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Case Study: Twin Oast Has Built a Destination Brewery in Ohio

This bucolic Catawba Island brewery lures visitors with 63 acres of orchards and farmland—then turns them into loyal fans of its impeccable beer. Its next act? Acquiring another, distinctly less agrarian, brewery.

Kate Bernot Sep 14, 2023 - 12 min read

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Twin Oast Brewing is sometimes credited with putting its hometown of Catawba Island, Ohio, on the map. What was once a gas-station-stop town on visitors’ way to the boat parties of nearby Put-In-Bay—nicknamed “Key West of the North” among locals—has become a destination in its own right.

Much of that is thanks to the work of the Smith family. Parents Donna and Quin own the 63-acre farm and orchard on which Twin Oast is situated; their son Cory operates the brewery.

Mike Bassett, a family friend of the Smiths whose son operates the small chain of Bassett’s Markets in Ottawa County, Ohio, says the brewery’s effects on the small town can’t be overstated.

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