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Jeff is a San Diego native with just over 15 years of experience in the craft beer industry. During this time he has worked for Stone Brewing Co., White Labs Inc., Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co., and Pizza Port. He has been a GABF and World Beer Cup judge since 2003. The majority of Jeff’s experience is in brewpub brewing and operations. Until recently departing to start his own brewery project, More »
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Acacia is a graduate of Southern Oregon University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry, as well as an avid homebrewer. She completed brewing internships at Standing Stone Brewing Company in Ashland, OR and Snake River Brewing Company in Jackson, WY. Acacia has recently accepted a position at Anderson Valley Brewing Co. Her ultimate life goal is to open her own brewery somewhere in the Pacific Northwest.
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John A. Bricker is an insurance agent/agency partner and micro brewery owner from Del Norte, Colorado in the San Juan Mountains. He has worked in the insurance industry his entire career until 2004 when he came out of homebrewing and started his second co-career as brewer/owner of Three Barrel Brewing Company. The small building he owns became the home his insurance agency and brewery. He is a Certified Insurance Counselor, a graduate of CU Boulder and studied brewing under Ian Stanners, Phd. More »
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Human Resources Manager for Karl Strauss Brewing Company
Being a SoCal native and a San Diego local for the last 18 years, developing a passion for great craft beer was imminent. I joined the Karl Strauss team in 2003 as the HR Administrator and after 8 ½ years I’m proud to still regularly say, “I love my job.”
With a post-graduate degree in Human Resources Management, a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) More »
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David has been in the craft beer business for over 20 years, first as the original outside sales rep for Rogue Brewery (1990) and then as co-founder of Elysian Brewing Company (1995). Some of the many hats David has worn over the years includes restaurant management, beer sales, compliance, building permits, distribution management, marketing, graphics and packaging design. All worn with a smile and sense of humor.
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Dick Cantwell is a twenty-year veteran of Seattle craft brewing. Since 1996 he has been head brewer at Elysian Brewing Company, which now has three pub locations and is currently engaged in opening a production brewery during the coming summer. In addition to brewing, he has written for many beer publications, and in 1997 published the Brewers publications stylebook on Barley Wine with Fal Allen. Elysian was named Large More »
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Jerome Chicvara began his beer career in 1985 in the wholesale segment learning to sell beer with the Maletis family owned Columbia Distributing. In 1987 he helped found Full Sail Brewing. After exited Full Sail with first round shareholders via a sale to an ESOP, Chicvara facilitated the sale of Saxer Brewing to Portland Brewing, the sale of Portland Brewing to Pyramid, and worked with Rogue to beef up their More »
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Rick Chow joined TTB in March 2003 as a field Auditor. He has since held positions as the Chief of Staff, Chief of Automated Business Programs and currently holds the title Program Manager, IT Solutions for Field Operations. One of his primary duties in this role is to serve as the Program Manager and System Owner for Permits Online. Prior to TTB Rick was employed by the General Electric Company More »
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After developing an appreciation for craft beer while living in the craft beer mecca of Portland, Oregon, Acacia Coast moved to Durango, CO for college, and finished off her degree in International Business Degree in Chambéry, France. After college she began work with the Center for Creative Leadership, a world-renowned non-profit executive leadership and research organization. During her 4+ years at CCL, she coordinated and managed leadership programs for executives from countless different industries all over the world. Currently, Acacia More »
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Dan Drown, CIH, CSP, has 26 years of U.S. and international experience in occupational safety and health and industrial hygiene. He is a dynamic speaker/trainer and effectively establishes and leads team initiatives and projects.
