{"id":1024,"date":"2018-10-16T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2018-12-12T19:06:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T19:06:48","slug":"coastal-brewing-company-goes-above-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/coastal-brewing-company-goes-above-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Brewing Company Goes Above and Beyond Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The backstory of 7 Devils Brewing Co.<\/h2>\n

\u201cOne of these days I\u2019ll start a brewery,\u201d said Co-owner and CEO of 7 Devil\u2019s Brewing Company, Annie Pollard. \u201cThen a decade went by and no one did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entrepreneur or biologist? Actually, Pollard is both. She moved to Coos Bay, Ore. in 2003 to do research at the Charleston Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. Her science education allowed her to spend her winters in Antarctica and summers in the States. However, this lifestyle wasn\u2019t suitable for family life and after a decade of living in Coos Bay with her husband, Carmen Matthews she decided to think about a career change. At the time the couple was brewing small batches in their garage. Pollard\u2019s science background definitely contributed to their beer\u2019s success but her and her husband have always loved brewing and drinking beer.<\/p>\n

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Owners of 7 Devils Brewing Co. Left: Annie Pollard Right: Carmen Matthews<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

\u201cCarmen is very well-rooted in this community,\u201d said Pollard. \u201cEverybody knew Carmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, according to Pollard, Matthew was the Regional Manager of Dutch Bros in which she identifies as one of the main contributors to their success as a brewing company. His connection with the community allowed a lot of opportunity and support to follow his dreams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we finally made the call that this is what we were going to do,\u201d said Pollard. \u201cWe started brewing on a larger scale in our garage. Instead of doing just homebrews, we actually bought a pretty significant home brew system. We were brewing 30 gallons at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Using all grain, the couple started their recipe development. This left a byproduct of a significant amount of beer that they couldn\u2019t drink or sell, so instead they invited everyone over to fill up their growlers in exchange for critiques. At the same time, they were also looking for funding sources and a location to start their business.<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend of ours, David Ford, owned the building,\u201d said Pollard. \u201cHe knew we were looking for a spot and he asked us if we\u2019d partner with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The building located on S. 2nd<\/sup>street is almost a completely different building than what is was years ago. According to Pollard, the building was just a shell with good walls but terrible floors and when they drilled underneath they could see the tide coming in and out. In fact, the whole down-town area is built on dredge soil, an area that used to be a marsh field and a part of the bay. All of that area needed to be filled in along with a lot of other cosmetic repairs. Then, within three years, in 2013, 7 Devils Public House opened their doors at 247 S. 2nd<\/sup>St in Coos Bay, Ore.<\/p>\n

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The backstory of 7 Devils Brewing Co. \u201cOne of these days I\u2019ll start a brewery,\u201d said Co-owner and CEO of 7 Devil\u2019s Brewing Company, Annie Pollard. \u201cThen a decade went by and no one did.\u201d Entrepreneur or biologist? Actually, Pollard is both. She moved to Coos Bay, Ore. in 2003 to do research at the… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastaltourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}