MISSION
LONGTAB is a brewery in planning owned by a US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) veteran. It’s mission is to craft great American made beer, and to give back to the SF community.
Longtab Brewing is still very much in the planning stages with plans to open a physical location by early 2017.
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Who we are…
Before Longtab, the original name was Meerkat Brewing but it was rejected by the US trademark office (someone else was using Meerkat for a wine). Meerkat was the mantra of SFODA 2023; a band of Special Forces (Green Berets) brothers that were lucky enough to travel the world spreading freedom for almost two decades. Besides the mission at hand, we all sought out the local beer in whatever country was under our feet. The love of beer still keeps the original Meerkats in touch on a daily basis…and is the inspiration for Longtab Brewing.
The image above is a silhouette of SFODA 2023 from 2002 in eastern Afghanistan dressed in local garb.
ABOUT THE BEER, AND THE BEER (MORE TO COME)
All Longtab brews are proudly made in the great State of Texas, and without additives or preservatives. Once open, Longtab will offer some of its beers in Organic form, with the goal of going all organic as we are able.
Longtab brews are not yet for sale. However, we are looking to change this very soon, so stay tuned.
Below are some sample labels of beers already developed. More are on on their way!
WHY ORGANIC?
Longtab Brewing will initially offer some of its flagship brews in organic form. Those brews will use certified organic ingredients, except where there is no substitute available. We will not use unnecessary additives, preservatives, or clearing agents. We will do this for two reasons:
1. Unfortunately, we live in a world where our food supply is dominated by fake, highly processed, genetically modified, arsenic and antibiotic fed, growth hormone injected, artificially flavored, chemically died, high fructose corn syrup laden, banned in other countries junk. Beer shouldn’t be made with junk. One way to serve up some good, honest, clean beer is to use only fresh ingredients known to be free from unnecessary stuff.
2. My wife was diagnosed with cancer at age 36. After 8 (yes, EIGHT) surgeries, 4 rounds chemo, losing her long hair, incredible emotional and financial strain, and a whole lot of other horrible things cancer patients go through…the docs could not attribute her cancer to any gene mutation, family history or other common cause people get cancer. She is an avid runner and nonsmoker. Left without a clear answer, the only possible causes were something she either put in or on her body. Therefore, in order to give herself the best shot at not having a cancer recurrence, she decided to eliminate as much cancer-causing chemicals and ingredients as possible from food, cosmetics, household cleaning stuff, etc.
As for foods (and drink), certified organic ingredients are free from many of the harmful chemicals and pesticides that have shown clear links to cancer. So, when the idea of a brewery began to seem more like a reality, I wanted it to be something she would enjoy as well. This isn’t to say we live in a bubble; we do, after all, love beer!
You can read more about her story here.
Don’t drink dirty beer.
GIVING BACK…
We will always remember our Special Forces roots, as there is nothing in the world quite like being on an ODA. It’s fun, but that fun sometimes comes with high risk that often ends in tragedy.
Therefore, portions of all sales will benefit the Green Beret Foundation which provides immediate financial assistance to Green Berets who are injured in the line of duty, to their families, and to the families of our fallen brothers.