Mr. Drown provides environmental, safety and health consulting services to a diverse global client group including clients in the chemical, pharmaceutical, biotech, power generation, oil and petrochemical sectors. He also works with smaller businesses including San Diego More »
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With over 15 years of professional environmental health and safety experience in industries including biotechnology/pharmaceutical, industrial technology, food ingredients manufacturing and now craft brewing; I have developed, maintained and improved numerous health and safety programs throughout my career. My diverse work background has provided me with a wealth of practical environmental, health and safety experiences and achievements. The past year I have worked for Stone Brewing Co. as their Environmental Health More »
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Kevin Finn, President and Founder of Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, is responsible for all aspects of managing the business of Iron Hill, including marketing, accounting, and finance. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware’s MBA program and was named to the Lerner “Fabulous 50” as one of the top 50 graduates during the first 50 years of the program. He has also been a member of Vistage More »
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Janet Fletcher is the author or co-author of more than 20 books on food and wine, including Cheese & Wine, The Cheese Course and Fresh from the Farmers’ Market. She writes a weekly cheese column for the San Francisco Chronicle and is a former staff food writer whose journalism earned three James Beard Awards and the IACP Bert Greene Award. Her writing on wine and food has appeared in numerous More »
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Nick Funnell has been brewing professionally since 1986, both in the UK and US. He has been Head Brewer for the Great American Restaurants’ Sweetwater Tavern brewpubs since their first location opened in 1996. He is an instructor for the American Brewers Guild and has been a featured lecturer several times for the Smithsonian Institution. He is involved in all aspects of beer production from materials selection to sales and More »
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Barbara Fusco joined the Brewers Association as Sales & Marketing Director in 2010. She oversees marketing along with advertising and sponsorship sales for the organization. Barbara is responsible for ensuring the sales division meets revenue goals of approximately $1.8M. She also creates and executes marketing plans to meet the association’s membership and revenue objectives, and manages the BA marketing budget.
Barbara’s background is in branding, marketing communications, market research and public relations. She has significant past experience in marketing for sales More »
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Since 1995, Matty “Smooth” Gilliland has squandered his waking hours making delicious Colorado craft beer. He joined the production group at New Belgium Brewing in 1997, plying his skills in the fermentation cellar and brewhouse. He’s spent the last five years heading up the process analysis group, steadily working to increase production efficiencies, optimize processes, reduce waste, eliminate capacity constraints and generally smooth things out. He lives with his wife More »
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Erin Glass has been kicking around the craft brewing industry since 1994, having worked with New Belgium Brewing Company, Magic Hat and Breckenridge Brewery as she tried to learn as much as possible about the art, science and business of beer. She has held various duties in packaging, cellar work, QC sensory panels, marketing, accounting, merchandise & point-of-sale, VIP tours, good old fashioned scrubbing and countless events while always waving the craft beer flag. In 2001, Erin moved on to More »
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Ken Grossman founded Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in 1980, making it one of the first and most successful craft breweries in existence. Sierra Nevada quickly developed a reputation for consistently producing first-rate ales and lagers—and seeking innovative methods to improve quality. This uncompromising approach continues to yield outstanding beers as well as environmental, social, and economic results. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. offers an exciting story of a sustainable More »
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Training & Education, Scientific Assistant,
VLB- Berlin
Burghard Hagan Meyer has taught international brewing courses at the Research and Teaching Institute for Brewing in Berlin (VLB), since 2006. Prior to his current teaching role, Burghard spent time at the Technical Instuitute – Berlin as a student and scientific assistant. In addition to teaching, Burghard Hagan Meyer resides as the Head master of the Berlin Brewers Guild.
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John Harris, Brewmaster at Full Sail, has 26 years of experience in the brewing industry, including two years with McMenamin’s breweries, four years with Deschutes, and 20 years with Full Sail. He manages the Riverplace Brewery in Portland, which produces the Brewmaster Reserve line of beers, and travels throughout the country teaching Full Sail distributors and retailers about Full Sail beers. John has been a member of the CBC Technical More »
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Van Havig started his brewing career in 1995 at Minnesota Brewing Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, before working for the Rock Bottom Breweries for the next 16 years. He was brewmaster at the Bethesda, Maryland and Portland, Oregon Rock Bottoms, as well as the regional brewer in both locations and the company QA/QC manager. He’s a current board member and past president of the Oregon Brewers Guild. In 2011 he More »
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Craft Beer Program Director,
CraftBeer.com
Julia Herz is Craft Beer Program Director for the Boulder, Colorado based Brewers Association (BA) and Publisher of CraftBeer.com. She is a BJCP beer judge, award-winning homebrewer, a Certified Cicerone® and leader of American Craft Beer Week. Her areas of expertise include: Resources and education on craft beer, general statistics on the craft brewer segment, beer styles and trends plus craft beer and food pairing. In her role at the Brewers Association she serves as an advocate for and educator More »
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Mike Jervis is currently the Safety Coordinator at Deschutes Brewery in Bend Oregon. Thirteen years ago Mike started his journey with Deschutes Brewery working throughout varies departments. In 2006 Mike began working closely with safety department promoting Safety in the day to day business. Mike became the Chairperson of Deschutes Brewery’s Safety Committee in 2009 and the Co Chairperson for the Central Oregon Safety and Health Association in 2011.
