What is the story/history behind Pyramid?
Pyramid started out as Hart Brewing in 1984 in a small storefront deli in Kalama, WA. Pyramid Pale Ale was their first beer, and for a long time its flagship brew. Pyramid Wheaten Ale, the first wheat beer brewed in America since Prohibition, came out the following year. In 1989, five beer-loving investors from Seattle bought Hart Brewing and grew it up to what you know today. They changed the name to Pyramid Breweries in 1996 to reflect and to emphasize the flagship brand. Hefeweizen, introduced in 1993, has since taken over as the flagship beer, so much so that Pyramid and Hefeweizen are, in this country anyway, nearly synonymous. These days, Pyramid is consolidating its historical success in brewing wheat beers by widening hefeweizen’s distribution and developing new wheat beers. How long does it take to settle on a recipe for commercial production? That depends on the venue we plan to feature the new beer. A new bottled, wide release beer might take months of pilot brewing and lots
