Lone Tree Brewery

Lone Tree Brewery
Company typeBrewery
Founded2009 (2009)
Headquarters
Gush Etzion, West Bank
Key people
David Shire (brewmaster)
ProductsBeer
Production output
5,000 liters/year
Websitelonetreebrewery.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

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

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.[4] The Shires originally lived in Glasgow, Scotland and moved to Gush Etzion in 1983; the Levins immigrated to the West Bank from Maryland, USA around 2006.[3] 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.[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.[2][5] The same tree also inspired the company's logo.[6]

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.[4]

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.[2][3][4][6][7][8] As of 2011, Lone Tree's beers are available primarily in the Gush Etzion area and in Jerusalem.[5] They were featured at the BEERS conventions in Tel Aviv in 2011 and 2012,[9][10][11] and they were featured at the 2012 Mateh Yehuda beer festival.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ מבשלות: העץ הבודד (in Hebrew). Beers.co.il. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Frucht, Leora Eren. "Israeli Life: Guess What's Brewing?". Hadassah Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Ahren, Raphael (16 July 2010). "Strange land brew". Haaretz. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Hasten, Josh (26 July 2012). "View From The Hills: Gush Etzion's peaceful brewster". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ a b Zippor, Amihai (1 October 2010). "Success is brewing". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  7. ^ Lipman, Jennifer (20 July 2010). "The Scot bringing Israel beer". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Sunday Night Suds - Lone Tree Brewery India Pale Ale and English Northern Ale". Kosher Beers (blog). 20 March 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ גלזר, גרדה (11 January 2012). "תערוכת הבירה 2012". Walla! News. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  11. ^ Eitan, Mira (8 January 2012). "BEERS 2012 – תערוכת הבירה של ישראל". Nana 10. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  12. ^ 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.