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Kjetil Jikiun of Grimstad, Norway was first exposed to craft beer through his travels as an intercontinental airline pilot. Inspired to home-brew beer styles unavailable in his home country, he then went on to become founder and head brewer of Nøgne Ø, the first real craft brewery in Norway. Through the years a similar exposure to sake on his frequent flights to Japan has prompted him to start the first More »
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Photo by Kate Parks
You can hear Ginger coming with her loud enthusiastic laugh. She founded Women Enjoying Beer® (WEB) over 3 years ago when she saw there was a huge opportunity to address the worlds biggest consumer market – and how they weren’t fully involved in the beer community. WEB is the only women + beer education business anywhere driven by female consumer research. We start with her first and help More »
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Marty Jones is Conductor/Idea Man for Wynkoop Brewing Company, Colorado’s first brewpub. A beer journalist turned beer evangelist, Jones is a 15-year veteran of Colorado’s craft beer culture. He believes on-the-job joy, clever ideas and exuberant outreach to retailers, press and consumers are crucial for brewery success. A working songwriter/musician and “Bard of Beer Songs,” Jones is also a member of craft beer power trio, The Gourdians. He lives in Denver with his dream wife Lisa and the couple’s two More »
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As the Research Director at the National Center for Employee Ownership, Camille manages the NCEO’s employee surveys, researches and writes articles for NCEO publications, and conducts independent research on employee ownership.
Before joining the NCEO, Camille worked for Workplace Innovation Consultants, a firm that uses organizational assessments to increase employee engagement and satisfaction at major companies. She earned a J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she was More »
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Director of Brewing Operations/Head Brewer,
The Bruery
Developing an interest in creating craft beer at an early age, the Bruery’s Tyler King decided that brewing was a passion worth pursuing. Determined to learn about commercial brewing, Tyler had to convince a brewery to hire him at the age of seventeen. Starting as a cellarman, Tyler was employed by BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery for four years while completing his Bachelor’s degree. As Director of Brewing Operations/Head Brewer at More »
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Micah Krichinsky is currently a student in the Master Brewer’s Program at the University of California, Davis. He previously brewed at DC Brau, Capitol City Brewing Company, and District Chophouse, all in the Washington, DC area.
Before starting the program, he was a brewer at Capitol City Brewing Company in Washington, DC, a small brewpub which produces over 3,000 barrels per year. Shortly after he joined the Cap City team in More »
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Jeff Krum has been associated with Boulevard Brewing Company since its inception in 1989. As partner and CFO, he oversees all financial and general business matters for the Kansas City company, the largest American-owned brewer in the state of Missouri. In 2009, he and two Boulevard colleagues founded Ripple Glass, creating a glass recycling solution for the entire region.
