DAN RILEY
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
Less than a year in beer industry and 30 years or so thinking about beer.
Less than a year in beer industry and 30 years or so thinking about beer.
LIKES:
Great music, making people laugh, wood fires, candor, pork, magazines, Fall, cooking, long dreamy hikes & bike rides, podcasts and Jim Harrison novels.
Great music, making people laugh, wood fires, candor, pork, magazines, Fall, cooking, long dreamy hikes & bike rides, podcasts and Jim Harrison novels.
DISLIKES:
Navigating “highly-matrixed reporting structures”, corporate politics & buzzwords, bad design, a bad meal on vacation, losing, commercial radio.
Navigating “highly-matrixed reporting structures”, corporate politics & buzzwords, bad design, a bad meal on vacation, losing, commercial radio.
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
The 180 or so imports I had the pleasure of serving in the late 80’s at the Pilsen Club in Kalamazoo, Mi & Lagunitas IPA.
The 180 or so imports I had the pleasure of serving in the late 80’s at the Pilsen Club in Kalamazoo, Mi & Lagunitas IPA.
ADAM BERATTA
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
Started in November 2008 at Redwood Lodge.
Started in November 2008 at Redwood Lodge.
LIKES:
Everything Outdoors, Redwings and hoppy beers.
Everything Outdoors, Redwings and hoppy beers.
DISLIKES:
Rude people and sour beer
Rude people and sour beer
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
Sierra Nevada Porter
SCOTT WARRENS
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
I cut my teeth pouring Michelob Light pints for my father from his kegerator, circa 1992.
I cut my teeth pouring Michelob Light pints for my father from his kegerator, circa 1992.
LIKES:
Everything about Bill Hicks, vinyl records, BEER!, hot sauce, April, travel, Cormac McCarthy, Dock Ellis, National Parks and Forests, drums, water
Everything about Bill Hicks, vinyl records, BEER!, hot sauce, April, travel, Cormac McCarthy, Dock Ellis, National Parks and Forests, drums, water
DISLIKES:
Sour cream, myopia, people that say “I told you so”, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy
Sour cream, myopia, people that say “I told you so”, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
Short’s Huma Lupa Licious
Short’s Huma Lupa Licious
ROB HENRY
JOB:
Cellar Manager/Brewer
Cellar Manager/Brewer
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
Started flipping kegs in ’08
Started flipping kegs in ’08
LIKES: Cuban sandwiches. Naps in hammocks. Rolling dice. BLT sandwiches. Clean well executed pilsners and funky brett farmhouse ales. Ruben sandwiches. Ryan Gosling. Kettle soured beer. Punk rock. All the sandwiches.
DISLIKES: People that don’t like sandwiches.
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
Belhaven Scottish Ale.
ELLIOT PATTI
JOB:
Executive Chef
YEARS IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY?
15 years aka the spoils of a youth spent growing up at a vacation destination.
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
practically baptized in Guinness although no previous experience working for or at a brewery.
LIKES:
My Family (really this should be LOVES), Tasteful nods to the classics, Forward thinking through innovation, Irving Welsh, A properly poured pint of Guinness and a John Powers back (in Casement Social Club), In-N-Out, Jamon Iberico de Bellota, Random facts and incessantly retaining them (food and non food)
DISLIKES:
Hype, not living up to hype, planning your life around hype.
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
Guinness (but only IN Ireland)
This happened over a period of time. After having many delicious bowls of black soup (Irish euphemism for a Guinness poured into an imperial pint glass) I was in complete shock discovering the importance that should be placed on the storage of beer as it relates age and temperature when doing so. I have yet to have a pint of Guinness as nice as the ones you’d find in Ireland; something really gets lost in transit. THAT opened my eyes to it’s delicate nature and subtle differences.
RYAN WATERS
JOB:
General Manager
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
I got my first barbacking job when I was 13 (19 years ago) at the summer concert series at the Phoenix Center Amphitheater, in Pontiac. I guess child labor was only frowned upon way back then.
LIKES:
Inspired service, genuine hospitality, dialogue, and my next meal.
DISLIKES:
Ignorance, bullies, and commercials.
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
Westmalle Tripel.
ERIC ZURAWSKI
JOB:
Designer
Designer
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
Let’s see, i remember i had my first pitcher at age 19 at Mother’s Pizza in Canada… In a foreign land, How romantic.
Let’s see, i remember i had my first pitcher at age 19 at Mother’s Pizza in Canada… In a foreign land, How romantic.
LIKES:
Kung Fu Flicks, Salman Rushdie and fishing.
Kung Fu Flicks, Salman Rushdie and fishing.
DISLIKES:
Olives, Jimmy Fallon and Thomas Pynchon.
Olives, Jimmy Fallon and Thomas Pynchon.
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
Double Diamond. Me and my buds drank it like water, and then it disappeared forever. Good beer is fleeting.
Double Diamond. Me and my buds drank it like water, and then it disappeared forever. Good beer is fleeting.
ADAM YARBROUGH
JOB:
Web Designer
Web Designer
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
2.5 years in the alcohol package design industry.
2.5 years in the alcohol package design industry.
LIKES: Good Beer, Traveling, Bicycles, Positive People
DISLIKES: Shitty Beer, Complacency, Flat Tires, Negative People
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
Yuengling. A friend brought it back to Michigan, and shared some at a party while I was in college.
JILL GIACOMINO
JOB:
Social Media & Marketing Maven
Social Media & Marketing Maven
YEARS IN THE BEER INDUSTRY?
10 years in hospitality, 1 year in the craft beer biz
10 years in hospitality, 1 year in the craft beer biz
LIKES:
Beer Bongs, My Son, Yoga, Celebrity Gossip
Beer Bongs, My Son, Yoga, Celebrity Gossip
DISLIKES:
Country Music and Negativity
Country Music and Negativity
THE BEER THAT OPENED MY EYES?
Spotted Cow
Spotted Cow
LOU RILEY
JOB:
Canning Boss
Canning Boss
HYPE MAN
JOB:
HYPE MAN
HYPE MAN