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David Yarrington, Executive Brewer David Yarrington began his facination with beer after many hours of field research during college led him to start home brewing. Having graduated from Colby College, and with his Chemistry degree firmly grasped in hand, he found himself, after a manditory year as a ski bum in Wyoming, at the doors of the Twenty Tank Brewery in San Francisco. With his size 11 1/2 foot firmly planted in the jamb, they had no choice but to hire the eager lad. 7 years later and having worked at Tommyknocker Brewery, Golden Pacific Brewing Co., The Commonwealth Brewing Co., and Tokyo Brewing Co, David figured he'd better actually learn some science behind the art of brewing and so enrolled in the UC Davis Master Brewers Program. In August of 2001 he took over the duties of Executive Brewer at Smuttynose, a position he tenuously holds at the present time. david@smuttynose.com |
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Greg Blanchard, Head Brewer Greg Blanchard started his brewing career as a young boy collecting beer bottle caps. At that age, it was just a collection. But as time passed, he realized his calling. Born in Athens, Georgia, he made his way to New Hampshire when he was three. He grew up attending the Oyster River school system and later graduated from UNH with a Food Service Management degree. In 1998, after seven years in the food industry, he chose to take a chance at a part-time bottling position at Smuttynose. With many years of homebrewing experience and having read many brewing books, he decided this was the path for him. After all, brewing was similar to food science in terms of recipe formulation, sanitation and a strict compliance to consistency. After several years of hard work, he rose to Head Brewer, a position he has held for four years. In 2002, he earned a scholarship to attend the MBAA's Brewing and Malting Science course in Madison, Wisconsin. Greg is an avid New
England sports fan. While not at work he enjoys time with his
wife Kristie, live music, camping, boating, travelling, and the
seemingly endless work on his new (but old) house. greg@smuttynose.com
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Chuck Ireland, Brewer Chuck is a one-hundred percent homegrown Seacoast guy. Before starting at Smuttynose in 2000, he dabbled in some pretty random stuff. Some so random it just shouldn't be mentioned. Once having mastered plucking bottles off the line, he moved into the cellar and ran with it. Chuck spends most of his summers fishing, hiking, climbing and heckling tourists that drive the wrong way through Market Square. During the winter, you can find him snowboarding,snowshoeing and trying to stay warm with a nice pint of Barleywine on frigid nights. Besides that, he's your average joe with a kick-ass set of mutton chops! chuck@smuttynose.com
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Keith Gosselin, Brewer keith@smuttynose.com
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Dan Schubert, Brewer Even though it's in his German blood, Dan learned the craft of brewing here at Smuttynose. After graduating from UNH with a physics degree he started filling in on the bottling line for a friend who was the neighbor of Head Brewer Greg. Ever since, it's been English barleywines and maibocks instead of electricity and magnetism. Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Maryland, Dan enjoys living in Maine and growing organic veggies. You can catch him on the fields playing ultimate or in the woods ice fishing, camping, hiking and peeking through his telescope at the stars. dan@smuttynose.com
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JT Thompson, Brewer jt@smuttynose.com
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Judi Keane, Brewer judi@smuttynose.com
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Kevin Love, Sales Manager Kevin Love has been with our company since 1997, and has held the sales managers position since 1998. He's been involved in the beer business on and off since 1982, working both the retail and supply side of it. You could almost say he's been involved since his childhood, when he would make trips to his father's work place, the original Ballantine Brewery in Newark, NJ. Currently living in the Seacoast area, he has been a New Hampshire resident since 1992. kevin@smuttynose.com
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Renee Thomas - NH, VT & ME sales Renee is a native Texan and longtime resident of the Seacoast. She is married with four children and two chihauhaus. After working in the restaurant business for six years, she decided to try life on the other side of the bar and found a home with Smuttynose as a sales rep in 2001. renee@smuttynose.com
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Dan Henry - MA,
RI & CT sales In between waiting tables at the Kinsale in Boston, Dan has traveled the globe, worked with street kids in Brazil, coached rugby at BU, and tried to jump in the ocean wherever and whenever. In August 2006, Dan went to work for Craft Brewers Guild, Smuttynose's Massachusetts distributor, and after 11 months he found his way over to Smuttynose as there southern New England rep. When not selling the "Finest Kind", you can find this Maine boy biking (either down a mountain or on some random road), jumping in the ocean, or if there is snow on the ground, trying to get to a mountain and strap a board to his feet. dan.henry@smuttynose.com