Jeff received a B.A. in economics from Haverford College. He has for More »
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Per Kølster is a former assistant professor in organic farming and plant breeding, and is today the director and manager of an organic farm including grain cultivation, malting facility, hop growing and micro brewery. The farm is situated in the countryside where the farm also offers courses, a shop and a café where malt and beer is sold along with many other products from the farm. Per is strongly involved in the development of small-scale and local production of hops, More »
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Adam has spent the last 20 years learning from just about every angle of the beverage industry. Starting as a grocery store liquor clerk and growing to his current position as Vice President of Sales for Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Today’s duties involve managing the day to day operations and long term vision for the sales department. Prior to working for Dogfish Head, Adam spent 6 years as National Sales and Marketing Manager for Rogue Ales. Past experiences include owning More »
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With over 25 years of experience in wines and food, Michael educates and conducts wine, beer, food and cheese pairing classes at food and beverage shows, cooking schools, vineyards, breweries and distributors. Michael also writes for several national publications focusing on wine and food pairings. Michael participated as a World Cheese Judge for the 2010 & 2011 World Cheese Awards in Birmingham, England and at the International Cheese Awards in More »
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Chris Lennert is the VP of Operations for Left Hand Brewing Company. A traveling road warrior for the past 18 years has taken him from coast to coast in the US, and from the beer halls in Bamberg to the bars in Seoul. And from Seattle Beer Week to NY Beer Week, with a ton of other beer weeks thrown in for good measure. Between traveling, he has worked tirelessly More »
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Anda Lincoln is one of the founders of the Funkwerks Brewery in Fort Collins. She is a writer, an experienced corporate attorney, and a business law instructor. Her practice emphasizes representation of entities of all sizes in connection with controlled beverage law; brewery formation; corporate governance and advising boards of directors; financing transactions; distribution, licensing, and franchise arrangements; employment matters; trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property issues; mergers, acquisitions, and More »
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David began his career in the craft brewing industry in 1985 at his Oregon laboratory growing yeast for many of the new breweries opening at that time. He went on to form Wyeast Laboratories that became the source of yeast for craft brewers around the world. Soon after that David became a founding partner and brewer at Full Sail Brewing Company. Years later, after leaving both of those successful ventures More »
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Matt started with New Belgium Brewing Company in 2002. His background with New Belgium includes being a packaging supervisor and the draught quality manager for New Belgium’s local distribution. Since 2006, Matt has been New Belgium’s National Director of Field Quality. He is the curator of New Belgium’s art, ensuring the flavor of the products leaving the brewery reach consumers with the same great quality. Matt currently sits on the More »
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Head Brewer – CTO Duvel Moortgat Group
Professor Catholic University of Leuven, Course: Technical Aspects in Malting and Brewing
Bachelor and Master in Chemical Engineering
Catholic University Leuven 1992
PhD Applied Sciences; thesis on influence of process parameters on chemical and enzymatical hydrolysis of esters during storage of top-fermented beers
Catholic University Leuven, 1996
Responsible for all production & quality activities of the Duvel Moortgat Group:
Brewery Duvel, Puurs, Belgium
Brasserie d’Achouffe, Achouffe, Belgium
Brewery De Koninck, Antwerp, More »
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Garrett Oliver is the brewmaster of The Brooklyn Brewery, the Editor-in-Chief of “The Oxford Companion to Beer” (Oxford University Press, 2011) and the author of the award-winning book “The Brewmaster’s Table”. After starting at the pioneering Manhattan Brewing Company in 1989, Garrett joined The Brooklyn Brewery as brewmaster in 1994. The Brooklyn Brewery produced 140,000 barrels in 2011, brewed at three locations in New York and Europe, and sold in More »
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Neva Parker has been with White Labs, Inc. since 2002. She earned her Bachelors Degree in Microbiology from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA and first became interested in the brewing industry while studying abroad in London. Neva currently manages laboratory operations for headquarters in San Diego and the R&D facility in Davis, California. She is also responsible for developing the White Labs training and
consulting program. She has presented at several More »
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Alastair was educated in England where he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in microbiology. He joined Anheuser-Busch in 1984 following five years of postdoctoral research in this country. At Anheuser Busch Alastair held a number of technical management positions, including Director of Brewing Research, where his responsibilities included all aspects of the brewing process. He is currently the principal consultant at Pringle-Scott LLC; a science-based consulting company that works with More »
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Kevin oversees brewery operations in the 33 Rock Bottom and Chophouse breweries for CraftWorks Restaurants and Breweries Inc. His brewing career began 19 years ago at the Walnut Brewery in Boulder CO. He is happy to have spent the interim years helping to build up Rock Bottom into a national brand. He has been Director of Brewing for the past 11 years. Of the many great (and interesting) experiences associated More »
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Born in Leuven 1948 10 17
Married wit Claire; 2 daughters Céline and Sylvie
Brewer engineer from AIIF IMC Brussels
MBA from UCL Louvain la Neuve
1972-1980 Palm brewery Steenhuffel Belgium
1980-1985 Lamot brewery Mechelen Belgium
1985- Orval brewery Orval Belgium
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Jeff is driven to maintain the integrity of all beer as Brewery Sales Director at New Glarus Brewing Company. Jeff is the resident draft specialist and has been the driving force leading the New Glarus Brewing Company’s retail draft team.
