Burdisson Brewery

Originally known as the Mines of Logann, what today is known as Burdisson Brewery was founded over 1100 years ago by Borrdar Burdisson, a visionary Brewmaster who united his clan towards a single purpose. That purpose was to brew the best beer in all the dwarven lands and beyond.

Where others saw only a used up old mine (The brewery, as pictured above, was actually once a coal and copper mine!), Borrdar saw a new home and a new direction for his people. So with a little luck and a lot of hard work, the Burdisson’s eventually renamed the Mines of Logann into the Burdisson Brewery, their home.

The old coal mines and the surrounding lands all underwent a massive transformation over the first few centuries. Farmlands, now rich and verdant, required decades of cultivation and shaping. Massive waterway aqueducts were constructed to bring the mineral rich water of the high mountains into the plains below the brewery. The work of becoming a truly independent entity was not realized until after Borrdar’s death. The Burdisson’s were saddened at the death of their strongest leader in centuries, and they were galvanized into forging ahead.

Before the brewing could get underway, the Burdissons had to first ready the land and invest in the machinery required for large-scale brewing. Some of the brightest minds in the dwarven world, most of them Burdissons, were consulted and contracted to work on the project. Many new breakthroughs in steam technology, now commonly seen in machinery across the world today, originated from the work directed by Borrdar Burdisson.

While work on the brewery itself commenced, another division of the clan was hard at work developing the surrounding lands into the farmland and other industry essential enterprises that would be needed if the Brewery was to be independent. This included acquiring timber and excavating large portions of the exhausted coal mines for stone used in new construction.

Though the Brewery was not completely independent when Borrdar died, Burdisson’s Dwarven Ale was already a recognized label across much of the surrounding lands, and it was growing in popularity.

For the Burdisson’s, it came as a great celebration and a great sadness that only ten years after Borrdar’s death the Brewery gained full independence. The last of their farming and shipping efforts were brought online, and the new Brewmaster felt that they no longer needed to import any materials essential to the brewing and distribution process. Borrdar’s dream, over 150 years in the making, was finally realized.

Brewmaster after Brewmaster instituted policies that helped the brewery grow in popularity, renown, and, most importantly, in quality. Burdisson’s Original, Borrdar’s now famous and time-honored beer recipe, was heralded throughout most of the surrounding kingdoms as the gold standard for what a beer should be. The Burdissons did their best not to grow complacent, however, and have continued to wow beer drinkers with many colorful and unique seasonal beers.

As far as the Burdissons are concerned, this is the Age of Beer. And they are at the forefront of the movement. Among the oldest breweries in existence, Burdisson Brewery is unique in its approach to brewing, labeling, and distributing beer. Many attempts have been made, by dwarf and human alike, to replicate the success of the Burdissons, but no one has been able to create a fully independent and cohesive operation quite like Burdisson Brewery.

With Burdisson’s Original still the hallmark label of the brewery and still made to the exact specifications of Borrdar Burdisson, and the additon of several dozen seasonal and regular labels, the Burdisson Clan is proud of what they have become. From their humble roots as a craftsman and forging clan, the Burdissons have risen above their original station into the halls of dwarf history. They are legends, and every dwarf who carries the name of Burdisson knows that the weight of a thousand years of tradition and countless millions of hours of labor have gone into making Burdisson’s Brewery what it is today, a legend in beer form. As they say, and as anyone who has had their beer can attest, “We forge mighty good ale.”