Herbiery Taproom
Brewery
2015 Winnebago St, Suite 101, Madison, WI 53704 (630) 881-0005 herbiery.comWe began with an imagination fed by plants & books. The seed of Herbiery, and hop free beer, whirled on the salty, gusting breeze over Homer, AK to land in Nia’s imagination. The seed took root. Between guiding canoe trips in the Swan Lake wilderness, leading fat tire bike trips on the beaches, and landscaping in the mountains across the bay, Nia was thankful for 18 to 23 hours of daylight. Free time was for two things: getting lost in the world of the written word or blurring the lines of where her self ended and the tidal zones, forests, and fireweed filled meadows began.
It was there, between those two points, that she discovered the book, “Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers,” by Stephen Harrod Buhner. Many of the plants described grew around Homer. Nia needed to close the gap between “plants” and “beer.” The only way to do that would be to make it themselves. Winter drove them out of Alaska and to a surprisingly rural New Jersey to live with their parents. Production began and so did education.
After completing three Herbalism certifications from the Herbal Academy of New England and brewing 17 unique brews, Nia was ready for the next step. With a deafening demand for more echoing off of her friends, family, and whoever tried these beers, Nia moved to Madison, WI. A homecoming of sorts as Nia was born in Stevens Point. Herbiery easily found a home in the verdant valleys, oaken hills, and marsh-ringed lakes of Wisconsin.