Loose Shoe Brewing Company, LLC

This infatuation with beer likely started when I was about 12 years old. After long hours working in the garden and processing our days harvest, Grandpap and I would enjoy a cold Löwenbräu beer and a big slice of Colby cheese. It was the well-deserved reward after a long, hot day. That was a long time ago and neither of us knew what craft beer was, let alone how it would one day influence millions of beer drinkers. Jump ahead twenty years or so. My sister buys me a Mr. Beer kit. Lots of fun, not great beer, but it was a start. I mean, who doesn’t want to make their own beer?

​About a decade passes, buying mediocre beer and craving something better. I discovered that great beer is available if you are willing to go find it. So I went searching. I found myself at a place called Pints O' Plenty in Forest, VA, tucked in the far end of an antique mall. The beer selection was vast and had something for every palate. Incredible bottled beers and ways to make your own...hmmm. I pondered that idea for a few months and spent time talking to anyone who would listen to my ramblings about the virtues of better beer and the prospect of making my own.