Cellarest Beer Project

PLANTING THE SEED

Founder and Head Brewer Mark Goodwin first began dreaming of creating a farmhouse inspired brewery in 2011 while brewing in Portland, Oregon. He always planned to bring this vision back to North Carolina where he was born and raised. Asheville, with its dynamic culture and cultivars, seemed the obvious home for the project to begin.

BACK TO THE ROOTS

Cellarest Beer Project found its roots during a camping trip in the Blue Ridge mountains in the summer of 2018. Here Mark and fellow Appalachian State graduate, Harrison Fahrer, bonded over craft beer, the value of community, nature, and the commonality that all three share. Shortly after this trip they joined up with Bill Zimmer who is also a veteran of the North Carolina beer industry with the knowledge and experience they needed to make this dream a reality.