New Holland Brewing Company

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New Holland Brewing Company
New Holland Brewing Company Logo 2020.png
Company logo
Location Holland, Michigan
Opened1997
Key peopleBrett VanderKamp
David White
Annual production volumeca. 50,000 US beer barrels (59,000  hL) (2020)
Other productsBeer, Spirits, Canned Cocktails, Alternate Beverages
Restaurants and Tasting Rooms
Employees201-500
Website newhollandbrew.com
dragonsmilk.com
Active beers
NameType
Dragon's MilkBourbon Barrel-Aged Stout
Dragon's Milk: Tales of GoldBourbon Barrel-Aged Golden Ale
Dragon's Milk: Crimson KeepBourbon Barrel-Aged Red Ale
Dragon's Milk ReserveBourbon Barrel-Aged Pastry Stout
Tangerine Space MachineHazy/Juicy India Pale Ale
LightpointFunctional White Ale
The Poet Oatmeal Stout
Hazy RiverNew England–Style India Pale Ale
Seasonal beers
NameType
Dragons Milk: Triple MashBourbon Barrel-Aged Stout
Full Circle Kolsch
IchabodPumpkin Ale
Cabin Fever Brown Ale
Variety Packs Summer/Winter

New Holland Brewing Company is an American independent craft brewing and distilling company headquartered in Holland, Michigan. It also owns and operates brewpub-style restaurants and spirits-tasting rooms located across West Michigan. The company's craft-style beer brands Dragon's Milk, Tangerine Space Machine, and spirits brands Dragon's Milk Origin, Beer Barrel Bourbon among others, are distributed throughout the United States and exported to Canada, Europe and Asia.

After the sale of Bell's to Kirin, New Holland Brewing Company became the largest craft brewery in the state of Michigan. [1]

History

Brett VanderKamp and Jason Spaulding, the founders of New Holland Brewing Company, grew up together in Midland, Michigan, and later attended Hope College. In college Spaulding and VanderKamp cultivated a love of homebrewing, which would bring them together again shortly after graduation. Their business plan took two years to formulate, but once complete, the pair quickly lined up investors, and in 1997 New Holland was founded in Holland, Michigan. [2]

Originally, their goal was to produce beer that was characteristically unique to Western Michigan. Their beer was well received, and the company increased production to just over 5,000 US beer barrels (590,000 L) in 2006. In 2007, the company increased production to over 7,500 US bbl (880,000 L). [3]

New Holland began distilling bourbon, whiskey, rum, gin and vodka in 2005, and selling it in 2008. [4]

On August 23, 2018, New Holland Brewing Company announced that it will be re-branding its flagship Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout. [5] The company launched the re-branding Dragon's Milk packagin in 2023 alongside new Dragon's Milk items, Dragon's Milk Crimson Keep BA Imperial Red Ale and Dragon's Milk Tales of Gold BA Imperial Golden Ale. [6]

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References

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