Logo of Mittie Gose Brewery with two characters holding hands, a dragon, and a dog, all in a stylized design.

Katie and Matt Cooper

Co-owners, CEO, COO

Our story is shaped by migration, the diverse folk met along the way, and inspired by craft and exploration - witnessed and experienced. Through many phases over the past couple of decades together, everything revolved around beer and community. Katie, a Sacramento native, discovered her love of beer and pub culture in 2004 when bartending in a small, neighborhood pub in Sheffield, UK. Matt had the ‘knowledge’ already, having emigrated to Colfax, CA from Portsmouth, UK in 2003. We started dating and homebrewing at the same time after meeting at Sierra College.

We moved to North Carolina in 2010, where Matt started working as a professional brewer at the Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery in Farmville, NC while Katie got her MA in maritime archaeology. During Matt’s time at Duck-Rabbit, they received 7 GABF medals and a gold medal from the World Beer Cup. Since 2010, Matt worked as a lead brewer, production manager, and consultant for five different breweries, ranging from distribution-based production breweries to taproom breweries and brewpubs. Katie worked for a year at Duck-Rabbit too, managing the taproom and filling in wherever needed, and has worn many hats since. We always had our own brewery in sight, but it went from fantasy to full-on planning mode by 2015. Inspired by the support of a tight-knit local community in North Carolina, as well as family and friends in Northern CA, we returned to Sacramento to turn what we love most about beer, gathering, stories, and culture to root Mattie Groves Brewery.

Two women and a husky dog sitting at a table outdoors, smiling and enjoying a meal. The woman on the left has curly dark hair, glasses, and is wearing a dark dress, while the man on the right has short brown hair, a plaid shirt, and earrings. The background features greenery and a wooden fence.

Laika Cooper

Director of Interspecies Relations

From stray to Brewery Expert Extraordinaire, Laika has excelled at carrying out her personal mission: to bring as much joy and delight as possible to as many people as possible. She transforms strangers to friends at faster-than-light speed. Always ready to get a group howl on, she boisterously announces her intentions and emotions with every opportunity.

Following her adoption from the pound, Laika quickly learnt what the word, ‘brewery’ meant to her… it’s her happy place, her comfort zone, her repository of social excitement and cuddles. The word, ‘brewery’ elicits immediate tail wages, head tilts, and tapping paw dances.

She can’t wait to see you at her very own brewery (and yes, Mattie Groves Brewery actually belongs to Laika)!

A Siberian Husky with blue eyes and black and white fur, wearing a rainbow-colored bandana, resting its paws on a countertop in a restaurant or cafe.

The Location

1716 L St, Sacramento

Where ‘Brick and Mortar’ is More Than a Phrase

Mattie Groves Brewery is located in Midtown Sacramento’s Handle District, in a beautiful one-story brick building built in 1930, with original architectural elements intact and highlighted, including the brick walls, exposed rafters, high vaulted ceilings, and skylights. In addition, the historic flooring is composed of terracotta tiles that were manufactured by Gladding McBean out of Lincoln, CA and feature black and green enameled embellishments.

 

Long banquet style trestle tables that furnish the taproom, built with techniques used as far back as the Vikings, were constructed by Katie’s uncle out of a single cedar tree he felled near Georgetown, CA. Deeper into the building, the brewing area is comprised of a 10-Bbl brewhouse, six fermenters, and a brite tank.

Inside of Matinee Grows Brewery with a large group of people seated at long wooden tables, exposed brick walls, and brewery tanks visible through large windows.