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10/29/2013 12:33:08 AM
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That's cool! How do the brewing companies work? Do they own multiple brands of beer?
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Well when I worked for Pyramid (120 Barrel system) we were owned by a large conglomerate that also owned Labatt's US, Genesee, Magic Hat, and a few other breweries. We were a small craft division of the overall large company and only brewed the Pyramid and Portland Brewing Co beers (I actually wrote the recipe for the spring seasonal for Portland Brewing). Before that I brewed Hale's Ales (30 Barrel system) in Seattle where it was still owned by Mike Hale and is the longest independently owned brewery in the northwest and now I'm the head brewer at Walking Man Brewing (20 Barrel system) in Stevenson and it's independently owned as well by this amazing older guy Bob. And there are also contract breweries where they brew beer for smaller breweries on a larger scale or even brew for "breweries" that don't have a brewery of thier own (Sam Adams started out that way). And, there are a few "gypsy brewers" out there that go around and kind of rent out breweries and brew crazy beers all around the world (Mikeller is a good example). So that being all said, the industry is super diverse and there are a ton of different ways to run a brewing company, none of them really wrong.
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This is awesome.
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Big beer fan. Really neat to see someone around here who has worked in the business.
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Thanks! I wouldn't be able to do what I do without beer fans! I'd still make beer I'm sure (as I am a big beer fan myself), but with no one to sell it to, I couldn't do it for a living.
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That's very interesting. How did you learn to brew? Did you just take an interest of did you grow up that way?
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I wanted to work in a brewery for years and caught a lucky break getting a job on the bottling line at Hale's Ales. I work hard and learn quickly and went through 3 promotions in 9 months to brewer. Been brewing since (about 8 years now), it's a tough job and there is always something new to learn so it keeps me from getting bored which is great for me. Plus I can have a beer or two while I'm working so that's nice too.
