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BIOS

That's called putting our heads together

Angelo De Ieso II comes from the great Northeast where he spent most of his formative years in Central Maine after being born in Massachusetts.  His first experience with craft brewing came from Samuel Adams, Shipyard, Geary’s, and a few other imports like Samuel Smiths and (gulp) Guinness.  In 1996 he moved to the Bay Area and discovered Lagunita’s, Mendocino, Anchor, and others that changed his palate forever (there was always a few Henry Weinhards to go around, too). Since 1998, Angelo has lived and quaffed in Portland, Oregon where his friend Shane introduced him to several delicious flavors from Deschutes to Spaten, Full Sail to Hair of the Dog.  In 2005, Angelo graduated from Portland State University with a degree in communication and a deeper love for craft beers.  Angelo met Aaron, his partner in crime at Brewpublic, at KPSU, Portland State’s radio station, where the two were staff members and DJs. Today Angelo experiments with zany homebrew recipes with his partner Margaret, who he has been with since 2002.  He has been an correspondent for the Portland Tribune’s Guest on Tap column, LivePDX.com, and has been featured in publications such as Beer Northwest and PDX Magazine.  Angelo also has a great interest in independent music, and has been a booker and organizer for shows around the Portland under the name Pop Tomorrow! Angelo garnered much knowledge regarding beer from his experiences working at Belmont Station, Pyramid Brewing, and By the Bottle and from many knowledgable people along the way.  It is Angelo’s mission to bring “infotainment” and “edumation” to the readers of this website.  If you have any questions or comments, or would like to contribute, please contact him.  Prost!  angelo@brewpublic.com

“Head blogger for Brewpublic, good friend of the bar, and all-around ale maniac, Angelo appears at first to be a soft-spoken, modest fella with a peculiar predilection towards Boston-area sports teams. But make no mistake, this man knows where the dead bodies are buried.” -Michael O’Connor, Bailey’s Taproom, professional beer scribe

Na zdrowie! (To health!)

Margaret Lut is a native of Southern California but has spent most of her formative years in the Pacific Northwest.  She graduated from The Evergreen State in Olympia, Washington and now has a job where she roams the State of Oregon. This has given her the opportunity to visit every brewery in Oregon (oh wait, one just opened) almost yearly.  Traveling to all corners of the great Beaver State and to several other regions throughout the nation and beyond has afforded her the ability to palate some distinctly unique libations.  The first beer that enlightened Margaret to the wonders of craft brewing was Deschutes Mirror Pond, which is still one her favorite beers today.  Margaret and Angelo have shared many adventures together that often include making stops at the local watering holes for a sample of new and interesting craft brews. Oh, and she is fluent in the Polish language.  margaret@brewpublic.com

Santé!

Marc Demeule is Brewpublic’s Québecois correspondent. Says Marc: Beer is wonderful. It’s a good way to socialize, share and have fun with friendly people (especially if they can appreciate good beers too). Beer tasting panels made with friends is also an occasion to taste plenty of different flavours from around the world. Thanks to everybody who imports beer, trades some on the Internet and to every beer store owner who bring us new products, new breweries, creating an infinite wish list for every beer geek. All of those different beers inspire microbrewers and home brewers to craft better recipes, trying to brew higher quality products and create amazing beers (who could have thiought to brew a Double IPA few years ago?).

I’m not a brewer or an expert. I have just had a strong interest for beer since… let’s say 1990. Grolsch and Heineken were the only « imported » beers in Québec. Then a few microbreweries tried to have a piece of the beer market between Molson and Labbatt (two macros). Unibroue changed the beer mentality by introducing new products and they are still there, even if they are now owned by of Saporo.

I went to several brewpubs and beer events in my area (province of Québec) and I had the opportunity to drink beer in Belgium, UK, Ireland, and France. I also have experienced beer times in Cooperstown, Boston, Burlington and Portland Beervana. Yeah, Beervana!

marc@brewpublic.com

Matthew DiTullo

Matthew DiTullo, a native New Yorker, had always enjoyed the bounty of craft beer offered in the Northeast states. It wasn’t until he moved to Portland, Oregon where beer completely consumed every thought of his mind. He can regular be found on the forums of BeerAdvocate and Ratebeer and enjoys revisiting his favorite pubs in Portland.

Along with his passion for tasty, fermented beverages, he’s a freelance video editor and a new media artist interested primarily in video and mixed media works. His artwork ranges from process oriented video installations to geometric drawings.

Matthew continues to take advantage of all things beer related in the Northwest and is proud to call his home Beervana.

matthew@brewpublic.com

Cheers!

Aaron Miles is Brewpublic’s co-founder, and creative director. He was the original Webmaster, and designer and helps out with business, advertising and promotions. He is a native of the Pacific Northwest and long-time Beervana resident. Friends since 2000, Aaron and Angelo joined forces to launch Brewpublic in 2008. Aaron works as a freelance creative consultant and software project manager.

aaron@brewpublic.com

Matt Van Wyk

Matt Van Wyk, brewmaster at Oakshire Brewing in Eugene Oregon is a ten year veteran in the brewing industry. He has been with Oakshire since Spring of 2009. Previously. Matt brewed in Chicagoland for three different brewpubs and one production brewery, most recently heading up the brewery at Flossmoor Station in Flossmoor, Illinois. It was there, in 2006, that he earned the GABF small brewpub brewer of the year. Since arriving at Oakshire, he has lead them in growth from a brewery with around 75 barrels of production space to the current capacity of about 300 barrels at any given time and the company staff has doubled.

