Brew Interviews
A section dedicated to chronicalling selected interview of various beer and brewing fashion.
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Our Homebrewer Interviews
There are very few professional brewers who’s position was assured as a birthright (ex Busch, Coors). If we were to take a poll, I think we would find that more than 75% of professional brewers (at least in the United State) were, at one time, homebrewers. This may not be the case outside the U.S. where breweries tend to be much older and the brewing order is more a stepping stone within the brewery than a bootstrap operation too a functioning brewery. We here at CellarMonk want to give all the recognition and encouragement that we can to those that hone their craft at home and dream of something bigger…
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Interview with the Industry – Hungarian Micro Manager
{xtypo_dropcap}H{/xtypo_dropcap}ello good people of the internet. We bring to you today another of our interviews with industry professionals. This time we could not get this person to sit in the Comfy Computer Chair of Fame, so he did his interview from the park bench of fest (you’ll understand). Today we also have two firsts. First is the fact that the interview was not conducted by TheCellarMonk, but by user GrafStout (TheCellarMonks brother). Second is the fact that this is not a written interview, but one conducted in person at the interviewees own festival. The interview is a talk with Daniel Bart, organizer of Főzdefeszt. Főzdefeszt is Hungary’s largest microbrew beer festival…
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Interview with a Homebrewer – Brewing with my Gnomies
After a bit of a haitus (for work and travel), we are back with our latest magical homebrewer interview. The Comfy Computer Chair of Fame has been dusted off and into we have seated a typical garden variety gnomebrewer…err homebrewer. He say he resembles those diminutive spirits from magic and folklore, I just don’t see it. Please give a warm welcome to Mr. Jason Nelms. Name: Jason Nelms Day Job: IT SQL Monkey When did you start homebrewing? I started about 7 years ago while my wife was pregnant with our youngest daughter. What got you into homebrewing? A person? An unfulfilled interest? Sheer boredom? A bit of all of…
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Interview with a Head Brewer – For What Ales Ya
{xtypo_dropcap}A{/xtypo_dropcap} lot of hard work, a little bit of luck and a bunch of good friends. That is the best way to describe the last six months for the next head brewer to sit in the Comfy Computer Chair of Fame. Having built his little brewing startup to some local recognition, he was blindsided by what would happen next. Though a little hectic, with the power of social media and help from and guidance from friends and fellow brewers, everything turned out for the best. Bringing quirky small batch beers to Edinburgh, Scotland’s thirsty masses, please help us welcome Mr. Ben Bullen of Elixir Brew Co. Name(s): Ben Bullen …
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Interview with the Industry – An Evening Star
{xtypo_dropcap}A{/xtypo_dropcap} first here at CellarMonk Beer. In our entire interview collection we had yet to interview someone from the serving end of the beer lifecycle. Well, we can cross that off the list now. We were lucky enough to get a Publican (for Americans that is someone who runs a pub, not a political party) to sit in the Comfy Computer Chair of Fame and tell us about his experiences running a pub. So please welcome to CellarMonk, our first publican, Mr. Matt Wickham. Name of the Pub: The Evening Star (A Dark Star Pub) Name(s) of the publicans: Matt and Karen Wickham (Matt and his various beer ramblings can be found…
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Interview with a Beer Blogger – Brews & Boots (Pink)
What does one do with a Communications Degree, well of course they communicate. Our next individual to sit in the Comfy Computer Chair of Fame has just such a degree. Lucky for us, she uses it to spread the word on the one thing we love – beer. Coming to us from the Pacific Northwest is beer blogger and sometimes foodie (but mainly beer), Ms. Kris McDowell. Name: Kris McDowell Blog Name: Beer Musings from Portland (http://www.bitteredunits.blogspot.com/) When did your blog start? 2007 What got you into blogging about beer? When we, my husband and I, started our blog it was designed to be something fun for us and our…
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Interview with a Homebrewer – Permission Granted
Making beer is always a gamble. From ingredients to sanitation to any number of other factors, there is always the chance of busting. Our next homebrewer to sit in the Comfy Computer Chair of Fame comes to us from the gambling center of the United State, Las Vegas. So please extend a hand (get it!) and get to know Cicerone Certified, Award winning homebrewer, Mr. Grant Heuer. Name: Grant Heuer Day Job: Currently The Beer Guy at U Bottle It, an awesome homebrew store in Henderson, Nevada. Previously I was the Assistant Brewer for Big Dog’s Brewing Co here in Las Vegas. When did you start homebrewing?I started about 3 and…
