Buzz Bomb Brewing Co – Production Facility

Benjie Gines, Bill Larson, Josh Flanders, Curt Armstrong, Dennis Larson

Partners Curt Armstrong, Josh Flanders, Benjie Gines, and Bill Larson had been avid homebrewers for years when they took their beers to the 2016 Springfield Oyster & Beer Fest as part of the local homebrew club the Prairie Schooners. The reception from the public there was so good that the very next day Josh & Bill went to work with the Small Business Development Center to put together a business plan and by the end of 2016 financing had been secured, a location purchased, and the journey begun.

Eschewing investors and committed to doing everything possible themselves, the partners spent the next 14 months renovating and remodeling the old Oasis bar on 4th and Adams in downtown Springfield into a production microbrewery with a two story taproom. Just like the handcrafted beer produced here, the interior was designed and built by them – everything from the tables to the lighting down to the baseboards and trim.