For the brewery side, we welcomed Jake Demski to our team. We wanted to create a place where family, friends, locals, and tourists could gather to experience exceptional South Haven beer with a unique, locally-based menu, and where parking spots were aplenty.īut, seeing as this is the first brewery/restaurant we’ve ever opened, we knew we needed to assess the skill sets and talent of the six of us and seek out the expertise of others where we were lacking in experience. Throw in a lot of savings, a ton of hometown pride and faith in our community, and a little bit of crazy and suddenly Three Blondes Brewing was in motion. We all wondered with excitement, “when is one going to open in South Haven?”Īs we waited, the ideas started brewing (see what I did there?) - what if WE started a brewery in South Haven? The ideas turned to research, research led to possibilities, and possibilities turned into planning. Meanwhile, craft breweries were popping up everywhere, creating cool community gathering places and even revitalizing small neighborhoods and towns. That put me and my sisters in close proximity once again, and family gatherings in SH were frequent. First, Megan couldn’t resist the draw of west Michigan for long, so she and Matt moved back from Arizona to start a family. Now, how do we go from the above descriptions and backgrounds to opening a brewery? That’s the (two) million-dollar question. Oh, and Amanda and Joe also have three blonde daughters, so they are already raising the next generation of Three Blondes. Did I mention our parents were also high school sweethearts who grew up in South Haven and moved across the street from their parents after graduating from Western and getting married? They say history repeats itself.
Amanda ventured to WMU for college, then moved next door to our parents’ house in South Haven, and married her high school sweetheart, Joe (who is now the general manager at the Motorplex). I made it as far as Kalamazoo College for school, moved to Grand Rapids to work in accounting, and eventually married a fellow business/finance nerd, Adam (thanks, ). But despite the small-town charm of South Haven, Megan and I both wanted to move far away to bigger cities after high school – Megan went to CMU, then moved to Phoenix, met Matt (an actual rocket scientist), and obviously married him. So growing up, my sisters and I were very lucky to spend every Sunday in the summer “water testing” the Jet Skis on Lake Michigan with our friends and family. Our parents, Ray and Linda, own and operate VanDerZee Motorplex in town, which is a Kawasaki/Yamaha powersports dealership (and now neighbor to 3BB). We were born and raised in South Haven, attended South Haven high school (Go Rams!), and took for granted the beautiful lakeshore town in which we grew up. Joining us on this adventure in brewery ownership are our husbands, but “Three Blondes and Their Husbands” just didn’t sound as cool. Although admittedly, my natural hair color is more of a dirty blonde so my sisters make me dye my hair lighter to fit in, but I digress. Together, we are The Three Blondes and yes, we “humbly” named the brewery after ourselves.
#Joe brewer rocket homes password#
Besides, my sisters don’t have the password to the website, so I’m telling our story my way.įor those of you who find yourself reading this, thanks for your interest! Like I said, I’m Carrie, the attention-seeking middle sister (hence my hijacking of the “About Us” page), my older sister is Megan, and Amanda is the baby of the family. But then I came to the realization that it’s the “About US” page, not “About THEM” so why am I pretending I’m a third-party person telling the story of the Three Blondes when it’s really just me – Carrie, Blonde #2. I just spent a lot of time trying to write the story for the “About Us” page in third person.
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