Pig's Eye Brewing Company
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The Pig's Eye Brewing Company was a beer brand and beer brewing company established in 1992 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1] They brewed the "Pig's Eye" brand of beers and the "Pit Bull" beer.
Pig's Eye was first launched in 1992, and reached volume of 35,000 barrels by 1994[2] by Minnesota Brewing Company.The folded in June 2002 due to financial troubles.[3][4]
In December 2002, it was reestablished when two former employees Phil Gagne (the brewmaster)and Jeff Crawford (the vice president of sales) purchased the recipes.[2][5]
The beer was named after Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, a probably French-Canadian man who became the first resident of Saint Paul and operated a tavern out of Fountain Cave near what is now downtown.[6]
