2012 will forever be a benchmark year for the Pfriem family. After over a decade of award-winning experience in the Northwest Craft Brewing Community, they finally achieved a life-long dream of opening their own artisanal brewery in Hood River, Oregon. This dream never could have come to fruition without the help of their two esteemed friends and business partners, Ken Whiteman and Rudy Kellner, and the loving support of their respective families. Their goals for the brewery are modest ones— to build a business that was tightly integrated with their family lives, to honor the place they call home and love so dearly, and to create a warm, friendly space where others could experience their creations. Their goals for the creations themselves are anything but modest. Pfriem artisanal beers are symphonies of flavor and balance, influenced by the great brewers of Belgium, but unmistakably true to their homegrown roots in the Pacific Northwest. Although they are served humbly, each glass is overflowing with pride and a relentless aspiration to brew the best beer in the world. They’ll let you decide.