My name is Luke and I brew beer for a living. I will blog about anything beer or beer industry related as I progress through my journey as a professional brewer. I will start by summarizing how I got started.
I have worked in many trades and spent years learning by any means possible and available. I have built homes, erected structures with cranes, operated heavey machinery, and installed and serviced well pumps. The list goes on, but now I am the sole brewer at Brady's Brewhouse in New Richmond, Wisconsin.
I have been working at Brady's since before the doors opened back in October of 2010. The chefs were staffing up the kitchen in mid September of that year and I had heard by word of mouth that Brady's was to be not just a restaurant, but a brewpub. I was delighted to hear that there would be a brewery in my home town and I wanted to be a part of it from the start. I got an interview with the chefs and brought beer that I had made at home. By this time my brews were impressing me and I had reasonable confidence that anyone who tried the beer would think favorably upon it. I handed the beer across the table and said "This is my portfolio" and that I would gladly wash the dishes, but intended to work in the brewery as soon as there was a need. I continued to submit quality brews for evaluation and proved my ability to create recipes without the need for more than style guidelines.
After about four months of tossing pizza dough like a madman I was moved into the cellar to plumb and prepare the cellar to serve our beer. The brewer, Rick Sauer, and I spent the next year building a solid lineup and working the kinks out of the system. Now, almost two years later, I have taken full responsibility of beer production here at Brady's and intend to continue honing my craft and improving my practice to produce the finest, freshest beers possible. The beer speaks for its self. Prost!
