appreciate everyone that came out to see us over the weekend! We currently have 9 Trek beers on tap including some old favorites and some new to the lineup. Our Grand Opening also rolled out our official beer names and the descriptions of those […]

It’s that time of year again when we start to think about all the things we’re thankful for. The list is incredibly long for John and I. Next week is Thanksgiving, and next week is also our Black Friday GRAND OPENING. Because next Thursday is Thanksgiving, we’ll be taking a week off from writing the blog. As we venture into our official opening, we wanted to take a few minutes for gratitude about the prelude to this Trek. First and foremost, we’re grateful to you all. You’ve supported us through the LONGEST soft-open known to man. We hit an incredible […]

Hey everyone! Happy happy Thursday! It’s been a crazy awesome week and we’re getting excited about lots of amazing things happening at the brewery. John’s been brewing and kegging like crazy, and we’re SO excited to have a cold room full of Trek beer. We’re building quite the stockpile for the grand opening and beyond, and we’re just overwhelmed with gratitude that we’ve finally made it! Now that we’ve finally got some beer coming off the big system, we’re able to start planning some awesome events! Starting Wednesday night, we’ll be doing Trivia with Spoo! Steve Spoo has been doing […]

This past weekend one of our very best friends surprised us by driving a couple of hours and showing up at Trek. I had a moment where I looked up at him and said, “Can you believe this is real? I swear we were just trying to figure out what we were going to call our brewery!” He just smiled at me and said, “So, how’s the stress?” John and I get that question or a form of that question a lot. Are we stressed? Absolutely. Would we do it again? In a heartbeat. There’s so much that goes on […]

The wait is finally over. You guys, we’ve finally set a date for our official Grand Opening! Black Friday, November 23rd is the day. We’ve chosen this date for a number of reasons. It’s Thanksgiving weekend and, above and beyond anything else about this incredible journey, we are THANKFUL. We realize that not everyone gets the chance to take this giant crazy leap to pursue their dreams, and we’re grateful to all the amazing people behind this Trek. It has been a LONG road, our soft open has been going on for a lot longer than we could have ever […]

This past weekend I was discussing the changing landscape of the beer isles at Kroger with with someone while I was washing dishes at the brewery. We were talking about how exciting it was to walk into the grocery store and be able to choose from such a wide variety of beers. As we were discussing some of their recent purchases though, they were dismayed to find out that the beer that they had bought was no longer considered “craft” beer. Craft beer is defined as Small (less than 6 million barrels of beer per year), Independent (less than 25% […]

Oh hey guys! It’s Thursday somehow again. I’ve gotta tell you, this week totally beat me and I’m so ready to hang out with you all at Trek over the weekend. As I was thinking about what to write about this week I realized that it has been awhile since I gave you all an update on what’s going on behind the scenes… so, it’s update week! We are still working towards Grand Opening. It’s coming, and it’s coming soon. John and I have a date in mind, and we’re just working on finalizing all the players before we announce […]

We’ve talked about our drive to give back to the community and the idea of the triple bottom line: doing business with a mindfulness for social and environmental impact in addition to solely being profit driven. Today we are going to talk about our goal for building and sustaining a business that can continue to provide for and better the community around it. We will be pursuing this goal by becoming a Certified B Corporation. Certified B Corporations are focused on having a positive impact on the world not only through the products and services they provide, but also in […]