Over the past 25 years, it’s been quite a journey to build New Glarus Brewing Co. into a successful craft brewery that annually brews 250,000 barrels of such iconic beers as Spotted Cow, Moon Man and Two Women from two brewery locations in the tiny town of New Glarus, Wis. (population 2,000). But that’s exactly what New Glarus Founder and President Deb Carey did with the help of her talented brewmaster husband, Daniel Carey, a Diploma Master Brewer.
When the couple was first starting out, Deb Carey was busy caring for their two young daughters, Nicole and Katherine, and working as an entrepreneur importing German furniture. A production supervisor at Anheuser Bush at the time, Daniel Carey was growing tired of the corporate environment and rotating shifts.