Journeyman Distillery recently released its first line of beers, Sea of Monsters, from its brewery in Valparaiso.

The inaugural beers feature ingredients grown in the Region. The team’s Whitechapel Kölsch uses Michigan pilsner malt. Their Between the Rows beer features Michigan-grown and malted bloody butcher corn. Bloody butcher corn is an heirloom variety of corn dating back to the 1800s.

Greg Winget, head brewer at Sea of Monsters, has more planned offerings. New releases will feature Michigan wildflower honey, locally grown hops and coffee from Valparaiso coffee roaster Yaggy Road.

Winget has almost a decade of experience in the business. He is designing a line of brews focused on regional iterations of popular American craft beers and barrel aged beers using Journeyman’s spent whiskey barrels. Winget is drawing from beer styles from across the world and exploring and resurrecting ancient recipes.

Journeyman Distillery was founded in 2010 by Bill and Johanna Welter. The family-owned grain-to-glass distillery is located in Three Oaks, Michigan. Journeyman Distillery recently opened The American Factory, a distillery and brewery in Valparaiso, Bill Welter’s hometown.

(Photo provided by Journeyman Distillery)