What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
I run educational events at Forked River Brewing.
What got you into homebrewing?
A bunch of my friends asked me to help form a homebrew club at Continue reading Member Profile: Kathy Yan Li
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Member Profile: Mark Verok
Mark Verok
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
I appraise commercial real estate. I’m an AACI, which basically means I value the stuff that banks lend on and developers spend way way too much money on. The bulk of my time in the past year though has been concentrated around starting and marketing Katalyst Brewing Company. We are listed in the LCBO and will very shortly be in stores!
What got you into homebrewing?
If I recall, I was sitting talking to my father, and somehow beer came up, I had tried making wine a few times, with varying success, and he said “I don’t think that’s a great idea, not sure it’s that easy”. Of course, I have spent the past couple of years throwing home brewed beer at him. I won this round Pete! Continue reading Member Profile: Mark Verok
Member Profile: Kat Goodale
Kat Goodale
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
I was a computer studies teacher at a girl’s school for 12 years, but made a career change in 2013. I was accepted into the Brewmaster program at Niagara College, and am now a brewer at Magnotta Brewery in Vaughan.
What got you into homebrewing?
My dad! He’d been homebrewing on and off since the 1985 beer strike, and we helped by bottling. I inherited his bottle capper, which is still as much of a PITA to use now as it was then.
Member Profile: Jon Mains
Jon Mains
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
I’m a businessman. I work as a financial analyst at a kitchen cabinet manufacturer, crunching numbers, financial statements, spreadsheets, graphs, charts, Excel baby!
What got you into homebrewing?
Some combination of unemployment, curiosity, frugality, education, and entrepreneurial aspirations. I had recently completed my Master of Business at U.B.C. in Vancouver, and had a lot of spare time while job hunting. As someone who loves craft beer and cooking, I figured I could probably brew up a decent batch myself while simultaneously saving money! By the way, I’ve yet to save any money making my own beer, the equipment is expensive!
I started reading every book I could get my hands on and anything I could find on web forums. With an undergraduate degree in Biology, the science of brewing came quickly and easily, that’s when the same thought crossed my mind that crosses every homebrewer’s mind, “Why not start a brewery?!” Continue reading Member Profile: Jon Mains
Member Profile: Chris Schryer
Chris Schryer
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
Since the start of the summer, I’ve been a letter carrier for Canada post. Before that, I was a freelancer/stay at home dad, which meant I had a lot more time for brewing. Continue reading Member Profile: Chris Schryer
Member Profile: Matt Duimering
Matt Duimering
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
Package and Graphic designer. I mainly do structural corrugated design of pop up displays.
Member Profile: Sean Michael Winslow
Sean Michael Winslow
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
I recently received my PhD in Medieval History and Book History and Print Culture from the University of Toronto. I study the history of bookmaking, and wrote my dissertation on the Ethiopian scribal tradition.
Member Profile: Ed Hitchcock
Ed Hitchcock
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
A: I am a high school science teacher by day. But that’s not *entirely* outside homebrewing. Long ago, when I taught OAC Biology, I used brewing to illustrate enzyme activity and metabolism while making 50 mL batches – call it a femtobrewery.
Member Profile: Doug Appeldoorn
Doug Appeldoorn
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
By day I work as a Television Editor at Corus Entertainment, by night I’m a Prud’homme Beer Certification instructor and have been working with my business partner and fellow home brewer Pietro Caira to put on People’s Pint events and eventually open a brewery together. Continue reading Member Profile: Doug Appeldoorn
Member Profile: Evan Bonsell
Evan Bonsell
What is your occupation (outside homebrewing)?
I work in sales for a print marketing firm. The largest account I work with is Continue reading Member Profile: Evan Bonsell