Point Labaddie Brewery

Born and raised in Chesterfield, MO, I began home brewing in 2004 using a 3-gallon stainless steel pot on an electric stove burner. Charlie Papazian’s “The Joy of Home Brewing” was my guidebook as I began my journey with malt extract batches, and quickly decided that I needed to start hobbling equipment together to start brewing all grain batches. It took exactly one batch for me to fall in love with brewing, and soon I was fantasizing over home brews about one day making a living at it.

In 2009, a Sabco Brew Magic was purchased. The Brew Magic allowed for improved batch repeatability and tinkering with recipes in a more scientific way. I enrolled at Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL in 2012 to gain a professional education in brewing technology, followed by 6 weeks of advanced brewing courses at their sister school Doemen’s academy in Gräfelfing, Germany, just outside Munich in the Spring of 2014. 

Everything finally came together at the end of 2015. An equipment vendor was selected, funding completed, and we closed on 17 acres of pasture and woods on the south side of the community of Labadie, MO, about 100 yards off Highway 100 (Historic Route 66). Construction started on the building in January 2016 and brewing and retail sales licenses were received in September 2016. I then began brewing our first batches on our newly installed 15bbl brew house, and our tap room opened to the public with 8 guest beers on tap. The first Point Labaddie beer, our Batch 1 Saison (now renamed Saison Du Labaddie), was served at the end of October 2016. The Grand Opening was held in mid-November with 3 Point Labaddie beers, and 5 guest beers on tap. We now have all 8 taps filled with our own beers.