Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Pic(k) of the week: The Whole Gang

Saturday, March 01, 2014

Pic(k) of the week: The Whole Gang

A snapshot of a good-sized chunk of the current (and past) craft beer brewer community of the greater Washington, D.C. area.

l-r:

Allen Young —in the mid 1980s, a brewer for Virginia's original microbrewery, Chesbay; presently, a representative for BSG;

Jason Oliver —brewmaster for Devils Backbone;

Mike McCarthy (kneeling, in front) —long-time excutive brewer for Capitol City Brewing; now, brewer for DC Brau;

Favio Garcia —brewmaster/co-owner of Lost Rhino Brewing;

Jonathan Reeves —brewmaster for Port City Brewing;

Nick Funnell —guest of honor; past brewmaster for Sweetwater Taverns;

Charlie Buettner —host for the evening; head brewer at Mad Fox Brewing Company;

Barrett Lauer (kneeling, in front with trophy) —long-time brewmaster at District Chophouse;

Joe Schineller —new brewer for Sweetwater Tavern Centreville;

Steve Gerloff —representative of Madison Chemical;

Thomas Cizauskas —of Yours For Good Fermentables.com;

Bill Madden —host for the evening; brewmaster/owner of Mad Fox Brewing Company;

Bob Tupper (and Ellie Tupper, partially obscured) —emcee for evening; long-time beer festival host and raconteur; owners of Tuppers Beers.

The photo was taken at brewpub Mad Fox Brewing Company, where, brewers, beer industry members, and good-beer fans in the mid-Atlantic gathered to roast (and bid farewell to) Nick Funnell, a British-trained brewer who, for 17 1/2 years, had been the executive brewmaster for Sweetwater Taverns in northern Virginia. In addition to winning numerous awards, Funnell trained brewers who went on to success at Sweetwater and elsewhere.

30 January 2014.
Falls Church, Virginia.

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Funnell will now be based in Portland, Oregon, as a representative for BSG Craft. More: here.
More photos from the evening: here and here.
Pic(k) of the Week: one in a weekly series of personal photos, often posted on Saturdays, and often, but not always, with a good fermentable as a subject.