When Pierre Celis flew from Belgium to start a new brewery in Texas in 1992, no one suspected that he carried something very precious, concealed in his tube socks. It was the original yeast strain he had been using to brew his world-famous Belgian-style Wit beer for the past 30 years. 

When Pierre started his brewery in Austin, he created a craft beer movement that changed everything. Nearly three decades later Pierre’s spirit and his commitment to quality live on—along with his original yeast strain.