Silver Gulch Brewing & Bottling Company
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Silver Gulch Brewing & Bottling Company is the second largest microbrewery
in Alaska
. It was founded in 1998 in Fox, Alaska
, outside Fairbanks
. It is one of a dozen breweries in the state, despite Alaska's small population and preponderance of dry communities. It is also the most northerly brewery in America, located only a few degrees south of the Arctic Circle
. The company's brewing vessels were acquired from the defunct Conners Brewery in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Microbrewery
A microbrewery or craft brewer is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer, and is associated by consumers with innovation and uniqueness....
in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. It was founded in 1998 in Fox, Alaska
Fox, Alaska
Fox is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2007 census the population was 353.-Geography:...
, outside Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...
. It is one of a dozen breweries in the state, despite Alaska's small population and preponderance of dry communities. It is also the most northerly brewery in America, located only a few degrees south of the Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For Epoch 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs north of the Equator....
. The company's brewing vessels were acquired from the defunct Conners Brewery in St. Catharines, Ontario.