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Tom Briggs - New York Sales Since graduating with
a degree in English Literature in 1996, Tom has worn many hats
for many companies. Trading mutual funds, leading historical
tours, and recovering stolen Teddy Bears are just a few (the
last one, unfortunately, is no joke), but he found his true calling
when a friend plucked him from a modest bartending gig and set
him up as a beer salesman. After spending three years in the
bars, restaurants and retail outlets of Boston and New York City,
advancing the presence of craft beer one shelf set and draught
line at a time, Tom took a seven month breather as the manager
and co-conspirator of a small Beer Bar in New York City's Lower
East Side. Now he joins Smuttynose as the New York and New Jersey
rep for our ever-expanding brewery. When not out on the streets
trying to get deli owners to move the Old Brown Dog to a better
cooler location, Tom can be found reading obscure beer and whiskey
journals, trekking central park on foot, watching toxic amounts
of programming on the History Channel, or in a Boston-expatriate
bar cheering for the Red Sox. Tom@smuttynose.com
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Robby Brondolo - National Accounts Manager Robby is an Italian citizen but considers herself a global nomad, having been born in Uganda and consequently living in many countries of the world including Egypt, Ethiopia, China and the Emirates. Following her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Turin - Italy, she ventured across the Atlantic to further her education. She received her Master's Degree in Business in 2001 and moved to the Seacoast to begin her career in marketing and sales. After a short stint in a software company she found a niche in international sales brokering electronics to overseas clients at ungodly hours of the morning. As a jack of all trades and master of none, her free time is spent cultivating her passion for the outdoors. When she isn't riding her horse or mucking stalls as a Dover Mounted Police volunteer, she enjoys traveling, scuba diving, fishing, lobstering, snowboarding, cigars and a few brews at the pub. Never in a million years did she think that one of her passions could turn into a career until one day, sitting at the pub chatting it up with the usual suspects over a Big-A IPA, she encountered Smuttynose Brewing Company. robby@smuttynose.com
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Peter Egelston, Company President Peter Egelston wasn't always a beer guy. After graduating from NYU in 1981 with a degree in Spanish Literature, he quit his job as a hotel doorman and took a more "dignified" position - at one third the pay - teaching English as a Second Language in Times Square. Later, he became a high school teacher in Brooklyn. Then, in 1986, his sister Janet passed through town and talked him into abandoning his job and home and joining her in Massachusetts where they would open what is now the oldest brewpub in the northeast: the Northampton Brewery. Peter was head brewer there until 1991. That year, they opened the Portsmouth Brewery, the Granite State's first brewpub. In 1993, Peter attended the auction of the bankrupt Frank Jones Brewing Company. Not intending to bid on anything that day, he walked away having purchased the brewery that was to become Smuttynose. Through it all, he's still mainly a Democrat, uses a Mac, and his devotion to the Red Sox* is second only to his love for his girlfriend Joanne and their old brown dog Olive. peter@smuttynose.com * a congenital affliction inherited from his maternal grandmother
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Joanne Francis, Marketing & Art Director
joanne@smuttynose.com
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Gale L. Merrigan: Business Manager for the Smuttynose Brewing Company and the Portsmouth Brewery. DOB: Wasn't born yesterday A native of Marblehead Massachusetts, Gale received a BS with honors in Hotel and Restaurant Management with a minor in accounting at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, sometime during the last millennium. While there, she played sweeper on the UMass NCAA Women's Championship Soccer team. In 1991 Gale joined the Northampton Brewery, and relocated to the New Hampshire seacoast to open and manage the Portsmouth Brewery. When not "counting beans" and harassing deadbeats, she enjoys throwing back the occasional cold one, skiing, and playing soccer for the Smutties of the Seacoast United Soccer Club. Gale is married to John Merrigan. They have a daughter Abaigeal, and two sons, Zachariah and John. gale@smuttynose.com
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Deb Fitt, Office Manager deb@smuttynose.com
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Olive, Spokesmodel & Company Mascot, 1991 - 2007 Olive, our old brown dog, the grande dame of Smuttynose, was our official greeter. Best known as the model on our Brown Dog Ale bottle, she enjoyed chasing tennis balls and squirrels, long walks on the beach and pasta with cheese. A lifelong student of human character, Olive didn't suffer fools gladly. She died peacefully at home in March, 2007, one month shy of her sixteenth birthday. |
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