Oakshire Brewing Company was founded in October 2006 by Native Oregonian brothers Jeff and Chris Althouse. With the singular goal of brewing the highest quality artisan beer, Oakshire has become recognized for consistently brewing fresh, unique and delicious beers in relatively small batches. Oakshire has an active blog on the web at http://oakbrew.com and they also offer brewery tours and beer tasting at their brewery every Saturday from 12-4pm. The brewery is located at 1055 Madera Street in Eugene. They can be reached at info(at)oakbrew.com or at (541) 688-4555

matt@oakbrew.com

Green Bottler

Mike Weksler is Brewpublic’s Bottler at Large, armed with nothing more than a mobile six head bottling machine and an iPhone with a camera. I moved to the PNW from the great state of Lousy-anna in 1996 and haven’t looked back. My first experience with craft beer was “boot legging” cases of Shiner Bock across the Tex-Ass/Lousy-anna while attending LSU. Go Tigers!

I like to brag that I once walked into a Korean grocery and purchased almost an entire case of Hitachino Nest for $1.25 a bottle. Score!! When I’m not traipsing all over the state of Oregon putting wonderfully delicious craft beer into 22oz bottles, I can be found on the coast with a surfboard or bicycling around town in search of that perfect beer that will take me back to childhood.

I feel fortunate to be a bottler in the sense that I get to experience a wide cast of interesting characters aka the brewers, and the concoctions that they make. Cheers!

mike@greenbottling.com

What a long strange trip it's been

Frank James “I was born in Highland Park, Michigan, an inner-city “suburb” – the tiny enclave had balked when Detroit had attempted to annex it a century ago – whose fame stems from the fact that Henry Ford built his first assembly line there and generations later native son Bobbie Joe Hill led that 1966 UTEP basketball ball team that broke Adolph Rupp’s heart and changed college basketball forever.

“In college, the gypsy life called and I answered affirmatively. I’ve lived from coast to coast: Ann Arbor, Colorado Springs, New York City, Chicago, Boston, Providence, Madison, Ypsilanti, Milwaukee, Seattle, Vancouver and Portland. I’ve visited or driven though every one of the lower 48 states, except for Utah and Nevada. Along the way, I’ve earned degrees from Michigan, Brown and Wisconsin and worked a dizzying array of jobs: gas pump jockey, landscaper, cashier, golf club lavatory houseman, busboy, waiter, bartender, record store manager, blues club bouncer, college instructor/administrator and attorney.

“My beer education began seriously in ’93 when I moved back to Wisconsin and fell in with a cadre of beer-drinking co-workers, including one couple who’d dedicated themselves to traveling the world, eating well and drinking good beer. And because both were very good attorneys, they took extensive notes that detailed their travels and indulgences. Attending a beer fest with them was like drinking your way though a graduate seminar in beer.

“When I helped move a friend to Seattle in ’95, to ease the drudgery of the 2000 mile road trip, they supplied me with an inch-thick list of craft breweries – and their specific beers – from Milwaukee to Vancouver, BC. Along the way, I fell in love with hoppy beer, cool, rainy weather and the notion of making the Northwest my home. Over the next 6 years, I loaded up on frequent flier miles, finalized moving plans and eventually made another cross-country, craft beer-fueled, stuff-hauling road trip in 2001. After stays in both Vancouver, BC and Seattle, I settled on Portland because of it’s weather – seriously! – and its celebration of beer, bikes and dogs.

“Since then, I’ve traveled the Northwest, from Grant’s Pass north to Whistler, BC, developing a real jones for the hoppiest brews I can find and further educating my palate. I’m not a homebrewer – yet – but cooking is a passion that correlates and I’ve learned a lot about good beer from decades of talking to brewers, drinking everything from Stroh’s, that good old Detroit river water, Canadian lagers and ales we’d sneak across the border in our car trunks, beer from the small, German-influenced breweries that dot Wisconsin and the delicious offerings of places like Hair of the Dog right here in Portland.

