Cisco Brewers is a very small company founded a few years back by my husband Randy Hudson and me. I had started home brewing with some friends while living in California, but in 1992 I returned to the island and met Randy. Instantly I knew that not only was this man my soul mate, but just as importantly, he would make a great brewer. So I bought him a kit.
Our original brewery was outdoors in the backyard of the Nantucket Vineyard winery. We're pretty sure we were America's Only Outdoor Brewery, at least the only one that was legal! Randy put a very small system together from used equipment. The kettle had been used originally for Campbell's soup, then had a stint mixing suntan lotion. (Our beer tastes better than both.) I remember freaking out when we had to spend $1500 on a pump... Aye yi yi. After shelling that out, we had no choice but to make a go of it.
Our Beers:
* Whale's Tale Pale Ale
* Bailey's Ale
* Moor Porter
* Cap'n Swain's Extra Stout
* Summer of Lager
* Baggywrinkle Barleywine
* Celebration Libation
* Dubbel Felix Caspian