Experience

Big Drop Brewing Co

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

• Head Of Production

  • Dec 2018 - Present



Hubris Id

• Head Brewer

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

  I run a small batch high quality micro brewery alongside running a brewing consultancy.Duties incljde:Oversee all aspects of wort production, including inventory control, handling raw materials, operating a brewhouse, transferring, vessel and heat exchanger CIP.Start up and shut down of facility processesManagement of fermenters and yeast, including cropping, starters, pitch rates, cell counts, generation tracking.Manage cellar production, including gravity, pressure, pH, and temperature.Transferring beer and filtering, tank dumps, carbonation, fining.CIP, sanitization, temperature monitoring.Monitor quality parameters and work to resolve issues should they arise.Design and implement production schedules, ingredient selection, and record keeping.Design and implementation of quality control program with SOPs.Design and implement a wild and barrel aging program with SOPs.Scale up existing recipes as well as recipe formulation and brewing of pilot batches.Submit required excise tax paperwork on a regular basis.



Freelance, self-employed

• Animation and Post-production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brewing Consultant

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

  Working with many different breweries within the UK and internationally, including gold medal winners of both the International Beer Challenge and World Beer Awards Big Drop Brewing and many others.Services provided: New Product Development and Recipe formulation: including barrel aging and souring programmes.Brewing technique and procedure creation, development and improvement.Beverage and Raw Material Troubleshooting.Cover for staffing shortages.Cellar maintenance and packagingProduction management and workflowStandard Operating ProceduresWater analysis and treatmentCostings and budgeting.Brewery build/setupSourcing and tendering for equipment, raw materials and brewhouse chemicalsHACCP and CCP protocolSensory trainingHomebrew coursesStaff TrainingProfessional beer judging



Wild Beer Co

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

• Brewer

  • Dec 2013 - Jan 2016