
Jailbreak Foodworks & Brewing Company ... with a name like that, you would think this Laurel, MD, establishment would exist in a former jail or prison that has been renovated and retrofitted. But the name is more of a metaphorical one. After years working in the government contracting world, co-founders Justin Bonner and Kasey Turner decided they wanted to leave their desk jobs “breaking out” of the nine-to-five grind.
Bonner, in a phone interview with the Maryland Beverage Journal, recalled, “When you’re in the government space for years, you kind of feel trapped. The money is great. But it can be a thankless job. One day, we decided to just make an escape – make a jailbreak, if you will – and do something that wasn’t so cumbersome. So, we called it Jailbreak and started the beer brand first 11 years ago.”