Lone Tree Brewery
Brewery
Founded2009
Hq location cityGush Etzion, West Bank
Key peopleDavid Shire (brewmaster)
ProductsBeer
Production5,000 liters/year
Websitelonetreebrewery.com

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.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[2] 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.[4]

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.[1][4] The same tree also inspired the company's logo.[5]

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.[3]

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.[1][2][3][5][6][7] As of 2011, Lone Tree's beers are available primarily in the Gush Etzion area and in Jerusalem.[4] They were featured at the BEERS conventions in Tel Aviv in 2011 and 2012,[8][9][10] and they were featured at the 2012 Mateh Yehuda beer festival.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Frucht, Leora Eren. "Israeli Life: Guess What's Brewing?". Hadassah Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ Ahren, Raphael (16 July 2010). "Strange land brew". Haaretz. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ Hasten, Josh (26 July 2012). "View From The Hills: Gush Etzion's peaceful brewster". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ Breiner, Yehoshua (7 June 2011). "he:הכירו את הבירה שהמתנחלים כן רוצים לחלק" (in Hebrew). Walla! News. 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.
  5. ^ Zippor, Amihai (1 October 2010). "Success is brewing". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  6. ^ Lipman, Jennifer (20 July 2010). "The Scot bringing Israel beer". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Sunday Night Suds - Lone Tree Brewery India Pale Ale and English Northern Ale". Kosher Beers (blog). 20 March 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  8. ^ Halperin, Lilly & Melamed, Dana (29 July 2011). "שופכים לאגר: איפה כדאי לשתות בירה בתל אביב" [Pouring lager: Where to drink beer in Tel Aviv] (in Hebrew). Akhbar Ha'ir. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  9. ^ גלזר, גרדה (11 January 2012). "תערוכת הבירה 2012". Walla! News. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  10. ^ Eitan, Mira (8 January 2012). "BEERS 2012 – תערוכת הבירה של ישראל". Nana 10. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  11. ^ "he:תשתו משהו? פסטיבל הבירה של מטה יהודה" [Something to drink? The Mateh Yehuda beer festival] (in Hebrew). Ynet. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.