Broomtail was founded by husband and wife team, Barry and Lisa Owings in 2014 as a way to share their love of brewing, using her Artistic Ability and his Scientific Expertise to develop consistent, high-quality, delicious beer. Barry (a water chemist and formulator by profession) began home brewing in 1990 with his friend Randy Shelton. The journey toward learning the processes – mechanically, chemically, and biologically to not only develop delicious beer but to duplicate the recipes and statistically prove consistency had begun.