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ditives, preservatives and ad- we may have underestimated ed for mass consumption.” July 4, 1984. A month later,
| juncts such as rice and corn. the impact taste would have. “We both agreed that we they moved their residence
Donald wanted to call their “If people want to buy a case wanted to turn out a flavorful from Plano to Lucas.
beer Reinheitsgebot, but Mary for the weekend just to have it beer,” Donald said. “Plano seemed to be the most
stood firm. around, then that’s fine with us Their inspiration were the im- logical place to locate the
“Our first allegiance is to Col- too ... ports of Germany. brewery,” Mary said.
lin County, and I felt our name “We just want to stay in con- The two met in 1973 while in “We had to locate somewhere
should reflect that,” Mary said. trol. Anytime you get too big, Morocco. Both were touring the that was wet; and in Plano, the
“We are quite happy to please you lose control of the end pro- countryside, Donald by bicycle population is diverse. There are
some of the people some of the duct.” and Mary compliments a people from all over the country
time ... The Thompsons cite several Volkswagen camper. and all over the world, the kind
“But never say never. At this examples, including marketing “We actually learned how to of people we felt our beer would
point, we are surprised by some blockbusters Coors and Miller drink in Europe,” Mary said, appeal to.”
of the feedback. Lite, mass-produced beers the “or maybe a better way to say However, Plano didn’t exact-
“We never set out to sell couple contends are watered that is that we learned how to ly welcome the brewery with
those who claim to have a down in an attempt to make a appreciate beer.” open arms.
favorite beer. We consider our product “that won’t offend “I was never a big beer “There was a lot of red tape,”
beer, like wine, to be more for anyone-” drinker but fell in love with the Donald recalls.
German products.” “I’m not sure what it (the ci-
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Riyn hiyts g'boht) regulations, special occasion ... “That’s not to say those are
In other words, their un- “But a lot of the comments not quality beers,” Mary said,
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“And then we came up with of which has been purchased by
the idea of brewing our own Spoetzl Brewing Co. out of
.beer.” Shiner, Texas, makers of Shiner
That idea was soon thrown to beer.
the wayside after the initial There are three employees:
stabs at home brewery resulted Donald, Mary and David
in less than satisfactory results. Guillebeau, a brewing assistant
“There is a definite quantum the Thompsons attained from
leap between good home brew Alabama at the suggestion of
and a commercial product,” Dillon.
Donald said. Plans now are to work
But a little encouraging and a towards purchase of three new
few suggestions from Phil fermentors that would increase
Dillon, a Dallas engineer who maximum production from its
has the reputation for being the current 800-cases-per-month
most knowledgeable home level to 2,000 cases per month,
brewer in the area, fueled the Coors, as a comparison, current-
urge to resume the effort in the ly turns out an approximate 1.8
spring of 1980. million cases per month.
And before long, the Thomp- “Your larger brewers can’t af-
sons began thinking of produc- ford to make limited runs of dif-
ing a beer not only for their own ferent beers, ’ ’ Donald said,
tastes but for the consumption “That’s not what they are in
of others. the business for.
Following note-taking trips "It’s kind of a Catch 22. The
to microbreweries in California, larger breweries can’t compete
Nevada and Colorado and ex- with us, and we can’t compete
tensive study of the trade at with them. We don’t intend to.
several institutes across the Our purpose is to provide a pro-
country, Donald was ready to duct for some tastes, for all
concoct a recipe. seasons.
In 1982, Donald s recipe won “Our beer has almost an her-
him honor as the Home Brewer bal taste, and, unlike most
of the Year at the American beers, which we feel are over-
Home Brewers Association s carbonated, our beer is much
Great American Beer Festival. less filling “
For us, that kind of confirm- The result is a price that is
ed that the beer was as good as somewhat steeper than what
we felt it was, Mary said. you would pay for your beers
At the time, there were only mass produced in the U.S. of A.
eight microbreweries (breweries _ but a bit less than most im-
that produce less than 10,000 ported lagers or premium
barrels of beer per year ) American pilsners.
across the country. There are But it is a concession the
now 23, one of which is Collin Thompsons are willing to make.
County’s own. . Whether that approach pays
An approximate 200 bankable dividends, a scorching
microbreweries in the U.S. are Texas summer may soon tell,
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The Thompsons moved into
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five years later. be sinful to have a brewery in
Much of the time getting to Plano.
know one another evolved “I think they were also think-
around a shared goal. ing big boilers, a factory
“When we both wound up in maybe.”
Dallas that next year,” Donald Reinheitsgebot Brewing Co.
said, “Lowenbrau and is anything but. The Thomp-
Heineken were about the only sons work out of a small,
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