E-Malt.com News article: USA, CA: Three Mile Brewing Company to open in Davis next month

Davis beer enthusiasts will have a new reason to celebrate when Three Mile Brewing Company opens in Downtown Davis next month. With Sudwerk Brewery currently being the only brewery in Davis, Three Mile Brewing Company will be the second, and the first to open in Downtown Davis, The Aggie reported on January 26.

The seven founding members of Three Mile have been friends and brewing beer together for 15 years. The business name was inspired by the ban on alcohol within a three-mile radius of the UC Davis campus, which was in effect from 1911 to 1979.

The Three Mile team started a Kickstarter campaign in the beginning of November 2015 to raise funds to open the business. By the end of the month, the team had already surpassed their fundraising goal, raising over $16,000.

“Three Mile Brewing Company is headquartered in Davis, CA. Land of bikes, cool hippies, UC Davis and a ton of beer lovers that are clamoring for another local, dynamic, craft brewing company that delivers top notch beer,” says the team’s Kickstarter page.

Founder Joe Runner cited the company’s unique production system as a distinguishing factor of Three Mile Brewing Company.

“What we are doing that’s unique is producing every beer we serve within 25 feet from the tap room. We have a very small brewing system, so we have more agility in what we do,” Runner said. “We don’t need many ingredients per batch, and every time we brew we make approximately seven kegs of beer. With this small system, we can use unique, quality ingredients and be 100 percent in control of our beer.”

Runner made it clear that breweries in the greater Davis area have been very welcoming to the Three Mile team.

“It’s really fun being in the industry,” Runner said. “You would think it would be that some people would be hesitant to welcome us into the industry because of the competition, but the opposite has happened. Local companies including Sudwerks and Berryessa Brewing Company in Winters have been helpful and willing to provide advice from their business models, even offering to sell us equipment. It’s a tight knit community and we have a good relationship with all of the local breweries.”

Runner and several other founders currently work in the pharmaceutical industry, which he said lends itself well to brewing beer due to similarities in the production process.


29 January, 2016