Home of the Brave: A Casita Beer Series

At Casita, we’re not just brewers—we’re history buffs, storytellers, and proud Americans. We believe the past matters. It shapes who we are, what we value, and where we’re going. And as the 250th anniversary of our nation approaches, we felt a pull to honor that story in the best way we know how: with beer, conversation, and community.

So we got to work. We made a list—not of the most famous names, necessarily, but of the people we believe helped define the American spirit. Leaders, dreamers, builders, fighters. Twelve legends. Some are household names, others deserve to be. All of them made America what it is.

It wasn’t easy. Narrowing it down meant a lot of reading, debating, laughing, and second-guessing. Sure the first two or three are easy, but the last 4 or so? Tough. You try it! But just like crafting a great beer, we took our time and followed our gut.

What came out of it is something we're proud of: a year-long series of beers—each one brewed with care in honor of a figure who helped shape our country, released month by month in no particular order, as we count down to July 4th, 2026.

We hope you enjoy the beers. We hope you learn something new. And most of all, we hope this series gives you a chance to reflect—on where we’ve been, who we are, and how lucky we are to share this place we call home.

Thanks for being a part of it.
—The Casita Family

“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
—Abraham Lincoln, House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858

Release #1 — Abraham Lincoln
Vienna Lager

Abraham Lincoln came from hard country—born in a Kentucky cabin with more timber than opportunity, raised on work, books, and loss. He had less than a year of formal schooling, but somewhere in that lanky frame was a mind hungry for law, language, and above all, truth. He spoke plainly, thought deeply, and read the Bible and Shakespeare until their cadences found their way into his own.

When the nation began to tear itself apart, it was Lincoln—not polished, not pedigreed—who shouldered the burden. He didn’t begin the war as a crusader to end slavery, but war has a way of refining men. What began as a fight to preserve the Union became a moral reckoning, and Lincoln—through grief, doubt, and steady resolve—became the man history needed.

He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation not with fanfare, but with firm conviction. He passed the 13th Amendment with political grit and quiet courage. He filled his cabinet with rivals, not friends, believing unity was forged in fire, not comfort. And when the killing stopped, he asked for neither vengeance nor celebration—only healing.

We brewed Four Score and Seven Beers Ago, a smooth Vienna Lager, in tribute to this rare kind of leader: one who grew into greatness and never stopped walking forward.
This is an easy drinker—clean, balanced, and quietly confident. A soft malt backbone, a touch of bitterness, and just enough body to linger. Like Lincoln, it’s honest, unpretentious, and made to stand the test of time.

It’s the first in a year-long tribute to the figures who built, shaped, and held together this place we call home.

-August 2025

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