Vision
To be a thriving craft beer community in Arkansas.
Mission
To to strengthen and advance the Arkansas craft beer community by driving legislation, enriching education, fostering collaboration and growing promotion.
History
The Guild was formed in 2003 from a need have a unified voice in the state. Five breweries circled their wagons, and hired a lobbyist in order to pass the Arkansas Native Brewery Act. Those five breweries were Vino’s Brew Pub, Ozark Brewing Co., Diamond Bear Brewing, West Mountain Brewing, and Bosco’s. That piece of legislation allowed the breweries to self-distribute into retail accounts and allowed for taproom sales. Arkansas is considered friendly to the craft beer industry and that is largely due to the groundwork laid by the original 5 and the early work of the Guild.
