On this episode of the Brewer to Brewer Podcast Peter Bouckaert of Purpose Brewing interviews Jeff Lebesch, the co-founder of New Belgium Brewing Co.
Listen in as they discuss the early days, the ethos of the brewery, working with wood and barrels, and how Belgium continues to inspire brewers.
About Jeff Lebesch
Jeff Lebesch is the founder and former owner of the New Belgium Brewing Company, one of America’s leading craft breweries. An electrical engineer by training, Jeff’s passion for Belgian beer inspired him to launch New Belgium out of a self-engineered basement brewery in 1991. Since retiring from the brewing business in 2009, he has pursued other passions of mountain biking, alpine trekking, ocean sailing, and most recently written a book about the origins and early years of the New Belgium Brewing Company.
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