Comrades in Beer

by Catherine Warmerdam / Sacramento Magazine

Few brewery openings have generated as much buzz as Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse, the much-anticipated project from restaurateur Rob Archie and brewer Peter Hoey.

Ten years in the making, Urban Roots was conceived by pioneers of the area’s craft-beer scene: Archie opened his highly regarded Pangaea Bier Cafe well ahead of the current beer craze, and Hoey is a brewer’s brewer who has admirers throughout the industry. But it’s the co-founders’ friendship, not their pedigree, that propelled the establishment forward.

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