Brewers and beer enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest know them as the region’s lager-brewing power couple—Lisa Allen, head brewer at Heater Allen, and Kevin Davey, until recently the brewmaster at Wayfinder—and now the two of them are officially going into business together.
Davey and Allen tell Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® that they are taking over the Heater Allen brewery in McMinnville, Oregon, while also launching a new venture and line of beers there called Gold Dot.
The Heater Allen brands will continue, including the popular Pils, while Gold Dot’s core beers will include a Bavarian-style helles and, of course, a cold IPA. Davey and Allen say they want to position Gold Dot’s beers as high-quality products that fetch a slightly higher price. “We are launching Gold Dot as a joint vision between the two of us,” Davey says, “and it is going to be pretty much Heater Allen’s luxury brand. That’s how I’m selling them.”