Expertise

• Brewery and Restaurant Management
• Brewery Business Planning and Capital Formation
• Brewery Feasibility Studies and Brewery Marketing Research
• Beer Process and Package Engineering
• Beer making Training
• Beer Formulation
• Brewery Equipment Procurement
• Computer Software Integration for Beer Production
• Brewery Trouble Shoot and Audits
• Brewery Start-Up

Experience

Brewing Consultant 2002 – Present

Providing consulting for brewery and brewpub operations. This includes all aspects from brewery layout, engineering, equipment procurement, packaging, project management, installation, start-up, training, and trouble shooting. Consultation experience includes:

• Huber Brewery, Monroe, WI
• Alandale Brewery, Kirkwood, MO
• Mountain Crest Brewery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Clipper City Brewery, Baltimore, MD
• Smuttynose Brewery, Portsmouth, NH
• Quoin Industries, Golden, CO
• Terrapin Beer Company, Athens, GA
• Maple Leaf Distilleries, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Long Shore Brewery, Garden City, NY
• Frisco Brewing Company, Frisco, Colorado
• Amber Wave Brewery, Vacaville, California
• Crested-Butte Brewery, Crested-Butte, Colorado

Tommyknocker Brewery, 1994 - 2002, Promoter/Plant Manager for Phoenix, Arizona

• Developed a 23,000-barrel microbrewery and 300-seat restaurant.
• Designed, engineered and implemented brewing and packaging process.
• Developed brewing formulations, process controls, specifications, and quality control procedures
• Supervised 3 managers and 35-45 brewery and restaurant personnel.
• Supervised hiring, training, evaluation, and compensation of all brewery staff.
• Raised $6.3 million capital for project.
• Developed distribution network throughout Arizona and surrounding states.

Promoter, President, & General Manager for Idaho Springs, Colorado

• Developed an 8,000-barrel microbrewery and 200-seat restaurant.
• Engineered and installed brewery.
• Supervised 4 managers and 30-40 brewery and restaurant employees
• Established all written procedures and approved all modified procedures.
• Field tested the beer “party pig” with close coordination with Quoin Industrial (package supplier) as a unique refrigerated pressurized package for home consumption.
• As President: established distribution sales network with 12 distributors and in 6 states.
• Created Tommyknocker soft drinks expanding distribution nationally.

Jackson Hole Pub & Brewery, Jackson, Wyoming, 1993 - 1994, Brewing Consultant

• Designed, engineered, and built unique brewery within a restaurant that included packaging.
• Kept brewery cost within budget and trained all brewery and packaging personnel.
• Developed brewing formulations, process controls, specifications, and quality control procedures.
• Engineered and installed waste treatment facility for brewery effluent.

Breckenridge Brewery & Pub, Breckenridge, Colorado, 1989 – 1993, President

• Directed 4 managers and 30-40 brewery and restaurant personnel
• Responsible for all operations and profitability.

Brewmaster

• Managed the design, layout, engineering, and procurement of brewing and bottling equipment.
• Trained and managed brewery personnel.
• Developed brewing formulations, process controls, specifications, and quality control procedures.
• Developed Grolsh style liter bottle as holiday package.

Other Brewing Experience

• Adolph Coors Company, Golden, CO, 3 years, Senior Brewing Engineer
• The Stroh Brewing Company, Detroit, MI, 9 years, Manager of Brewing Development, Assistant Brew Master

Honors & Publications

Education

BS, Chemical Engineering , University of Kansas

Brewing Diploma, Siebel Institute, Chicago, IL