Twin Leaf Brewery

Twin Leaf Brewery

When you walk into the Twin Leaf space, it’s clear that the brewing system is the pride and joy. The 10-barrel setup is the first thing you notice. While the rest of the wood-filled taproom is subdued, the brewery tanks shine golden in the evening light. It will no doubt be the envy of many startup breweries, and certainly of the average homebrewer. It’s everything you would expect from an operation headed by two former engineers starting a brewery in their retirement. But Tim and Steph Weber, the husband-and-wife co-owners, aren’t exactly retired. They’re pushing 30. “We had the dream of opening a brewery in college, but it was a pipe dream for when we retired,” says Steph. “Then we got engineering jobs and were miserable. So we fast-tracked the brewery idea and signed up to go to brewing school.” The couple attended the American Brewers Guild and never looked back. “We’ve been working on this dream for eight years,” says Steph. “Tim was a mechanical design engineer, and I was a software engineer, so we sort of transitioned those skills to brewing — he’s still the equipment guy, and I handle the recipes,” says Steph. “We’ve brewed 282 batches together, and it’s really a partnership — we’re the two leaves in Twin Leaf.”