{"title":"Westbrook Brewing","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Edward Westbrook was in college, his girlfriend Morgan—now his wife and business partner—taunted him about his cocktail-drinking. \"I challenged him to brew beer instead, and that's when homebrewing became our 'thing,'\" Morgan says. \"It was pretty amazing that you could brew a keg of beer (141 pints) for about $20. If you held a keg beer festival and charged $5 a cup, you could pay the tuition. ...I held a lot of festivals.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e After college, Morgan decided she could pay not only her tuition but also her bills with beer. \"And I refused to date a lawyer,\" she jokes. \"That was another option for Edward, but it's a completely different kind of work environment. So we ended up at the brewery. It felt like home.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe brewing couple opened Westbrook Brewing on December 20, 2010, in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, to be near their families—not to mention that there were only a handful of breweries in the area at the time. Five months later, they married, and Edward brewed Mexican Cake for the wedding reception. The beer was a 10% ABV Imperial Stout to which habaneros, cinnamon, vanilla, and cacao nibs were added during maturation. \"I tried to make the flavors distinct but not overpowering,\" Edward says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"I remember when he described Mexican Cake - I thought he was a little crazy,\" Morgan recalls. \"But he has a knack for mixing and combining flavors, and so I was excited by the idea.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/4772\/9064\/collections\/1E1DFFC5-9143-4A6D-A142-A10DBFDCE7CB.jpg?v=1748805174","url":"https:\/\/www.beerbellycologne.de\/en\/collections\/westbrook-brewing.oembed","provider":"Beer Belly Cologne","version":"1.0","type":"link"}