Brad Eldridge-Smith and Mark Valencia met each other through the local homebrewing community. In the two and a half years since they met, it has been rare for them to brew without each other. It was evident early in their partnership that the two were going to be fast friends.
BRAD ELDRIDGE-SMITH
BRINGING A TRUE
Craft Brewery TO SPRING HILL
MARK VALENCIA
Eldridge-Smith is originally from Knoxville, Tennessee. His introduction to zymurgy, the study or practice of fermentation in brewing, winemaking, or distilling, started with wine. “I was living in Tullahoma and a local shop had winemaking classes. My wife and I thought it would be a great date night, so we signed up. After making wine for a while, I got a beer making kit for Christmas. That was more than a decade ago at this point,” Eldridge-Smith explained. Valencia, a native Californian, has been in Tennessee
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for the last several years. Like Eldridge-Smith, he has been an avid homebrewer. He was used to a wide array of craft beer being at his fingertips since California has the largest number of craft breweries in the United States, with nearly 1,000 calling the state home.
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