Experience

White Labs Inc

• United States
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brewing Operations Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Brewer

  • Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

  •Create & manage beer brewing schedule;•Develop quarterly and annual forecasts for styles, formats, and distribution with Director of Operations and Education/Brewery Experience Manager;•Develop, improve, and create unique beer recipes;•Full cycle brewing process and operation of wort/beer production including cellaring;•Costing improvement throughout brewery, working with raw material suppliers, manufacturing, and brewing partners;•Review, edit, and create SOPs across brewing department;•Maintaining up-to-date accurate records of brewing, cellaring, and packaging including inventory control;•Monitoring and control of fermentation process including troubleshooting any issues that my arise;•Ensuring proper timelines for kegs, bottling, and canning operations and on-time for distribution delivery;•Education, training, and mentoring of brewing team consisting of 5 brewers;•Working with other departments to ensure quality across all facets of brewing wort;



Modern Times Beer

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brewing Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Feb 2021

  • Manage a team of 7-8 Brewer 1 & Brewer 2s; write and maintain both a multi week brewing schedule and staffing schedule; • Process biweekly payroll period as well as daily time punches; • Schedule and implement one on one’s and training to ensure individual’s overall professional growth; edit/adjust/write SOPs in detail for the brew house; maintain current brand and seasonal recipes for the brew house as well as special project beers; process and maintain wort PdOs via OBeer to ensure proper inventory and raw material consumption; • Continuous improvement on wort production and overall fermentability to ensure quality and increased throughput on the brew house; in times of unanticipated need staffed the brew house to keep production on schedule; • Upheld all safety standards and ensured direct reports were compliant.• Work with others of the management team on costs, procurement, lead times, inventory, and recipe reformulation/formulation.



Stone Brewing

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Brewer

  • Oct 2016 - Jul 2019

  Competently operate brewhouse and cellar equipment to process brews according to Stone SOP's.Assist Brewing Supervisors with rectifying schedule conflicts and reporting downtime.Assist in training team-members, including sign offs.Leading shift and delegates task as needed.Engaged in improvement projects with focus on deliverables.Assisting with Brewing Supervisor with complete information pass-on at each shift change and ensure a smooth shift transition for the incoming supervisor and production team.Providing recommendations on process improvement, equipment upgrades, and recipe formulation.Responds to production questions and issues, and follow up as needed with managers or maintenance.Assisting the warehouse team to ensure proper inventory management.

• Brewer

  • Jun 2014 - Oct 2016

  Brewing on two 120bbl Rolec brewing systems; small scale recipe formulation; creation of one off casks; cleaning and sanitation, manual and automated CIP; monitoring fermentations and yeast health; working with QA on house yeast propagations; operation of Westfalia centrifuge and Padovan filter; ensuring finished beer meets specs for C02 and dissolved oxygen before packaging; electric fork lift and lift truck operation; help new team members during orientation and act as a resource for them as needed; acting as shift supervisor as needed and ensuring entirety of brewing operations run smoothly and in a timely manner; ordering components for both cellar and brew house; contributing to communications council as well as culture and events council.



Milwaukee Brewing Co.

• Brewer

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2014

  Brewed on a 60bbl brewing system; operated plate/frame filter, carbonated and got finished beer into spec before packaging; moved beer to/from barrels for aging or packaging; assisted with bottling/kegging as needed; manual CIP and cleaning. Brewed on a 60bbl brewing system; operated plate/frame filter, carbonated and got finished beer into spec before packaging; moved beer to/from barrels for aging or packaging; assisted with bottling/kegging as needed; manual CIP and cleaning.



Tyranena Brewing Co

• United States
• Research Services

• Brewer

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2013

  Brewed on a 30bbl, fully manual brew house; operated DE filter; transferred finished beer between tanks; assisted in packaging and kegging; trained new brewers; gave regular and technical tours to the public; assisted on setting up/running beer marathon and cycling century. Brewed on a 30bbl, fully manual brew house; operated DE filter; transferred finished beer between tanks; assisted in packaging and kegging; trained new brewers; gave regular and technical tours to the public; assisted on setting up/running beer marathon and cycling century.



Froedtert Hospital - ER/Trauma Room

• EMT

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2011

  Phlebotomy proceduresWound care and splintingEKGs and heart rhythm monitoringTriage patient careUnit secretary functionsCertified nursing assistant (CNA) functionsWork relating to lab specimens, including collection and deliveryWorking code situations in Level 1 Trauma Center Phlebotomy proceduresWound care and splintingEKGs and heart rhythm monitoringTriage patient careUnit secretary functionsCertified nursing assistant (CNA) functionsWork relating to lab specimens, including collection and deliveryWorking code situations in Level 1 Trauma Center