brewing company industry alcoholic beverage founded october 1994 headquarters mukilteo washington united states products beer owner bob maphet andy eason pat ringe website http www.diamondknot.com diamond knot brewing company is a brewery and operator of alehouses in mukilteo washington usa . contents 1 history 2 beers 3 locations 4 personnel 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit diamond knot craft brewing was established in october 1994 by two boeing employees . the two handled all production and distribution in the evenings over the first four years out of subleased space in an alehouse . in march 1999 the alehouse was acquired . it was improved to increase capacity to about 1 200 barrels a year . 1 the brewery was not able to meet demand . capacity was quadrupled in 2005 with the opening of a 4 300 square foot 400 m2 facility . 2 beers edit according to the seattle times the brewery is widely regarded as producing some of the best most innovative beers in the region . 3 the india pale ale is the brewery s flagship beer . diamond knot has also produced a stronger industrial xipa . the brown ale is another popular selection . 4 locations edit diamond knot is the first microbrewery in mukilteo and the oldest in snohomish county . 1 the original alehouse features stone grill cooking . 5 in addition to the brewery & alehouse on the mukilteo waterfront the company operates the brewpub mlt in mountlake terrace wa and also the production brewery & taproom in at the company s headquarters . personnel edit the brewery was established by bob maphet and brian sollenberger . the two met at a beer club organized by boeing employees in everett washington . they kept their day jobs and annual production originally was limited to about 600 barrels . 3 in november 2009 sollenberger died in an accident at home . 6 sollenberger was a boeing engineering manager for the 787 dreamliner . 7 another aerospace engineer andrew ong co founded 2brothers brewery near melbourne australia after receiving hands on experience at diamond knot . 8 see also edit beer in the united states references edit a b county s oldest operating microbrewery getting bigger . mukilteo beacon . may 3 2006 . p. 7 . matlick justin april 2 2006 . after slump craft breweries enjoy resurgence . puget sound business journal . retrieved october 18 2011 . a b nelson robert t. march 18 2001 . microbrews microprofits . the seattle times . retrieved october 18 2011 . morrison lisa m. 2011 . craft beers of the pacific northwest a beer lover s guide to oregon washington and british columbia . portland timber press . pp. 123 125 . isbn 978 1 60469 313 3 . the beer book . london dorling kindersley and penguin . 2008 . p. 31 . isbn 978 0 7566 5007 0 . sheets bill november 6 2009 . diamond knot brewery co founder dead at 46 . the herald . retrieved october 18 2011 . diamond knot s dreamliner special . seattle post intelligencer . september 23 2011 . retrieved october 18 2011 . simpson willie september 16 2008 . small beer in the burbs . the age . access date requires url help external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to diamond knot brewing company . diamond knot craft brewing company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title diamond knot brewing company & oldid 733204161 categories beer brewing companies based in washington state companies based in washington state american beer brands1994 establishments in washington state companies based in mukilteo washingtonhidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlcommons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 6 august 2016 at 04 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view