Rod Edwards launched Shoug Brewing Company in 2016 as a small-scale post-retirement project. He slowly expanded his distribution network over the next 10 years to provide his beers to restaurants and bars throughout Southwest Washington.
Edwards wanted to open a brewery and taproom of his own, and almost did in 2019 until an agreement to lease space in uptown Vancouver fell through. His vision finally crystallized in 2024, when he brought in longtime friends and food service employees Jon Borth and Jess Cantrell as partners.
Two years later, Shoug’s Draft House is set to open on E Street in Washougal, offering wood-fired pizza and other handmade food items, Shoug Brewing Company beers and a family-friendly atmosphere in a renovated historic building. The restaurant and taproom is targeting a soft opening in the first half of March, Edwards said…