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Barbara Stone is the Western Key Account Sales Manager at John I. Haas, Inc., a premier hop supplier for North America. Born on Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Stone was primarily raised in Oregon City, although she has moved around the state…

At the time of the first interview, Cat Wiest was a Research and Development Brewer at Pelican Brewing Company in Tillamook, Oregon. She describes growing up in San Luis Obispo, California, as well as in Guam. She discusses her earlier life…

Gail Oberst is a reporter and co-founder of the Oregon Beer Growler, a publication that covers the states brewing industry. In her interview, Oberst talks extensively about her families deep ties to Oregon and how being a fifth generation Oregonian…

Michele Wonder is a home brewer and works for Perfect Pour Services in Portland, Oregon. In her interview, Wonder talks about growing up in Long Beach, California, her education and experiences at California State University Long Beach studying…

Steve and Rebecca Pierce are the owners of Alpha Beta Hops, an organic hop farm in Ashland. In this interview, the Pierces talk about setting up the farm, moving to Ashland in the 1990s, and their foray into growing hemp. They also discuss the…

Karen Sheley is co-owner and founder of East Portland’s Gateway Brewing, and is also project manager at Country Malt Group-Great Western Malting. In her interview, Sheley describes her childhood and education outside of Syracuse, NY, with her…

Ken Whiteman is the co-founder of pFriem Family Brewers and Vice President of Oregon Brewers Guild. In his interview, Whiteman talks about growing up in Colorado and Washington, living in Germany while in elementary school, and his experiences at…

Jimmy Seifrit is the Brewmaster at 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Seifrit talks about his family and his vibrant childhood in Philadelphia, as well as his move to Vermont for college, where he learned about New England beer, and to Oregon for snowboarding and…

Born in Germany in 1939, Walter Scheurle was a brewmaster for Pittsburg Brewing Company, Sam Adams Boston Lager, and Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company; he also consulted for many of Oregon’s early microbrewers. In his interview, Scheurle notes that he…

Ashley Rose Salvitti is the founder of Brewvana, an educational and engaging beer tourism company. In her interview, Salvitti talks about growing up in New York and North Carolina, her education in Art and Psychology, her early interest in beer, and…