When Andrew Estabrooks of Foghorn Brewing first got wind that he was up for the brewer of the year at the Brewer’s Journal Canadian Brewer’s Choice Awards in early December, it was a welcome surprise.“It happened fast,” Estabrooks says. “I just got an email sort of hinting ‘we strongly recommend that you come to the workshop.’ It was the first time I’d heard about it. [I only had] two weeks to get tickets and get there.”
Two weeks later, ‘Esty’ as he’s known, was at the awards ceremony in Toronto’s Old Flame Brewing Company in the Distillery Historic District, receiving an award for his outstanding achievement on the Canadian brewing scene...
...Around 2013, he decided to take it to the next level, getting a formal education in brewing in Madison, Wisconsin...
Ken Notes: Not fair we train `em Canada steals them!
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