Lone Tree Brewery

Lone Tree Brewery
Brewery
Founded 2009 (2009)
Headquarters Gush Etzion
Key people
David Shire (brewmaster)
Products Beer
Production output
5,000 liters/year
Website lonetreebrewery.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Lone Tree Brewery (Hebrew: מבשלת בירה העץ הבודד) is an Israeli kosher brewery located near the West Bank settlement of Kfar Etzion in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.[2][3][4]

History

Lone Tree brewery, which began selling beer commercially in 2010, was founded in 2009 by Myriam and David Shire and Susan and Yochanan Levin.[2][5] The Shires originally lived in Glasgow, Scotland and moved to Gush Etzion in 1983; the Levins immigrated to Israel from Maryland, USA around 2006.[4] David Shire, a biologist and resident of nearby Neve Daniel, worked at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and later as a landscaper before finally pursuing his dream of establishing a boutique brewery.[6] For Susan Levin – who is involved in the brewing process from measuring, mixing and boiling Lone Tree's beer ingredients to bottling the final product – Lone Tree is an expression of the Jewish people's historic connection to its land.[5]

Lone Tree brewery takes its name from the ancient oak tree that survived the Jordanian presence in Gush Etzion between 1949 and 1967 and that serves as a symbol of Gush Etzion.[3][6] The same tree also inspired the company's logo.[7]

Lone Tree manufacturing facility is housed in a 50-square-meter building in the center of Gush Etzion. According to Susan Levin, it is a destination for visitors from Tel Aviv and Haifa as well as from abroad.[5]

Products

Lone Tree brewery has a weekly output of 250–300 bottles, or 800–900 bottles per month. It produces between seven and eight varieties of beer, including an oatmeal stout, an India pale ale, a California common, a Piraat-style ale, and a pomegranate ale.[3][4][5][7][8][9] As of 2011, Lone Tree's beers are available primarily in the Gush Etzion area and in Jerusalem.[6] They were featured at the BEERS conventions in Tel Aviv in 2011 and 2012,[10][11][12] and they were featured at the 2012 Mateh Yehuda beer festival.[13]

See also

References

  1. מבשלות: העץ הבודד (in Hebrew). Beers.co.il. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 "New in Gush Etzion: Lone Tree Brewery". Keren Gush Etzion, Israel. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Frucht, Leora Eren. "Israeli Life: Guess What's Brewing?". Hadassah Magazine. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Ahren, Raphael (16 July 2010). "Strange land brew". Haaretz. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hasten, Josh (26 July 2012). "View From The Hills: Gush Etzion’s peaceful brewster". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 Breiner, Yehoshua (7 June 2011). הכירו את הבירה שהמתנחלים כן רוצים לחלק. Walla! News (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2 September 2012. מי שעומד מאחורי היוזמה יוצאת הדופן הזו הוא דוד שייר, ביולוג סקוטי חביב בן 51 שעלה לארץ בשנות ה-80 והתיישב בהתנחלות נווה דניאל. שייר מאס בשלב מסוים בעבודתו בבית החולים "הדסה" בירושלים, והחליט ללכת בעקבות חלומו.
  7. 1 2 Zippor, Amihai (1 October 2010). "Success is brewing". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  8. Lipman, Jennifer (20 July 2010). "The Scot bringing Israel beer". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  9. "Sunday Night Suds - Lone Tree Brewery India Pale Ale and English Northern Ale". Kosher Beers (blog). 20 March 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  10. Halperin, Lilly; Melamed, Dana (29 July 2011). "שופכים לאגר: איפה כדאי לשתות בירה בתל אביב" [Pouring lager: Where to drink beer in Tel Aviv]. Akhbar Ha'ir (in Hebrew). Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  11. גלזר, גרדה (11 January 2012). "תערוכת הבירה 2012". Walla! News. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  12. Eitan, Mira (8 January 2012). "BEERS 2012 – תערוכת הבירה של ישראל". Nana 10. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  13. תשתו משהו? פסטיבל הבירה של מטה יהודה [Something to drink? The Mateh Yehuda beer festival]. Ynet (in Hebrew). 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

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