Henhouse Brewing Company Palace of Barrels

Our story starts 20 years ago, when Scott stopped homebrewing. Realizing that fermentation was no mere hobby, he put away the carboys and took a deep dive into the world of artisanal manufacturing. Through earning a small business administration degree, becoming a Certified Herbalist, teaching essential oil distillation in Morocco and Vietnam, forming an industrial processing installation and design business, and fermenting pretty much everything regularly, Scott always kept working toward a Sonoma County fermentation venture.

Shane came into brewing from the music world. For a decade, he toured nationally in two bands, not only drumming but also booking shows, selling shirts and records, and getting the band from gig to gig on a schedule. While he wasn’t on the road, he was managing production at a co-manufacturing facility in Petaluma, where he and Scott began making beer on Scott’s essential oil distillation equipment. Brewing immediately clicked as a natural extension of the same creative process that drove his music. The path was clear, and Shane immersed himself in brewing science and technology.