A Brief History

I grew up in a small town in southern Ontario where the beer of choice ranged from Bud Light all the way to Coors Light. My curiosity of everything and anything beer did not stem from the years spent in my hometown. During the first year of my undergrad at Laurier I began trying new beers. My choices were still safe, sticking to well known beers like Rickards, Heineken and Creemore, but I had branched out. By second year I started getting into the craft beer movement with beers from Steam Whistle and Mill Street. In third year I had my first Delirium Tremens and from then on I've been drinking any new beer I find. While working at my first job in the agriculture industry, I had aspirations of entering the beer industry. In my free time I continued trying new beers, reading about beer and becoming level 1 Prud'homme certified. In the summer of 2012 I landed a job at Molson Coors as an Import Planner. I manage the supply chain for the partner brands (Heineken, Miller, Newcastle, Strongbow, Coors Banquet, etc) from the procurement of the product to the hands of the end customer. Shortly after starting at Molson I purchased John Palmer's book "How to Brew" and got some basic home brewing equipment with a friend of mine. In the last year we brewed three extract batches, the first being a porter we named Christmas Sweater Porter, the second was an apricot ale and this past December we brewed the 2nd annual Christmas Sweater Porter. This past Christmas I was given an Igloo Cooler mash tun as well as a grain mill. After purchasing a 10.5 gallon brew pot I'm ready to start brewing all grain. In this blog I'll be tracking my progress with home brewing, discussing different beers, the beer industry and anything beer related.

Thanks for reading!