The brewery was founded in 2015 by Sunghoo Yang, a former investment analyst, Heeyoon Kim, a former Korean medical doctor, and Daniel Tudor, a journalist for The Economist.
[1] In 2015, they acquired a brewing facility in Eureka, California, previously owned by Lost Coast Brewery.
[2] They are well known for Taedonggang Pale Ale, a collaboration with Danish microbrewery Mikkeller, and also for being the second non-U.S. craft brewer to produce beer in their own facility in the United States.
The idea to start the pub was inspired by Tudor's article in The Economist, which claimed: “brewing remains just about the only useful activity at which North Korea beats the South.”[4] The pub began selling Bill's Pale Ale, The Booth's first brew, along with a small selection of pizza.
[11] In October 2015, they acquired a brewing facility in Eureka, California, formerly owned by Lost Coast Brewery.