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9/22/2015 Portland & Milwaukie, OR - Breakside Brewery
is pleased to announce
three major staff changes and hires, including our first ever Chief
Operations Officer Ray Veillet, new R & D brewer Will Jaquiss, and
new Lead Brewer Nick Munson-Phelps. All three exemplify the standards
set forth by Breakside in continuing to push creative boundaries,
personal growth, and award winning beers. Breakside is excited to
announce our new important players before heading off to this week's
Great American Beer Festival in Denver,
Colorado, which will see our brewing team pouring beers from the
convention center floor and attempting to follow-up our gold and silver
medal wins in 2014.*
Breakside's new COO, Ray Veillet, joins Breakside after several decades spent as a lawyer and
executive in the corporate world. Prior to joining Breakside he was VP of
Operations for Siteworks Design Build and President of PicoJet Inc. He
brings a wealth of accounting, legal, and finance experience to
Breakside. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Oregon
and a law degree (JD) from Willamette University.
"I was drawn to Breakside because of its unlimited growth potential. Its dedication to creativity and experimentation have already earned it a reputation as one of the best breweries in the state. I'm just excited to contribute to its future," said Veillet, commenting on why he was excited to join the company.
Will Jaquiss
(cousin of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nigel Jaquiss) has been
with Breakside for 2 years, where he has shown himself to be a passionate
and integral part of the brewing team. Though young at only age 28,
Will is a graduate of the prestigious Siebel Brewing Institute in
Chicago and has been promoted to Breakside's Research and
Development brewer. Jaquiss will handle brewing operations including
scheduling and recipe development at Breakside's Dekum pub, as well as
managing the barrel program and brewing on the 30bbl brewhouse in
Milwaukie.
An exciting new addition to the Breakside brewing team came on board in late August with Nick Munson-Phelps. Munson-Phelps moved to Portland to brew beer. He started in the
craft beverage industry at Clear Creek Distillery. In 2009 he attended
the Siebel/Doemens program and then began as a cellarman at Pyramid
Brewery. In 2010, he became a brewer at Laurelwood, producing 4 GABF
medal-winning beers. After spending the last several years as a sales
guy for specialty chemical sanitation company Wesmar, he is excited to
be returning to brewing. Munson-Phelps said, "I am so thrilled to work alongside
such
a talented team at my favorite brewery. I couldn't imagine a more
perfect setting to create beers to be proud of. Looking forward to
growth, creativity, and lots of fun."
Munson-Phelps will be joining the staff as Breakside's new Lead Brewer. The position calls for him to be responsible for a number of administrative
aspects of raw materials procurement and wort production in addition to
regular brewing duties.
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"I was drawn to Breakside because of its unlimited growth potential. Its dedication to creativity and experimentation have already earned it a reputation as one of the best breweries in the state. I'm just excited to contribute to its future," said Veillet, commenting on why he was excited to join the company.
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About Breakside Brewery:
Opened
in 2010 in the quiet Woodlawn neighborhood of Northeast Portland as a
restaurant and nano-sized brewery, Breakside expanded to a 3.5 BBL
brewhouse while winning their first medal at the Great American Beer
Festival in 2011 where they have earned medals each year since. In late
2013 the brewery expanded operations to Milwaukie, Oregon with a 30BBL
production brewery filled with 60 and 120BBL tanks, barrel rooms for
wild and non-wild/sour fermentation's and a 20 tap tasting room. In 2014
Breakside was awarded with the highly coveted Gold Medal for
American-style IPA at the Great American Beer Festival for their
flagship IPA that was also named to Men's Journals 100 Best Beers In The
World and Sip Northwest's Best IPA in the Northwest. Breakside is also
known for their experimental, barrel-aged and sour beers like Bourbon
Barrel-Aged Aztec a strong amber ale with chocolate and chilies that won
Bronze at both Chicago's Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers and Best of
Craft Beer Awards and Passionfruit Sour a berliner-weisse style beer
that earned a Bronze at the 2013 GABF.
Breakside
Beers are available on draft and in 22oz bottles in Oregon,
Seattle-Washington area, Denver, Hawaii and British Columbia. 2015
expansion plans include introducing 6-packs of 12oz bottles and more
specialty bottles and sour beers. Visit www.breakside.com for more info.Breakside Brewery & Taproom
5821 SE International Way, Milwaukie, OR
Breakside Brewpub
820 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR
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