Mike Conrad / Owner & Head Brewer and Taylor Conrad / Taproom Manager, At Ease Brewing, Sacramento, California Retired Army Col. Mike Conrad may have left active duty after two decades of service, but he keeps the military spirit alive with his retirement...
Nao Ohdera / Director of Brewing Operations, Meanwhile Brewing Co., Austin, Texas “Good Beer in Good Company” is the slogan at Meanwhile Brewing Co., a new craft brewery in Austin, where beer is the product and community is the point. Meanwhile’s three-acre map...
Jason Davis / Director of Brewing Operations, Freetail Brewing Co., San Antonio, Texas The Craft Brewer’s Conference is back, and with it a pandemic success story of the beer destined for last year’s cancelled gathering of America’s largest craft brewing...
Patrick Shearer / Head Brewer, Ben’s American Sake, Asheville, North Carolina Originating in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Ben’s American Sake has crafted a fresh new take on an ancient beverage. Ben’s is one of the first American craft sake...
Ernest “Ernie” and Leigh Troth / Founder/Owners, James Bay Distillers, Ltd., Everett, Washington The iconic gin and tonic cocktail is so fragrant that perfumes have been created to smell like it. Ernest “Ernie” Troth, co-founder and owner of James Bay...
Chris Brownrigg / Owner, Brownrigg Hard Cider, Seattle, Washington Chris Brownrigg’s urban micro-cidery starts at his home orchard on a 6,500-square-foot residential lot in Seattle where trellises of hops, grapes and berries are fertilized by chickens and...
