Jack Colt
Brewing Manager, Chicago
Please list your name, position, month/year you started at Lagunitas & how you ended up here! Jack Colt, Brewing, Started Nov 2013. Heard Tony was opening a really big fukin’ brewery in my hometown.
What are a few words you live (or brew) by? You only get one chance to make a clean connection.
If you could make an animal out of 3 animals, which would you use and what would it be called? Stegosaurus, dog, dolphin. Steggophin?
If you were in the Beer Circus, what would your sideshow talent be? Disappearing
Dan Schmelzer
Head Brewer, Seattle
Please list your name, position, month/year you started at Lagunitas & how you ended up here! Dan Schmelzer, Head (and only!) Brewer – Seattle 3.25 years I got tipped off about the Seattle taproom opening by my ol’ pal Chef Bob who opened the Chicago taproom, I applied to the initial open interview call and as we weren’t ready to hire a brewer at the time I was the original sound engineer for the bands playing the taproom. Once ready to hire a brewer I was first on the list, and began brewing here after a phone interview with Jeremy. (Fun fact: Chef Bob used to be Tony Magee’s pot hookup when he flew into Chicago, and I was Chef Bob’s source!).
What are a few words you live (or brew) by? I live by the golden ale rule – drink others and you would like to be drank.
If you could make an animal out of 3 animals, which would you use and what would it be called? 1 part Scooby Doo, 1 part Roger Rabbit, and 1 part Albatross. I’d be a seafaring cartoon sailboat captain named “Skipper Doo”.
If you were in the Beer Circus, what would your sideshow talent be? The guy who can drink himself out of the dunk tank.