The Pig's Eye Brewing Company was a beer brand and beer brewing company established in 1992 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Pig's Eye was first launched in 1992, and reached volume of 35,000 barrels by 1994[2] by Minnesota Brewing Company.The folded in June 2002 due to financial troubles.
[3][4] In December 2002, it was reestablished when two former employees Phil Gagne (the brewmaster)and Jeff Crawford (the vice president of sales) purchased the recipes.
[2][5] The beer was named after Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, a probably French-Canadian man who became the first resident of Saint Paul and operated a tavern out of Fountain Cave near what is now downtown.
[8] Pigs Eye Brewing Company shut down during the coronavirus pandemic due to restrictions and financial short comings.