ABOUT US

Our Story

Every brewery begins with a dream. For Suwanee locals Randall and Angela Veugeler, that dream was fueled by a love of craft beer and community. In 2011, they turned that passion into the Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest—a small local event that grew into Georgia’s largest craft beer festival and was named USA Today’s 2025 Reader’s Choice Best Beer Fest in America.

Through the festival, the Veugelers met Phil Farrell, a homebrew legend with hundreds of awards to his name. Together, they realized they shared the same dream: to open a brewery of their own. With Aaron Bisges, a recently graduated lawyer joining to lead operations, the team set out to make it happen.

As the team searched for the perfect location, they learned the county’s fire department, which occupied the station across from Suwanee’s Town Center Park, would be relocating in two years. They used the time to plan and, when the building became available, transformed it into a welcoming, modern brewery while preserving its character and community feel. In October 2019, StillFire Brewing officially opened its doors.

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Our Name

The name came naturally. After years of dreaming, they knew the fire to open a brewery had never faded—and the name StillFire was born. It stands for everything they believe in: a place where connections are sparked, creativity is unleashed, and courage is kindled to chase your passions. That energy guides everything they do and lives at the heart of their mantra: Find Your Fire.

Our Mascot

Bandit the Raccoon
Raccoons are curious, clever, and always up for an adventure—just like the spirit behind StillFire Brewing. Bandit reminds us to explore, have fun, and chase the passions that light our fire.

THE STILLFIRE NAME

StillFire Brewing, like all breweries is the fulfillment of lifelong dreams. Suwanee residents Randall and Angela Veugeler’s passion for craft beer and love of their community inspired them to create the Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest in 2011. The festival has since become the largest craft beer fest in Georgia and was named the 2022 Reader’s Choice Best Beer Fest in the United States by USA Today. It was through the festival that the couple met Phil Farrell, a legend in the homebrew community, who over the years had won hundreds of awards for his beers. The couple and Farrell soon discovered that they each had the same long abandoned desire to one day open their own brewery. Sharing their dreams with each other was the spark the group needed to do something, and they set off developing plans. Aaron Bisges, a newly graduated lawyer, was brought on to run operations and the founding team took shape. When thinking about a name, the group kept coming back to the idea that they still had that fire to open a brewery after all those years and the name StillFire was born. The name had a message that resonated with how they envisioned StillFire Brewing. They wanted the taproom to be a place that could spark conversations that could lead others to find that flame burning within themselves, and to find the courage to act on those passions. That spark is symbolized in the company’s logo and tagline: Find Your Fire.

FIND YOUR FIRE