well, i have the priveledge of being around at the time of this brewery inception (at various student houses in Portland) and during its conception. coincidently, many of our common friends/house mates from Portlandia student days are in the beer bussiness now.

anyway…it’s named Nimbus after Nimbus the man…period!!! all that other shit is just somebodies historical revision to suit their cranky self-interest.

and the monkey…all Nimbus. He and his brother have been monkey from the day they were born and strove to teach the world of monkey ways. this shit goes way back, long before Arizona and nasty bussiness people or revisionists.

anybody who knows Nimbus and ever visited the brewery before its hostile take-over could see that the aesthetic and vibe of the place was pure Nimbus. Any other version is absolute bullshit.

it is apparently quite successful today – but pretty generic in its approach to things. the early success was from the ground up using Nimbus ‘sweat-equity’. Anybody who benefits today from what it has become should thank their fucking lucky stars that Nimbus was part of the show that made it originally an interesting place.

-jm

Here is a new article from the early days of Nimbus Brewing

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gb.....?oid=42202

-Josh

Stan had it right. Nimbus Couzin was one of the original founders. The other partners stayed out east and contributed initial capital, Nimbus brought his brewing experience, recipes, and turned an empty warehouse into Nimbus Brewing Company. Only a total idiot would buy the above version of the story about it being a coincidence that the brewer’s name happens to be the same one chosen. How many guys named Nimbus do you know?

Word has it that Nimbus left, disgusted by the behavior of the newest partner brought into the group. Many longtime employees also left. I don’t blame them. The new owner, Counts, treats everyone badly, and nobody likes him. I mean why would anyone want to stick around with someone like him? Well, they still make good beer, but not as good as the super hoppy early days when the REAL Nimbus was brewing.

Oh, and Nimbus was always into monkeys. The original six packs had a monkey philosophy written on the bottom. I stilll have one of them.

So good luck in trying to re-write history, but Scott Schwartz and Nimbus Couzin are the reason Nimbus Brewing kept going in the first few years.

I hear the taproom used to have old couches and stuff in it, but not anymore. The tables and chairs now all match and the bar looks pretty nice. The walls and guy behind the bar are still pretty funky though.

The equipment was scavenged from a variety of places, much of it Vermont.

The taproom was an after thought and decorated with stuff found at the Salvation Army. Not exactly designer-planned decor.