Hedgehog Brewing was founded by Jonathan Harris and his brother Chris in April 2019 just outside of Austin, TX.
After home brewing voraciously for years they’d honed their recipes, harvested their own yeast and set about making their unique mark on craft beer. They focused on fermenting beers with wild Hill Country yeast with a core of the business in farmhouse beers. They also did well with their IPA
Jonathan echos the sentiment we hear a lot on this show: “Imagining recipes and brewing beer is rewarding, running a brewery fucking sucks.”
Hedgehog pivoted repeatedly over the years. They started as distro-only and then opened a public taproom in 2021. They realized that their nano system couldn’t generate enough revenue so they started contract brewing select parts of their lineup off-site.
Please enjoy this story of Jonathan’s fight to find profitability at his brewery for 4 years before finally hitting the lights and shutting it down.
Hedgehog's Kickstarter Campaign
Craft Beer Austin's article about Hedgehog Closing
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