Brew Dr. Kombucha

What Brew Dr. Kombucha does

Brew Dr. Kombucha is a privately held craft beverage company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon, producing raw, organic, unpasteurized kombucha and sparkling iced tea. The company operates as a Certified B Corporation with USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, Kosher, gluten-free, and carbon-neutral certifications, and currently offers 14+ kombucha varieties in 14oz bottles and 12oz cans across flavors such as Clear Mind, Superberry, Island Mango, Blood Orange, Cherry Limeade, Crisp Apple, Strawberry Fields, and Mountain Ginger, plus seasonal limited releases (Passionfruit Orange) and a Founders Series (Pink Grapefruit). The core technology is traditional SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria & Yeast) fermentation using organic whole-leaf tea, combined with a proprietary non-heat alcohol distillation process that gently removes alcohol while preserving live and active probiotic cultures; the dealcoholization capability is so differentiated that it is now being applied to third-party products such as Union Wine Company's Underwood Rosé Bubbles. The company sells through a hybrid go-to-market model spanning Instacart for direct-to-consumer, natural and mainstream grocery (Whole Foods, New Seasons Market) supported by UNFI distribution, on-premise draft keg programs for bars and restaurants, and wholesale pallet sales across the US and Canada.

Name

Brew Dr. Kombucha

Legal name

Brew Dr. Kombucha

Website

https://brewdrkombucha.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Brew Dr. Kombucha is a privately held, Certified B Corporation craft beverage company based in Tualatin, Oregon, producing raw, organic kombucha and sparkling iced tea using SCOBY fermentation and proprietary non-heat alcohol removal, sold to health-conscious consumers via grocers, foodservice, and Instacart across the US and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Functional Kombucha Beverages

NAICS

Beverage Manufacturing (3121)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Kombucha Production (AFAFAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Kombucha & Other Fermented Non-Alcoholic Beverages (AFAFABAK), Fermented Tea & Botanical Beverage Production (Jun, Kvass, etc.) (AFAFAHAD)

Keywords

• Organic kombucha beverages
• Sparkling iced tea
• Probiotic functional drinks
• Fermented tea products
• Wholesale craft beverages

Headquarters

HQ city

Tualatin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Kombucha Sales: Sale of bottled and canned kombucha products through retail stores and online via Instacart. Products sold in 14oz bottles and 12oz cans across multiple flavors.
2. Wholesale & Bulk: Bulk sales to retailers and food service establishments including kegs for bars/restaurants and pallet quantities for resellers. Distributed in US and Canada.
3. Sparkling Iced Tea: New product line of sparkling iced tea with probiotic Bacillus subtilis, positioned as gut-friendly alternative to traditional iced tea.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brew Dr. Kombucha manufactures and sells raw, organic, unpasteurized kombucha brewed with organic whole-leaf tea and live probiotic cultures, offered in 14oz bottles and 12oz cans across 14+ flavors. The company also produces a Sparkling Iced Tea line with probiotic Bacillus subtilis and operates wholesale keg and pallet distribution to bars, restaurants, and retailers across the US and Canada.

Product overview

Brew Dr. Kombucha offers a portfolio of raw, organic, and probiotic-rich fermented tea beverages. The core product lines include Kombucha in 14oz bottles and 12oz cans, available in 14+ distinct flavors (Clear Mind, Superberry, Island Mango, Iced Tea Lemonade, Pineapple Paradise, Love, Berry Ginger, Blood Orange, Cherry Limeade, Crisp Apple, Strawberry Fields, Mountain Ginger), plus seasonal Limited Release flavors (Passionfruit Orange) and Founders Series varieties (Pink Grapefruit). The company also launched Sparkling Iced Tea as a separate gut-friendly, probiotic beverage line containing Bacillus subtilis with only 5g sugar. The business serves retail consumers through grocery stores and online via Instacart, while also offering wholesale options (bulk cases, kegs) for bars, restaurants, and retailers, and branded merchandise through a dedicated merch store. All products are USDA Certified Organic, non-GMO, gluten-free, kosher, and carry alcohol removed certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Otis Sisgood: The company's mascot, a sloth named Otis Sisgood, who appears on product packaging and marketing materials. Having a sloth as the mascot reflects the company's philosophy of taking time to appreciate craft and the patient process of making kombucha.

