• Ryan Pécot – Adopted Dog Brewing

  • Feb 8 2025
  • Length: 52 mins
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Ryan Pécot – Adopted Dog Brewing

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  • Ryan Pécot, proprietor of Adopted Dog Brewing, is a successful commercial realtor with Sterling Properties as well as a force in changing the food and entertainment landscape in Lafayette. Adopted Dog Brewing offers a family friendly place to bring your kids and your dogs. Located at 329 Dulles Drive, it celebrated its second anniversary on February 1, 2025. A public celebration will be held on February 22 , 2025, where The Good Dudes will be playing. "They're at the brew house right now brewing a beer with my brew master called the Good Brew 2, a Mexican cerveza with lime that we will release on our birthday party weekend," Ryan says. Ironically, Ryan didn't drink beer much in his college days. And he recounted that when he and his younger brother would travel to sporting events, his brother would always sample local craft beers, while Ryan would choose generic alcoholic beverages. "Ultimately I got jealous of him. And being jealous of your younger brother is not that cool. I realized he was getting more out of our trips than I was because he was getting a local flair whereas I was just getting the regular thing. I made a New Year's resolution to learn how to drink beer. And on January 1st, I drank a beer and it was awful. And I drank another one. I couldn't figure it out. I just didn't like it. And then I got to a spot where I did. On one of those trips, I said if I ever learn how to drink beer and if I ever open a brewery, this is some of the things I'd like to do. Our flagship beer, which is aptly named 337, is a Blueberry Blonde inspired by a place called Boston BeerWorks across from Fenway Park. We walked in there and saw a bunch of ladies drinking beer, which was not normal. They all had blueberries in their beer. How are all these chicks drinking beer? Like, what is going on? And then I realized, that if I ever open a brewery, I'm going to offer a blueberry lager, because clearly this works." A few years back, Ryan wasn't planning to open a brewery, but was inspired to open Adopted Dog by synchronistic events. One day, he and a friend were driving around the industrial area near Dulles Drive looking for a site to store their UL tailgating trailer and assorted gear, while waiting to have a B. F. Goodrich tire changed on Ryan's truck. They happened to pass by 329 Dulles, the site of the former Cafe 329 which was owned and developed by Peter Martin. "We went through that cul de sac by SLCC. I didn't even know that road existed. We came across the real estate, and I asked my buddy James to pull in, and I peered through the windows and I'm like, it's awesome. I'm opening a brewery. James said 'What?' I said I'm opening a brewery here. I'm telling you, as a real estate guy, when you see it, you know it. If I was going to open a brewery in Lafayette, this is the physical spot. You're five minutes to everything, but you're kind of in a donut hole of nothing else offering all that land. You sit there and you feel like you're not in Lafayette for an hour." "I look for the little things. As soon as I saw the building, I realized that the patio on the back deck faced the southeast. That means you're going to get shaded the quickest in our hot, long summers. If we were going to ever eventually build a deck and a stage that would be positioned correctly, the wind cut through the way the heat felt. The building with the high ceilings has pros and cons, but generally, it worked and checked all the boxes." The site is also located in mid-city Lafayette, which was important to Ryan in his quest to develop establishments in the heart of our city, just as he has enjoyed when traveling across the country and getting to know the heart of local communities. While the land and building were perfect, opening a brewing company in Lafayette was a challenge. Ryan says, "Without my background as a commercial broker, I'm not sure I would have been successful in opening Adopted Dog Brewing.
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