Hansen said, “I didn’t set out to be a brewer. I didn’t set out to own a brewery.”
But opening a taproom fits with what Matthew Hansen and his wife Sarah did before while living in Austin, Texas, but it’s a business of a different brew.
Hansen said, “Did a lot of startups and then spun them off, whether that was in the faith-based world, non-profit world or even internationally.”
When they came to Illinois to be closer to Sarah’s family, it was thought to be a temporary stop and starting a business was not the initial plan.
Taking their experience, they wanted to create something to help grow the local economy.
Knox County Brewing Company held a ribbon cutting Friday, October 19.
It included an appearance by Governor Bruce Rauner