“I’m not like other brewers which have 30 beers on tap,” says Big Frog Brewing owner Carter Wexler. “I want to have a core eight to ten that I make consistently and make well.”Fans of micro-brew beers have a new opportunity to sample local suds with the opening of Big Frog Brewery Company’s tasting room on Dayton Boulevard.
Carter Wexler, owner and founder of Big Frog Brewing, has been making his craft beer available at numerous bars and restaurants in the Red Bank and Chattanooga area since 2014. The success of his blends made him want to open his own space for his beer, he said.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, Wexler formally opened his brewery to the public.
“The opening went really well. We had a lot of folks come out, including the [Red Bank] mayor and a couple others from the [Red Bank] city council,” he said. “The community has been so supportive of us.”
Wexler started the company after brewing as a hobby on-and-off for nearly 30 years, but the explosion of popularity in the micro-brew scene encouraged him that he could make a living at it, he said.