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Averie Swanson

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Averie Swanson is an American brew master.[1][2][3]

Swanson spent her childhood in Houston.[2] At 24, she moved to Austin.[2]

She graduated from the University of Houston in biology[4] and then worked for two years in a neonatal research clinic in the intensive care unit at the Children's Hospital of Texas.[1]

In 2018, she passed the Master Cicerone exam[4] after three attempts.[1] She is also one of the 19 people[5] in the world to have had this examination,[1] among which only 3 women.[5]

Her father was born in Chicago.[2]

Career

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Swanson began brewing with a brewing kit.[4]

In 2013, she began an internship at the American brewery Jester King, in Austin, Texas.[2] This brewery, opened in 2010, specializes in spontaneous fermentation and mixed cultures of indigenous yeasts.[2] In 2016, Swanson became the brew master of the company.[2][1]

After several years, she leaves Jester King and takes a sabbatical.[2][5] She then resumed work as a consultant for the American brewery Half Acre,[4][1] in particular on their mixed culture program.[2]

The managers of the brewery suggest that she brews within their space[4] and are particularly interested in scaling up activities.[2][5] She thus begins her new project called Keeping Together,[4][1][5] also bringing the philosophy and know-how of Jester King to Chicago,[2] which already houses more than 170 breweries.[2] She works in particular with artist Jessica Deahl for the artistic part of the project.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Noel, Josh (December 17, 2019). "Beer industry burnout brings lauded Texas brewer to Chicago for a new chapter and a new project, Keeping Together". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Gould, Kenny (November 8, 2019). "For Three Years, Averie Swanson Was The Head Brewer At Jester King. Then, She Left. What's Next?". Forbes. Retrieved May 4, 2020.[self-published source]
  3. ^ Valle, Gavin (November 29, 2017). "Austin is a craft beer powerhouse: Here's some of what the Texas city is cooking up for brew lovers". CNBC. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Averie Swanson Starts a New Chapter in Chicago". CraftBeer.com. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Averie Swanson Is Bringing Ambitious, Mixed-Culture Beer to Chicago". oct.co. January 17, 2020. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.