Jeff has been trained by, Siebel Institute of Technology, Micro-Matic and Perlick in draught beer quality and draught beer dispense. Jeff heads up the training of New Glarus Brewing Company’s distributor More »
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Brandon Schilling grew up in the beautiful Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon, and lives, works, and plays in the small-town Ashland. In 2010 Brandon graduated from SOU with a dual-degree in music and business, and came immediately to work for Standing Stone Brewing Company as service staff. He quickly acquired the title of waste manager, (a future he never foresaw) and began a process towards waste zero. Now, Schilling helps More »
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Melinda Sellers is a partner with the law firm of Burr & Forman LLP, a regional firm with offices in five Southeastern States. Melinda’s prior engagements include establishing start-up breweries, representing breweries and distributors regarding contract brewing arrangements, distribution agreements, and trademark infringement matters. Recently, Melinda was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Alabama Super Lawyers.
Melinda is also the founder of a Birmingham, Alabama craft beer education club for women, More »
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Chuck Silva is the Brewmaster and Director of Operations at Green Flash Brewing Company and has become well known for his flavor forward hoppy beers and uniquely out of style Belgian-inspired creations. He began his brewing career in San Diego after attending the American Brewers Guild and subsequent Craft Brewers Apprenticeship. Chuck started as the Brewmaster for Green Flash Brewing in 2004 with an immediate focus on recipe formulation and More »
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Risk & Environmental Affairs Manager ,
New Belgium Brewing
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University.
Since 1998, Andrew has worked as the Risk & Environmental Affairs Manager for New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc. www.newbelgium.com.
Andrew is also the owner and principal of Anfeald, LLC, a small independent firm that specializes in Occupational Safety & Health, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health consultation and training. www.anfeald.com.
Andrew helped start and is a volunteer board member for the Hand Up More »
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For the past 12 years Charlie Tull has been the TTB industry analyst for beer. As the industry analyst for beer Charlie has been responsible for maintaining contact with all phases of activity within the beer industry, assisting in preparation of proposed legislation, identifying industry changes, assessing trends and current statistical results, and providing efficiency of service through attendance at seminars and industry meetings.
Effective November 13, 2011 TTB eliminated the More »
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Katie Wallace is the Sustainability Specialist (aka, Purveyor of the Good Life!) at Colorado-based, employee-owned New Belgium Brewing Company (NBB). She is one of two full time coworkers dedicated solely to sustainability. Katie helps to set the strategic direction of NBB’s sustainability efforts, engage coworkers in these initiatives and offer expertise during decision making.
Katie’s formal education in Economics and Finance prepared her for her first role at the brewery, in 2004, More »
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Peter Wolfe received a B.S. in Physiology from the University of Oregon in 2007. After graduation, he worked as a researcher at the University of Oregon, publishing work on construction ergonomics. He began working towards a Master’s degree at Oregon State University in 2010 in the Food Science and Technology Department. Working under Dr. Tom Shellhammer, his work focuses on hop aroma in beer and aroma extraction during the dry More »
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Kevin received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After a brief career as a middle school science teacher, he decided to pursue a brewing education through the University of California-Davis Master Brewer program. In 2009, Kevin earned the J.S. Ford Award for the highest score worldwide on the Diploma in Brewing exam administered by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling. That summer, he accepted a More »
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