Brewery Outré began as the vision of our Founder and Head Brewer, Ted Linabury. As a long-time homebrewer, Ted started Brewery Outré out of his love of great beer, pursuit of unique flavors, and desire to bring some more outré beer styles to his hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Ted began brewing because, aside from it being a fun way to make beer for himself and his friends, his favorite style of beer—saisons—were notoriously hard to find locally, expensive, or both. As he began experimenting with different yeasts, locally-sourced grains, and a variety of hops, Ted’s beers became more nuanced. This was in part due to his focus on the terroir of each ingredient and fermenting with yeasts that impart a dry finish. Wanting to do something different and intrigued by the concept of natural wines—a type of wine that relies principally on the terroir of the grapes and wild yeast—Ted began to delve into the world of beer-wine hybrids. Soon, a saison made with 100% Michigan-grown ingredients (including the yeast), a sauvignon blanc saison (that would eventually evolve into our Blanc Slate OEPA), and Phoenix Haus Ail were born, albeit without names yet.
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