Shale Creek Brewing

It all began with a broken foot in the winter of 1999.

After surgery to repair the foot and three months of non-weight bearing activities, Mike decided he needed some sort of new hobby. After a Dr.’s visit, he stopped at a local wine and homebrew shop and headed out the door with two box kits; one for wine and one for beer. That purchase was the first step. As with most newbies to brewing, it started on the kitchen stove and ended with a sticky mess to clean-up. At that time, wine was Mike’s choice over the full flavor of craft beer.  He did not brew any other beer for many years.

Ten years later, after rekindling a lost friendship with an old buddy, Mike asked if he had ever brewed beer. It did not take too much pondering on either part and brewing started all over. The spring of 2009 came with a slight upgrade of brewing equipment and use of the garage instead of the kitchen. That second brew was all it took to be hooked on craft brewing as a hobby.