Drift Prairie Brewing Company
Jamestown, USA · Est. 2023
From the record
What we have established
Jamestown's modern brewery. Soft opening 18-20 May 2023, public opening 22 May 2023, at 121 3rd St NW in the former Jamestown Sun building, purchased in August 2022 - a former newspaper office, not a brewery predecessor. OWNERSHIP IS BROADER THAN THE TWO VISIBLE PRINCIPALS. Opening-era evidence says six households were founding owners with additional outside investors, mostly from Jamestown; Nick Bruns and Emma Kleingartner were identified as co-owners and John Rose as general manager and co-brewer. A 2024 regional profile presents Bruns and Kleingartner as the owners, which does not establish that every earlier investor exited; the dated cap-table transition is PARTIAL RESOLUTION and full percentages are UNKNOWN. Co-owner Christian Cairy described Drift Prairie in 2023 as Jamestown's first brewery since the 1880s, and earlier Tally's research independently recovered 1880s Jamestown brewing - the claim is plausible and consistent, but is carried as the first modern Jamestown brewery verified by Tally's rather than upgraded to an unqualified statewide archival fact. Jamestown, North Dakota must not be confused with Jamestown in New York or Rhode Island, which dominate search results. Source: contemporary Jamestown reporting, per North Dakota Passes 24-25.
The People
Behind the beer
Named as a co-owner at opening; the founding ownership was six households plus outside investors.
Named as a co-owner at opening; the founding ownership was six households plus outside investors.
Named at the May 2023 opening.
The Beer Library
Beers
Plains Folk Summer Ale
Year-RoundSummer Ale
Dated to 18 May 2023, the soft-opening window.
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Year-RoundAmerican Pale Ale
Dated to 18 May 2023, the soft-opening window.
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Year-RoundAle
Dated to 27 May 2023, just after the public opening.
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