The first Thomas Kemper Root Beer was brewed by Andy Thomas and Will Kemper (local Northwest beermeisters) back in 1990. They wanted to serve a cool alternative to beer at their Oktoberfest celebration. It quickly became so popular they had to invent Novemberfest. Now you’ll find Thomas Kemper all over the West (and everywhere else if you look hard enough) – thanks to a lot of great stores and restaurants that share the best of taste.

CHEERS TO THE FUTURE

Good news. We’re still a small, dedicated crew of totally soda-centric people. No old geezer named Thomas Kemper looking down from a founder’s portrait. No bossy parent company. Just a nice president named Bill who comes to work each day at our little place in Portland and gets foam on his upper lip like the rest of us worker bees. That’s our story and we’re sticking with it. Making great beverages in small batches is a big kid’s dreams come true. We’re not about to blow this pop stand.