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Brewmaster Santa Fe

Interview: brewmaster Brian Lock (Santa Fe Brewing)

When people think of Santa Fe, certain thoughts spring to mind: picturesque mountains, adobe buildings and strings of dried chilies. Craft beer has been pretty far down the line, but Santa Fe Brewing Company...
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Brewmaster San Francisco

Interview: Shaun O’Sullivan (21st Amendment Brewery)

Shaun O’Sullivan was working for a prestigious downtown L.A. law firm, criss-crossing the country traveling nothing but First Class, but he decided that life wasn’t for him. As he says, “I traded my suits...
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Brewmaster Orange County

Interview: brewmaster Aaron Barkenhagen (Bootlegger’s Brewery)

Aaron Barkenhagen has come a long way since he started sneaking sips of Bud Light in his early teens. Now the Bootlegger’s Brewery founder is running Old World Hefe through the hopinator and brewing...
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Brewmaster California

Interview: brewmaster Ken Grossman (Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.)

Ken Grossman is one of the pioneers of California’s craft beer movement. The Woodland Hills native moved north to Chico in 1972. Four years later, after majoring in chemistry, he opened The Home Brew...
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Brewmaster Colorado

Interview: brewmaster Peter Bouckaert (New Belgium Brewing)

Belgium native Peter Bouckaert was working at Rodenbach, with plans to open a brewpub. However, a chance encounter at the Craft Brewers Conference in Boston led to him landing the brewmaster’s job at New...
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Craft Beer Portland

Interview: brewmaster Ron Gansberg (Cascade)

Oregon native Ron Gansberg started brewing beer back when he was 12 years old. Root beer. Later, as a teenage in Klamath Falls, he graduated to hard ciders and fruit wines before turning to...
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