About Brain Brew Distillery
Brain Brew Ventures 3.0 runs Brain Brew Distillery in Newtown, Ohio. The distillery sells bourbon under the Dexter and Riverboat names from its bottle shop. It has also run custom bourbon blending sessions, where customers blend their own bourbon. Custom bourbon orders and experiences in Cincinnati are now handled by a franchisee, Willow Run, in downtown Cincinnati. The contact form also lists private label and contract production and bottling.
Doug Hall and Joe Girgash founded the company. Hall is chief executive officer and Girgash is president. The distillery and bottle shop are at 3849 Edwards Road in Newtown. The shop is open to the public on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed the rest of the week. Eureka! Ranch is a sister company.
Funding Rounds (SEC Form D)
| First sale | Filed with SEC | Amount sold | Investors | Avg. check | Terms | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2026 | Nov 6, 2026 | $1,250,000of $3.0M target | 13 | $96,154 | EquityRule 506(b) | Form D ↗ |
First sale is the date the first investor in the offering committed to invest. Companies must file Form D within 15 days of that date, so filing dates run later.
Why Investors Backed Brain Brew Distillery
Brain Brew Ventures 3.0 is a Newtown, Ohio distillery that sells bourbon and lets customers blend their own. Its founders, Doug Hall and Joe Girgash, call it a product first distillery. Custom blending in Cincinnati now runs through a franchisee. The Newtown shop keeps selling the Dexter and Riverboat brands.
The problem it targets
The founders' view is that bourbon is a highly competitive field. In their words, a company must think and work smarter than its rivals to win. They named the company Brain Brew to remind themselves of that. Hall spent 10 years in brand management at Procter & Gamble. The founders hold that product quality comes before everything else.
What the product does
The distillery sells bourbon under two names, Dexter and Riverboat. Customers who made custom bourbon at the Newtown distillery have recipes on file, and the franchisee can look them up. The company also uses a process called WoodCraft Finishing.
Progress so far
The company started in the garage at Eureka! Ranch, a sister company. All WoodCraft Finishing is still done there. The company calls its working method the Brain Brew Way. It is a commitment to continuous improvement, drawn from the approach W. Edwards Deming taught Toyota and Sony after World War II.
We wrote this summary from public statements by Brain Brew Distillery and its investors. It is not investment advice.
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Leadership Team
Executive officers and directors listed on Brain Brew Distillery's Form D filed Nov 6, 2026.
Sources
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