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Preyer Brewing Company

The Preyer Brewing Company was a family-owned and operated business, born and raised in Greensboro. A small batch brewery, Preyer focused on a range of styles and occasionally pushed the boundaries with some traditional Southern ingredients.

Oral history interview with Nicole Preyer (2018)

If you're really engaging your customers in the community, you're not entirely in charge of that goal. It becomes something where you get feedback and if you're a shrewd community builder... you realize that you've also got to provide what the people want.

Nicole Preyer, co-owner of Preyer Brewing Company in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, describes her brewery and its connections to the community. Topics include: education, working in the brewing industry, family owned businesses, and her unique experiences as a woman in the brewing industry.

View the Nicole Preyer oral history interview.

Oral history interview with Calder Preyer (2017)

Just making something satisfying with your hands. It's nice to get to the end of a long hard day... and see a bunch of people in the tap room enjoying all the beer that I've been working hard to make.

Calder Preyer, co-owner, president, and head brewer for Preyer Brewing Company in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, describes his brewery and its connections to the community. Topics include: working in the brewing industry, the challenges and benefits of working in a family business, and the connections between Preyer Brewing and the Preyer family's long history in Greensboro, North Carolina. Preyer Brewing Company was founded in May 2015.

View the Calder Preyer oral history interview.

Preyer Brewing Company Archive