Founded in 2023 by Sam and Kate Milne, Larrabee Lager Company was a 10-year dream come true. Sam’s passion for beer and homebrewing came about while he attended Western Washington University. In 2013 he moved back to Bellingham to pursue a career in the beer industry where he was hired as a keg washer at Kulshan Brewing Company and worked his way up to Head Brewer in the five years he was there. In 2018 Sam was awarded the Glen Falconer Brewing scholarship to attend Siebel Institute in Chicago and Doemens Academy in Munich. The opportunity to travel around the world and study beer, especially lager, at two of the most prestigious brewing schools in the world was magical, inspirational, and educational.

Upon Sam’s return, he was hired by Brick West Brewing Company, a startup in Spokane, to help design, build, and operate the new brewery. After two years of helping to launch the company, history repeated itself, yet again, as Sam and Kate returned to Bellingham in 2021 to follow their dream and to accomplish the goal they set out for 10 years ago: opening their own brewery.