
An Open Letter and a Call to Action
To the good people of Green Bay: We have recently opened our doors and become a part of the burgeoning Green Bay craft brewing scene, and we need your help. Usually the way we ask you to support us is to come to our taproom and drink fermented beverages. It’s a tough job, but you’ve answered the call, and we appreciate every glass you’ve raised in our local establishment. Now, however, we need to ask for your support in a slightly different way, one that doesn’t involve quite


Ruminations upon Opening
As I sit here in the empty building a couple of days from our grand opening, looking at the space our team has crafted, I can’t help thinking about all the man (and woman) hours that have gone into this place. This is where that grit that I mentioned comes in. On April 1st, a mere two months ago, Hinterland had their last day in this building. Later that night our wrecking crew (a loose term for all the manly men in our group) entered and started knocking down walls. We came


Grit and Grist--the Copper State Story
In the 1970s and 80s, several people were born, many to the same family, and more who would marry into the aforementioned family, or marry cousins of said family, or siblings of those who married into the family, or be close enough friends to be considered family, and all of this was perfectly legal and not weird. These people would grow up to become bankers and steamfitters and moms and coffee shop owners and salesmen and teachers and dads and lawyers and engineers…and brewe