Local Brewery Offers Free Tour On Beer Making

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Do you know how beer is made?

A brewery in Fargo invites the public to join in on a tour of the process of beer making.

There are a few local breweries in the F–M area. Drekker in downtown Fargo gave a sneak peek of their grains to glass process.

“A lot of people think that working in a brewery is just drinking beer and making beer all day long and it’s just some fun party. It’s not that,” says Drekker Co-Founder Mark Bjornstad.

Bjornstad is one of four owners of Drekker.

The brewing company opened a little over a year ago.

Since the launch, Drekker wants to educate the community on beer.

Bjornstad explains, “They’re not just some bland bubbly drink that you might have somewhere else, that local beer and craft beers are something different.”

The tour focuses on the craftsmanship of producing beer, which consists of the art, science, labor and passion put in.

Guests walked through the brewery with a beer in hand and an open mind.

“To have some local influence where the beer is made here and you can actually come and meet the people who made the beer. You can see how they make it. It’s just adds so much more to the experience. It adds a conversation and it just enhances it,” says tour guest Phillip Breker.

The company plans to keep the conversation going and hopes it echoes beyond the Red River Valley.

But from the taproom today, Drekker just wants to show how these raw materials become your favorite beer.

“Local breweries, we have a connection with the community. We really love the community we’re in. So we want to invite the community into our brewery to learn about what local beer mean and what craft beers really mean,” says Bjornstad.

The beer tour is more than just free booze.

A couple from the Lakes Area drove out just for the educational dose.

“It was fun to be able to ask questions. Just thought provoking, as far as different pieces whether from water to hops to the taste of the beer. It was awesome,” says Marcy Henrikson of Audubon.

Marcy’s husband, Tim, adds,”You get a lot of information. There’s a lot of people out there that want to home brew and this will give you some quick easy steps to get started. So definitely do it.”

The company plans to expand their beer to taps beyond the F–M area within the next two years.

If you’re in town and want to tour the brewery, visit Drekker’s website.