My Brewing Story

That passion eventually led me to Indiana City Brewing Company in Indianapolis. Moving from five-gallon garage batches to commercial production was exciting, humbling, and demanding. Professional brewing required precision, consistency, teamwork, quality control, production planning, and a completely different level of technical responsibility.

As Indiana City grew, I grew alongside it. The brewery developed from a local operation into a brand distributed throughout Indiana. It was incredibly rewarding to walk into bars, restaurants, and liquor stores across the state and see beer I had helped brew on tap or on the shelf.

At Hotel Tango Distillery, I expanded my experience beyond beer and into spirits production and packaging. I operated bottling, labeling, and conveyor equipment while supporting batching, blending, proofing, warehouse activity, forklift operation, and basic equipment maintenance.

That chapter strengthened my understanding of beverage manufacturing as a larger system—one that depends on reliable equipment, accurate measurements, careful material handling, quality standards, and close coordination across production and packaging.

Brewing gave me far more than a career. It taught me discipline, problem-solving, leadership, continuous improvement, and the importance of doing things the right way—even when no one is watching.

As my professional path expands beyond craft beer, I carry nearly fifteen years of manufacturing, production, procurement, quality, and brewing experience into every new opportunity. The industry may be changing, but the skills, standards, and perspective it gave me continue to shape how I work.