Located in Bellevue, KY, we are a neighborhood brewery and taproom open 7 days a week with kitchen serving food 4 days a week. We love brewing dark and experimental beer styles and offering savory lunch and dinner selections.
*We are regularly changing beers and so we do reserve the right to change our beer selection at any time without notice or obligation
Originally from Minnesota, we sure are glad Mark has made Bellevue his home! With boundless energy he loves to play music and exercise in his downtime and always makes time for his lovely wife Andi!
Let’s learn more about our friend Mark…
Favorite beer at Darkness and beyond?
Any Anomaly beer we make(black session) and Braxton Lab’s did a spicy margarita gose that I loved!
Favorite Artist or Band?
Marvin Gaye or Gladys Knight
First job?
Bailing hay or Burgerchef
Fave quote/motto to live by?
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro- Hunter Thompson
If u could travel anywhere, where would u go? Denmark or Cameroon
Favorite movie?
Pulp Fiction
Last song you listened to?
Song from my Father- Horace Silver
Fave food you can’t live without?
Sambal Oelek-chili paste
Fave place you’ve been?
Cimarron, Mexico
Little known fact?
I was shot in the neck and thankfully survived! (Yeah we’re thankful too!)
Growing up in the air force, I moved around a lot as a kid. Today, I call Bellevue home but with mom and dad in Denver, I get to have two homes. I moved to Northern Kentucky about 15 years ago, and after a collection of short lived jobs, I got my first bartending job at the crazy fox saloon. This started my, unknown to me at the time, career in the bar business. Oh yeah… I also met my wife there. Outside of the crazy fox, I’ve worked in a few other small, local bars and restaurants, including Virgils Cafe. I like working for small businesses and I also like small batch beers.
So, about five years ago I started brewing beer at home. At first it was about learning more about beer, then it became an obsession, and it turns out, its also fun. When Ron and I started brewing together, people tasted our beers and really liked them, and wanted more. That’s when we started focusing on opening a brewery. Being from Colorado, I’ve been dreaming of this.
Jay has been slingin good eats off our food truck for the last year but has been a Bellevue staple for quite a long time, working at Virgils Cafe and the Elusive Cow. He says he learned to cook from his Grandma. Here are some fun facts about our friend Jay…
Favorite beer at Darkness and beyond?
Vodka and OJ instead please
Hobbies/ sparetime activities
Love to read and play video games
Favorite Artist or Band?
Temptations
First concert?
Reo Speedwagon and Styx
Fave song?
A boy named Sue- Johnny Cash
First job?
Handyman with Dad
Fave quote/motto to live by?
Think positive Be positive
If u could travel anywhere, where would u go? Japan
Favorite movie? Happy Gilmore
Last song you listened to?
Change is gonna come-Sam Cooke
Fave food you can’t live without?
Chinese food
Fave place you’ve been?
Daytona Florida
Little known fact?
I have a fraternal twin brother
Jesse was our first employee when we opened back in 2016! A quality technician during the day and dad to 4 girls (2 are his nieces he’s had guardianship since ‘04) , he has been with his wife Merry for 21 years. Here’s some facts about our friend Jesse…
Favorite beer at Darkness and beyond?
Man on the Moo and Rhinegeist’s Pure Fury Pale Ale
Hobbies/ sparetime activities?
Camping and playing drums for Brian Sauer and the Amazing Waste
Favorite Artist or Band?
Specifically the drummer Carter Beauford from Dave Matthews Band
Fave song?
16/12 by Vulfpeck
First concert?
Cheap Trick or Metallica
First job?
Concrete reconstruction/jackhammer at 16
Fave quote/motto to live by?
I’m here til I leave
If u could travel anywhere, where would u go?
Redwoods Forest
Favorite movie?
Spaceballs
Last song you listened to?
The Amazing Waste songs cause I’m still trying to learn them
Fave food you can’t live without?
Cheese
Fave place you’ve been?
Hocking Hills
Little known fact?
I’ve been known to cry at concerts/shows
You could say that Amanda is a ray of light in Darkness. Besides leading our Getting Bent yoga classes on Sundays she is a Reiki master and better half to our cofounder Ron. Hiking, hanging out with their three (adult) children, fur-babies, and playing bass guitar in her band Donkey Shades is what you’ll catch her doing in her downtime. Here’s some more about our friend Amanda…
Favorite beer at Darkness and beyond?
Mayan Sacrifice, more of a wine lover
Favorite Artist or Band?
Mandolin Orange
Fave song?
Trapezoid by Lettuce
First concert?
Marilyn Manson October 1996
First job?
White Castle
Fave quote/motto to live by?
Nothing is worth worrying over, everything will work out
If u could travel anywhere, where would u go?
Peru
Favorite movie?
Fools rush in
Last song you listened to?
I am awareness Ram Dass
Fave food you can’t live without?
Cheese and vegetables
Fave place you’ve been?
Puerto Rico
Little known fact?
Plays the bass
Favorite beer at Darkness and beyond?
Mayan, but my fave drink ever is a white russian
Hobbies/ sparetime activities
Watch documentaries, read and exercise my hand eye coordination (video games lol)
First concert?
Logic @ the Madison
First job?
Popeyes
Fave quote/motto to live by?
A moment of courage shines brightest against a backdrop of despair
If u could travel anywhere, where would u go? Korea
Favorite movie?
Pulp Fiction
Last song you listened to?
Scrambled by Havlock
Fave food you can’t live without?
Confectionaries…pies and pastries!
Fave place you’ve been?
Anywhere as long as I’m with the people who make it fun!
I have been brewing beer in Eric’s kitchen with him for about three years now. It all started when I asked him for some of his dark beer to serve to my guests at my wedding reception. After tasting his great beer, and seeing all the happy people drinking it (all) up, I knew I wanted in. With as much as I enjoyed trying different beers and being creative, I felt like I HAD to brew beer.
I left behind a career in real estate, specifically new home sales and marketing. Before that I was a computer nerd for Dell and for a minute, I even thought I wanted to be a rock star. But after brewing with Eric for some years now, it became clear that this was something we needed to do. With my background in the business side of things, and his in bar and hospitality, we found pretty quickly that I provided the yin to Eric’s yang. (yes I said Eric’s yang).