Bur Oak Brewing

What Bur Oak Brewing does

Bur Oak Brewing is a privately-held craft brewery founded in 2014 and headquartered in Columbia, Missouri. The company produces and serves a range of crafted beers through a taproom model, selling directly to local consumers. It is led by founder and president Craig Stitcher and operates with a small team of 1-10 employees, consistent with a single-location microbrewery footprint.

The company's core offering is its portfolio of crafted beers paired with an on-premise taproom experience. As a for-profit private entity with no publicly disclosed funding rounds, subsidiaries, or parent company, Bur Oak Brewing appears to operate as an independent, founder-led small business. The website (buroakbeer.com) was inaccessible at the time of data collection (returned only a verification/loader page), which limited extraction of product specifics, pricing, distribution footprint, and operational metrics.

Bur Oak Brewing's business model is anchored in direct-to-consumer beverage sales through its taproom, supplemented by what is likely limited local wholesale distribution typical of microbreweries of its size. No customer segments, pricing models, marketing channels, distribution channels, or partnership data are disclosed in the available sources. Given the data gaps, any characterization of revenue mechanics, customer mix, or growth posture beyond the single-location craft brewery framing is not supported by the input data.

Name

Bur Oak Brewing

Website

https://buroakbeer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bur Oak Brewing is a privately-held craft brewery founded in 2014 in Columbia, Missouri, producing a range of crafted beers served through a local taproom under founder and president Craig Stitcher.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Brewery

NAICS

Breweries (31212)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082)

akta.pro primary industry

Beer Brewing & Brands (CRADAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brewpubs & Taprooms (On-site Beer Service) (THAFALAA), Taprooms & Brewpubs (CRANACAF), Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG)

Keywords

• Craft beer production
• Brewery operations
• Taproom services
• Draft beer sales
• Small-batch brewing

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Bur Oak Brewing is a craft brewery that produces a wide array of crafted beers and provides taproom solutions for customers to consume those beers on-site. The company brews its own beer in small batches and sells it directly to consumers through its taproom, operating as a local producer rather than a mass-market beer brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Craft Beer A wide array of crafted beers brewed by Bur Oak Brewing for sale to adult consumers through its taproom and other channels supported by the source material.
• Taproom Services Taproom solutions provided by Bur Oak Brewing for customers to consume its crafted beers on-site at the brewery location in Columbia, United States.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Stone Brewing: Stone Brewing is a large U.S. craft brewer with multiple taprooms and broad distribution across the country. It serves as a broader incumbent peer illustrating the scale-up trajectory available to successful craft brands, with comparable product category and taproom experience focus.
• Boulevard Brewing Company: Boulevard Brewing is one of the largest craft brewers in Missouri, headquartered in Kansas City with a broad portfolio of craft beers distributed nationally. It is a relevant incumbent peer due to overlapping geography, craft category, and taproom presence, but operates at a much larger scale.
• Anheuser-Busch: Anheuser-Busch is the dominant beer producer headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri with a massive national and global distribution footprint. It is a broad incumbent peer relevant to any Missouri-based brewery because of its market dominance, geographic proximity, and category overlap.
• Schlafly Beer: Schlafly Beer is a long-established Missouri craft brewer based in St. Louis with multiple taprooms and a wide distribution footprint. It serves as a broader incumbent peer given its regional craft positioning, taproom model, and overlap with Bur Oak Brewing's product category.

Direct peers

• KC Bier Co. KC Bier Co. is a craft brewery and taproom operation based in Kansas City, Missouri focused on German-style beers. It is a direct peer to Bur Oak Brewing in craft category, Missouri geography, and small-scale production plus taproom format.
• Broadway Brewery: Broadway Brewery is a brewpub in Columbia, Missouri producing craft beer on-site alongside food service. It is a direct peer to Bur Oak Brewing given the shared local market, brewpub/taproom format, and craft beer positioning.
• 4 Hands Brewing Co. 4 Hands Brewing is a craft brewery in St. Louis, Missouri that operates a taproom and distributes craft beer across the Midwest. It is comparable to Bur Oak Brewing in craft category, taproom-plus-distribution model, and Missouri-based operations.
• O'Fallon Brewery: O'Fallon Brewery is a Missouri-based craft brewery producing and distributing craft beer regionally. It is comparable to Bur Oak Brewing given shared state geography, similar craft beer portfolio, and small-to-mid scale craft positioning.
• Logboat Brewing: Logboat Brewing is a craft brewery headquartered in Columbia, Missouri that operates a taproom and produces a range of craft beers. It is the most direct comparable to Bur Oak Brewing given the shared Columbia, MO geography, similar size category, and taproom-plus-production model.
• Public House Brewing Company: Public House Brewing is a craft brewery and taproom operation in St. James, Missouri producing a range of craft beers. It is comparable to Bur Oak Brewing given its Missouri roots, small-scale production, and taproom-driven model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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