Early History
The Rahr and Sons brewery was established in 2004 in a warehouse south of downtown Fort Worth by Frederick "Fritz" Rahr and his wife Erin, with a great deal of support from family and friends. Fritz Rahr, a former railroad company worker who has studied brewing in Germany and at the Siebel Institute, is a graduate of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. When the brewery began production in the summer of 2004, its original head brewer was Jason Courtney, the 2002 Great American Beer Festival Small Brew Pub Brew Master of the Year, who had run Hub City Brewpub in Lubbock, Texas. Courtney installed the brewery and created the original recipes.
After Courtney's departure, James Hudec of Brenham Brewery was named brewer for the following six months. At first, all of the Rahr beers were self-distributed. Rahr's first two beers were Blonde Lager and Rahr's Red amber lager. These were not available in bottles until December 2004, the same month in which Rahr's third beer, Ugly Pug Black Lager, was released. In July 2005, after months of tap-only availability, Ugly Pug appeared in bottles as well.
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