Products and services

• Kombucha in Bottles Raw, organic kombucha in 14oz bottles featuring live and active cultures, traditionally fermented with organic whole-leaf tea. Sold to health-conscious consumers via retail and Instacart.
• Kombucha in Cans Raw, organic kombucha in 12oz cans providing the same probiotic benefits as bottled kombucha in a portable, single-serve format for health-conscious consumers.
• Sparkling Iced Tea Gut-friendly sparkling iced tea with only 5g of sugar, containing probiotic Bacillus subtilis, sweetened with organic cane sugar and organic stevia. Offered to consumers seeking healthier iced tea alternatives.
• Wholesale Kombucha (Bulk Kegs and Pallets) Bulk kombucha offerings including bottled/canned cases sold by the pallet to resellers and draft kombucha in kegs for bars and restaurants. Distributed in the US and Canada through wholesale and UNFI channels.
• Passionfruit Orange Limited Release Kombucha Limited release organic kombucha flavor featuring tart passionfruit, sweet blood orange, and green tea, sold to consumers during the limited availability window.
• Pink Grapefruit Founders Series Kombucha Founders Series limited release organic kombucha featuring pink grapefruit and hibiscus, sold to consumers as a special Founders Series offering.
• Brew Dr. Merchandise Branded merchandise including apparel and accessories featuring Brew Dr. branding, sold to consumers through a dedicated online merch store.

Quantifiable outcome

• Lower sugar content: approximately 1/3 the sugar per ounce compared to major soda brands
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Union Wine CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Oregon partnership where Union Wine Company in Tualatin collaborated with Brew Dr. Kombucha to dealcoholize their Underwood Rosé Bubbles, demonstrating how regional beverage companies are working together to meet growing demand for quality nonalcoholic options.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Health-Ade Kombucha: Health-Ade produces organic, small-batch kombucha in flavors and packaging formats highly comparable to Brew Dr.'s 14oz bottles and 12oz cans, with overlapping natural and mainstream retail distribution.
• Humm Kombucha: Humm is a regional craft kombucha brewer based in the Pacific Northwest with similar raw, organic positioning, overlapping Whole Foods and natural-grocery shelf presence, and comparable SKU breadth to Brew Dr.
• KeVita (PepsiCo): KeVita makes probiotic kombucha and sparkling probiotic drinks and is owned by PepsiCo, giving it national scale distribution that overlaps directly with Brew Dr.'s target retailers and gut-health consumer.
• RISE Brewing Co. RISE makes nitro cold brew and kombucha with an organic, functional positioning targeting similar health-conscious consumers in natural and mainstream retail channels.
• GT's Living Foods (GT's Kombucha): GT's is the original and largest U.S. raw kombucha brand, founded in 1995; it directly competes with Brew Dr. in organic, raw, unpasteurized kombucha across natural and mainstream grocery channels.

Emerging players

• OLIPOP: OLIPOP is a fast-growing functional prebiotic soda that competes for the same low-sugar soda-alternative occasion Brew Dr. targets, often sitting in adjacent shelf space in natural and mainstream grocers.
• Poppi: Poppi is a fast-scaling functional soda with apple-cider-vinegar based prebiotic benefits, targeting the same soda-replacement use case and demographic as Brew Dr.'s kombucha.
• Live Soda: Live Soda is an emerging organic, probiotic, low-sugar soda brand that directly competes for the soda-alternative, gut-health occasion Brew Dr.'s kombucha and sparkling iced tea address.

Broad incumbents

• Suja Juice: Suja is a broader functional and organic beverage platform (cold-pressed juice, probiotic drinks) competing for the same gut-health and clean-label consumer at natural retailers like Whole Foods.

Others

• Teeccino (Teeccino Mediterranean Herbal Coffee & Tea): Teeccino produces herbal teas and fermented beverage alternatives with a comparable natural-channel, organic, health-positioned consumer base; overlaps indirectly on the functional/fermented beverage shelf.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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