Our Story

Craft Crate was started by two people who love craft beer, but not always the same beer at the same time. Carrying two different growlers home at the same time was a pain, whether walking or driving. After researching the options, there wasn’t anything close to what was needed to solve the problem. After many, many prototypes we came up with a unique growler carrier with the following features:

  • Multiple carry options

  • Cork-lined bottoms

  • Keeps growlers secure in the car

  • High walls for UV protection

  • Stackable for vertical storage

Since 2014, Craft Crate founders Heather Hansma & Vasile Vincent have been channeling their love of fine craftsmanship and craft beer into a line of stackable growler carriers, beer-themed art and accessories.

Heather & Vasile are both graduates from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit (Illustration & Crafts degrees, in that order). The difference in their backgrounds and training combined with their ability to collaborate makes them a formidable design team. They both love beer, bunnies, and making things. They like different things too, but they also don't like droning on and on about themselves.