The experience inspired co-founders Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan to bring Belgian brewing techniques to their hometown.
After three years, the couple was selling Fat Tire, one of their original beers, at a nearby festival. Currently, they are producing more than a dozen beers.
They have spent thirty years developing flavors specifically for the US market, yet they all use steam, which is something in common with all brewers.
In addition to being an essential component of the brewing process, steam is used to sanitize their brewing apparatus.
Wort, or the liquid taken from the first fermentation, is boiled in large cone-shaped kettles.
