Contributor: Ralph Wells

April of 2010 Steve Neukomm sold Augusta Brewing and Beer Garden to Jeri and Terry Heisler, owners of John G’s Bierdeck in Washington and longtime Augusta Brewing customers. At the beginning of 2012 renovations of Droege grocery store on Main St. in Washington to move the brewing operations in and open a new Taproom. On July 13, 2012 John G’s Taproom opened. By November of the same year the new brewing system was fully installed and production brewing began at the new location. John Witte began brewing at Augusta 2005 and helped open Square One brewery with Steve Neukomm the following year(2006). Shawn Herrin was brought onto the Augusta/Square One brewing family in early 2009. That summer Shawn was given the Head brewing duties at Augusta and John ran the Square One brewery.

Updated: August 25, 2015