E-Malt.com News article: USA, OH: Catawba Island Brewing Company to open in May

Catawba Island Brewing Company will be opening in May, thebeacon.net reported on February, 18.

Life-long Catawba residents Mike Roder, Steve Busby, Cindy and Shad Gunderson are the minds behind what will be the Port Clinton area’s only microbrewery and tasting room. The Brewmasters will be Shad Gunderson, who has been brewing for over 20 years, and Mike Roder, who has been brewing for six years.

One of the seasonal brews will be Catawba Peach Pilsner.

Test batches are being brewed now, including the peach pilsner and an yet unnamed Scottish ale, so that they will be ready for production as soon as the construction and licensing are completed. It is anticipated that the microbrewery will open in early May and will stay open year round.

The tasting room will regularly feature four brews on tap: McFadden Red Ale, Back’er Forward Brown Ale, Couple Three Hops IPA and Pebble Beach Porter. The regular brews and other specialty brews will be available by the pint or in growlers.

Live music will be regularly featured at Catawba Island Brewing Company, acoustical entertainment that will maintain the living room-type atmosphere.

“We want to keep the focus on making award-winning craft beers,” emphasized Shad Gunderson, “and stay true to the mission of Catawba Island Brewing Company to honor and fulfill the science and the art of craft brewing.”


20 February, 2013