Have Your Beer and Wine It, Too – Public House Vignoles IPA

Public House Brewing has been an oasis for me in Rolla, Missouri since they opened seven years ago. My wife’s family regularly gathers at her grandparents’ house on the outskirts of Rolla. And I honestly enjoy the weekends and holidays with her cousins, aunts and uncles. But, you know, sometimes you need a friendly pint away from the fam. Or with them.

Public House began as a 3.5-barrel tap room near the Missouri S&T campus in downtown Rolla. When demand outgrew their meager capacity, Public House entered a partnership on a larger, 20-barrel production brewery with St James Winery, right off I-44 in nearby St James, Mo. The new brewery has its own tap room next door to a wine tasting room and they share a lovely outdoor space. (The Rolla tap room and brewery remain open. The brewery there functions as a testing grounds for new beers.) Given the proximity and mutual business interest between the brewery and winery, some sort of fermentation co-mingling was inevitable.

Enter Public House

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