“What a long, strange trip it’s been.”

binxtheweimer@gmail.com

Ben Edmunds

Ben Edmunds is a brewer and beer educator. He studied brewing at the Siebel Institute and completed his formal training at Doemens Academy in Munich. He is one of the brewers at Breakside Brewery in NE Portland. He founded Oregon Beer Odyssey, a company that offers formal classes in beer tasting and appreciation, in 2010 as a venue for spreading the gospel of good beer to as many people as will listen. One day, he hopes to open a craft brewery in Havana, Cuba.

benjamin.edmunds@gmail.com

Ben Kilduff

Ben Kilduff I’m 36 years old. I have lived in Portland, OR my whole life, and have been into craft beer for 3 years. Since turning 21 ,that is fifteen years of catching up to do. Since being enlightened to the world of craft beer, I have delved into homebrewing. I am still a novice, though, and have a lot of more to learn, but I love it. I have also gotten into cellaring beer. Like a squirrel, I stow away only the best “nuts” in the crawl space of my house. To add or subtract from treasure trove, I have to take everything out of the utility closet and peel open a square of carpet, floor and insulation. This is an amazing hobby! There is always something new to try, or some seasonal release beer that I couldn’t get enough of the last time it was out. Sometimes I have to bolt from the bottle shop before I but everything in sight. The people are also what makes this hobby so much fun. Beer geeks in general are very willing to share a special beer or relay their geekdom with anyone who wants to listen.So, cheers to the beer geeks – I am proud to be in your company!In addition to beer I am a big baseball fan. Go RED SOX!

btwomeyk@yahoo.com

"Don't mind if I do."

Jason “Jay Bar” Butler Beer is an expression of art in the craftiest way and crosses cultural boundaries as much as any common bond. Like good food, good friends and good lovers; beer is something to be appreciated by the most particular of connoisseurs. Mostly though, beer made with attention and passion is great. Jay does not claim to be a connoisseur of beer, but he knows what he likes.

Growing up on Budweiser in almost every part of the country over the years, Jay was first introduced to craft brews in Monterey Bay, California at local jaunts with his neighbor. After moving to Portland in 2001, his appreciation for a good pale ale was indoctrinated courtesy of Deschutes Mirror Pond. Living in Portland, one can not help but be tempted by the plethora of variety presented in even the lowliest of dive bars to the brew festivals that happen several times a year in the NW. His favorite IPA changes all the time.

Jay has enjoyed discovering craft brews and local brews alike in many parts of the world. Whether it be a trip across the U.S. with Angelo, a pint and pizza with Aaron, or locally brewed malt in Bulgaria with Eastern European honeys – Jay enjoys variety in all forms. Although preferring the pale ale pours, he’ll try anything once….unless it comes in a plastic bottle. Noroc!

Caroline Smogorzewski

Caroline Smogorzewski is Brewpublic’s Special Effects Director. She currently resides in the City of Angels where the popularity of The South Beach diet has eliminated the supply of good beer. By furthering the special effects at Brewpublic she prays for a day when the residents of La La cry golden frothy tears and repent for what they have become. When she isn’t designing buildings she is trying to make it in the music biz like every other person and their mother in town.

Seany Wonton in action!

Sean White was raised in the small college town of Athens, Ohio. He has been an all grain brewer for 8 years, as well as a BJCP certified judge and homebrew advocate. He has lived & worked as a cook in many places, including Glacier National Park, Big Sky & Bozeman Montana, Zion National Park in Utah, Santa Cruz, California, and Brooklyn, New York. Sean did his first internship for Sixpoint Craft Ales in Brooklyn in 2009, and in September he moved with his girlfriend, Clarissa to Portland Oregon. He started with a 5 month internship at Upright Brewing, and was hired by soon-to-be-licensed Breakside Brewing as a brewer. He is currently working for Green Bottling, a mobile bottling unit, and Alameda as a part-time brewer. Sean is incredibly stoked about the future and to finally be in the industry he feels he was meant for! He enjoys brewing all kinds of beers, but he especially likes to brew saison-type beers and wild & funky ales. He dreams of one day opening a true farmhouse brewery integrated with a small farm. Other than brewing (and drinking), he loves to rock climb, cook at home, work in the garden, and refer to himself in the 3rd person.

Nick Rivers

Nick Rivers has been doing all things web, music, and media oriented for 15 years. He’s written for and ultimately developed sites ranging from digital music and film to energy to beer. A native of Arizona, Nick moved to Southern California in 1991. After years of misguidedly consuming mainstream European imports, Nick began dabbling in small local breweries along California’s Central Coast before defecting. He moved to Portland in 2004 with then girlfriend and would be wife, Kim. Upon moving to the Rose City he was properly indoctrinated into the world of craft beer from the Northwest and beyond. Nick met Angelo in 2007 and after sharing beer, music and a few jaw dropping antics, realized the need to join Brewpublic and assist on the web and media front. You’ll find him lurking about the city, often at live shows and various beer bars, particularly Bailey’s Taproom where it’s rumored he’s been caught working. He is easily distracted by Belgian sours, Portland indie music, and well, Portland in general.

PDX Brews, Tunes, & more

Jason Wallace is the creative mind behind Portland Beer and Music. The tagline from his blog reads: “A Portland father with a healthy obsession for craft beer and live music brings you information and thoughts on both.” He believes that sums it up pretty well. Jason has a full time job, a wife who doesn’t like beer, a two year old daughter and another daughter on the way. So, the cards are stacked against him in getting out to drink beer and see live music. While he doesn’t get out as much as his blogging brethren (and he admits to reading their tweets with envy), Jason tries hard to make it to as many festivals, beer releases, and music/beer events as he can. Jason also seeks out live music, breweries and craft beer bars whenever he travel, whether it be for work or leisure. Make sure to visit his blog: http://pdxbrewtunes.blogspot.com/

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