In 1996, Christopher Ericson and a college friend purchased P.J. O'Neill's Pub in Lake Placid. The second floor of the pub was renovated into a brewpub called the Lake Placid Pub & Brewery. In 2001, Chris and his wife, Catherine expanded brewing capacity at a brewery that had closed several years earlier in Plattsburgh, NY. This venture was known as the Lake Placid Craft Brewing Company. In April 2007, they entered into a supply and distribution agreement with Matt Brewing Company of Utica, NY. In January 2010, they closed the brewery in Plattsburgh, opting to have their products brewed and packaged at Matt Brewing. In 2016, they opened a second brewpub in Lake Placid called the Big Slide Brewery & Public
