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Baby born in microbrewery parking lot honored with special beer

One Well Brewing Welcomes New Baby
Taken from onewellbrewing Instagram account

As reported by Ben Hooper, UPI, a baby born in the parking lot of his parents’ favorite microbrewery in Michigan was named after the business, which in turn created a special brew to honor the newborn.

Aaron and Kyle Baker were on their way from Vicksburg to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo on the baby’s due date when they realized they would not make it in time.

They called for an ambulance and pulled over into the parking lot at One Well Brewing, which happens to be their favorite microbrewery, and baby Forrest Wells Baker was born mere moments later.

“We’ve been joking that Forrest just wanted to swing by for a quick beer on the way to the hospital, just like his dad would,” Kyle Baker told MLive. “When people first heard, everybody thought we were just sitting in here having a beer when I went into labor.”

One Well Brewing celebrated baby Forrest Wells’ arrival by coming up with a blood orange blonde ale, which his parents were invited to come help mix at the brewery. The beer, aptly named Special Delivery, is due to be tapped later this month.

One Well owner Chris O’Neill joked that while it will be another 21 years before baby Forrest Wells can enjoy a pint, his arrival might earn him “free beer for life.”

“The One Well Promise, have a baby in the parking lot, the baby gets free beer for life,” he said.

On the OneWellBrewing Instagram Account, they have posted:

We’re proud to be a gathering spot for people of all kinds – from families to foodies to beer nerds to pinball wizards – but newborns are a new market for us! But that’s exactly what happened on the evening of August 13.

Aaron and Kyle Baker were expecting their third child, but they didn’t expect it to happen like this! As it became obvious Kyle was going into labor, they rushed from their home in Vicksburg, off to Bronson to meet their new baby.

Life had other plans, as Baby decided the time was NOW, and Aaron pulled off into the big parking lot of his favorite brewery to assess the situation and call for assistance. With ambulances on their way, Baby arrived at 6:31 pm, right in the northwest corner of One Well’s parking lot! They chose to keep Baby’s gender a mystery until birth, and it was then they saw they had a healthy baby boy – their first boy after two girls. Their boy name was already selected as Forrest, which just so happens to be the name we give to the middle space of our pub – well, “The Forest” to be exact, so maybe this unique birthplace was meant to be.

Aaron and Kyle decided to honor the moment with a middle name of “Wells”, and thus is the story of Forrest Wells Baker’s arrival into this world!

We wish the Baker Family a lifetime of Good Vibes and High Fives!


Attribution: Article Retrieved from UPI, written By Ben Hooper .


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Photo Credit: Retreived from One Well Brewing Instagram Account