"Brewing is as much art as it is science. All beer specifications and raw materials in the beer recipes are subject to change due to shortages, new ingredients becoming available or at the brewers' creative discretion." - JOHN KEELING, FULLERS 1981 - 2018
Brewer at Truman's, Young's, Fullers & Wimbledon breweries all in London, UK over the past 50 years.
Fuller's Master Brewer for 37 years, refined London Pride & ESB, created Frontier Lager, Wild River and started the Past Master's & Vintage Ale series
Brewer at Firestone Walker, Paso Robles, California famous for Mind Haze and Pivo Pils
Brewer at Russian River, California famous for Blind Pig & Pliny the Elder
The Alchemist Brewery in Vermont believed to be the originator of Hazy IPA or as it was originally known NEIPA
Head Brewer and owner at Sierra Nevada, arguably the company that started the craft beer revolution with their pale ale in the 1980's
Creator of two iconic award winning Kiwi beers at the Panhead Custom brewery in Upper Hutt, Supercharger APA & Port Road Pils
The three Matts started out as home brewers and became one of NZ's most successful independent craft breweries
Epic was founded by Luke Nicholas in 2006 when craft beer was still in its infancy. He first encountered big and bold craft beers in the States and wondered why there wasn't something similar in New Zealand.
Garage Project was started by Pete Gillespie & Jos Ruffell with help from Pete’s brother Ian. "When we started out we were tiny. Garage Project wasn't even micro brewing... it was truly nano brewing."
Between 2017 and 2018, Wayfinder Brewmaster Kevin Davey pioneered the Cold IPA. At the time, Davey had been experimenting with IPAs, looking to put his own spin on the category.
First, he used rice and corn, second, he used Wayfinder’s house lager strain of yeast, and lastly, he dry hopped the beer towards the end of fermentation.
Passionate about growing hops and making real English ale, Bob founded Larkins Farm Brewery in 1986 and set about supplying his local area in Kent, UK with wholesome, field to glass, real ale in the great British tradition. Unlike most modern breweries Bob settled on a small core range of Traditional Bitter, Best Bitter, Porter (Winter) & Green Hop Best (Hop Harvest). Recently added are Larkins Pale Ale & Premium Bitter
