How did Prodigal Son Brewing begin in Pendleton, Oregon?
Tim Guenther: We got started in Pendleton because there are no other breweries or brewpubs here and that was the original motivation for getting started here. My folks live in Pendleton and I was living in Portland at the time. There would be no place really to go when I came to visit. Brian (the Brewmaster) was living in Newport, OR and we started talking to him. There was an urban renewal project happening in Pendleton to renovate some of the old buildings downtown. There seemed like there was great potential for a pub with good atmosphere, somewhere where I wish I could go and drink beer. That was the motivation for getting something started here. Tim, how do you know Brian and Matthew? TG: We actually all went to school together. Matthew was in the same class and Brian was friends with my younger brother. Brian, living in Newport, Oregon, you must have been working at Rogue? Brian Harder: That is correct. I spent some time brewing down there. It is where I cut my teeth, it is where
