Timothy Copple

Basecamp Brewing Supervisor at Devils Backbone Brewing Company
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Food and Beverage Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Basecamp Brewing Supervisor
      • Aug 2022 - Present

    • Quality Laboratory Technician
      • Jan 2021 - Sep 2022

    • Brewer
      • Feb 2020 - Jan 2021

    • Packaging Operator
      • Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

    • United States
    • Food & Beverages
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Interim Production Manager
      • Jul 2019 - Sep 2019

      • Raw Material Management: optimization of inventory and acquisition • Project Planning: work with COO to meet market demand, brand development• Recipe Adjustment: ingredient and process manipulation• Special Projects: initiate compliance (FSMA, OSHA, TTB), process/plant efficiency

    • Lab Technician and Cellarperson
      • Nov 2018 - Sep 2019

      • Yeast Management: cropping, counting, viability, pitching, inventory management• Microbial Analysis: plating, microscopy, wort stability, ATP swabbing• General Lab Duties: density, pH, fining trials, forced VDK sensory, schedule cellar duties• General Cellar Duties: filtration, dry hopping, fining, carbonation, CIP• Special Projects: development of QC/QA (HACCP, GMP, SOP), routine cleaning of cellar

    • United States
    • Food & Beverages
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Brewer/Cellarperson
      • Sep 2015 - Aug 2017

      Primary roles: • Operation of 5 square meter horizontal leaf filter • Yeast harvesting, counting, pitching, and storage management • Fermentation monitoring, dry hopping, carbonation, and vessel CIP Secondary roles: • Wort production on 20 barrel, two vessel Criveller brewhouse • Small batch recipe development and production • Keg and cask cleaning Special projects: • Development of wood-aged sour and stainless Brettanomyces beer programs • Occasional cask beer production and management Show less

    • United States
    • Food and Beverage Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Brewer/Cellarperson
      • Oct 2013 - Oct 2015

      Lead Brewer roles: • Wort production on 20 hectoliter, 5 vessel brewhouse • Raw material inventory and ordering and scheduling of spent grain removal • Training and managing 2nd shift brewers • Assisted with scheduled and unplanned mechanical maintenance • Pilot recipe development, brewing, and scaling to main system • Taproom draft line-up and draft line maintenance Cellarperson and packaging roles: • Filtration with VLS plate and frame sheet filter • Monitor fermentation, dry hopping, carbonation, and vessel CIP • Operation and maintenance of BMK 40 head filler and Krones labeler Show less

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Biomechanics Research Assistant
      • Aug 2012 - Oct 2013

      • Data Collection: collect and analyze gait data in motion analysis laboratory • Clinical Reports: presentations for physical therapy, prosthetic, and orthotic interventions • Research Protocols: assisted in development of Wounded Warrior research projects • Co-authorship: assisted in manuscript development • Data Collection: collect and analyze gait data in motion analysis laboratory • Clinical Reports: presentations for physical therapy, prosthetic, and orthotic interventions • Research Protocols: assisted in development of Wounded Warrior research projects • Co-authorship: assisted in manuscript development

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Laboratory Manager
      • Aug 2010 - Aug 2012

      • Management: primary contact for daily participant scheduling and equipment maintenance • Data Collection: human movement data collection, analysis, management, and interpretation • Co-authorship: assist in manuscript development • Research Protocols: assist in development of student and faculty research protocols • Management: primary contact for daily participant scheduling and equipment maintenance • Data Collection: human movement data collection, analysis, management, and interpretation • Co-authorship: assist in manuscript development • Research Protocols: assist in development of student and faculty research protocols

Education

  • Heriot-Watt University
    Master of Science - MS, Brewing and Distilling
    2017 - 2018
  • East Carolina University
    Master of Science - MS, Kinesiology and Exercise Science (Biomechanics)
    2008 - 2010
  • Western Illinois University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Kinesiology and Exercise Science
    2004 - 2007
  • Illinois Central College
    NA, General Studies
    2003 - 2004

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