It all started around February of 1995. My Father and I decided we were going to try and brew a batch of homemade beer.  We went to one of those homebrew places where you can go in and try some of their beers on tap.  If you found one you liked, you could go in the back and brew up a batch for yourself. 

     We decide to make up a batch of their Pale Ale.  This was our first experience with the whole beer making process.  We had the best time boiling the wort, adding all of the grains, malt, and hops.  Neither of us really knew much about how beer was actually made, so it was a great learning experience for both of us.

     Once we were finished brewing our beer, it was time for it to ferment.  So we left the beer there for about two weeks, and then came back with our beer labels ready to start bottling our creation.  There we were filling up all of the 70+ bottles, and glueing on all of the labels.  All the while, trying not to spill much of our tasty beverage.  After many samplings, we finally had all of our beer bottled and capped and ready to take home.

     We had a wonderful time making our first batch of beer, and definitely wanted to do it again.  The only problem with this homebrew beer shop was that a 5 gallon batch of beer ended up costing around $125.  We thought that was a little steep.  It was right around Christmas time, so my Dad and I decided to go in together on our own homebrewing equipment and brew beer from home.

     We went down to the local home brew supply shop and purchased all of the equipment.  We were like two kids in a candy shop!!  About $500 dollars later, we had everything we needed to make our second batch of beer from home.  You should have seen the look on my Mom's face when my Dad and I showed up with all of our new toys!

     We wasted no time with trying to make our second batch.  The weather did not want to cooperate with us that day though.  It was raining and there was thunder and lightning.  It even hailed on us for a while.  I'll tell you though, you never saw two happier guys staring at a pot of boiling water!  We were able to finish the batch with no major problems, and now the beer was ready to ferment.

     After two weeks, the beer was ready.  Instead of bottling this batch, we decided it would be much easier to keg the beer.  With kegs though, you needed something big enough to keep the kegs cold and some way to pour the beer from the kegs.  I donated my old college refrigerator (which is still running strong to this day) to the cause.  We were able to get two 5 gallon kegs in there with a 5lb C02 tank.  We drilled two holes in the side for the faucets and added a couple tap handles.  It turned out awesome!

     When I finally moved out on my own, I needed my own refrigerator to pour my own beers.  I didn't want a stand up refrigerator that would only allow me to chill down two 5 gallon kegs.  I wanted options! I wanted, at least, 5 beers on tap at my house at all times.  It was right around this time that I came up with the TrewBrew Kegerator. And after I moved out of the bachelor pad and got married, I made some minor improvements to my kegerator.  Here are some pics of pretty much one of the coolest things you will ever see...the ultimate kegerator, inside, the fridge, pint glass display.  The fridge slides out just like a drawer so that I am able to open the lid of the fridge to swap out the kegs.  I had been collecting pint glasses for years, so the pint glass displays on either side of the kegerator were a perfect addition and really pulled the whole creation together.

     I was getting so many awesome reactions from people who saw it for the first time that I decide that I should sell these to beer lovers everywhere.  I originally planned just to build a website about the TrewBrew Kegerator, but I started thinking that if someone was interested in my kegerator, then they might also be interested in some Tap Handles.  And if they were interested in Tap Handles, then they might also like Beer Bongs.  I started thinking of all these things that a beer lover might like to purchase, and the site just kept growing and growing into what you see today.

     After about 5 years thinking about it, and 2 years building this site, TheBeerMall.com is finally a reality and a dream come true for me.  I've worked very hard to build a complete beer merchandise superstore for all of you, and I hope it shows.  Please take a look around.  I look forward to hearing from each and every one of you in the future.  Take care, and Happy Drinking!

Ryan Bevers
TheBeerMall.com
ryan@thebeermall.com