Mission Brewery Grows 88% & Promotes John Egan

(San Diego, California) – Here’s the latest news from Mission Brewery:

John Egan Gets Promotion, Full Page of Fame Our

head brewer, John Egan, has been promoted to a new role of Operations

Manager/Head Brewer for Mission. In addition to running the brew house

and overseeing all brewing and packaging, John will now manage all Mission

employees and managers and oversee all operations at Mission.

A 12-year beer industry veteran, John joined Mission in 2010 after a 9-year stint

at the mighty Stone Brewing, where he served as lead brewer. He has a wealth

of experience managing beer production, people, and brewery growth.

“John has an outstanding track record of success,” says Mission Brewery

founder Dan Selis, “and he understands the challenges that come with our

industry. He’s also demonstrated strong leadership skills and professionalism

throughout his career,” Selis adds. “That makes him immensely qualified for this

new role, and we’re honored to have him lead Mission in this new position.”

This month John is also the focus of the revered “A Toast To…” feature on

the back page of the new issue of The New Brewer. The magazine is the key

industry publication of the Brewers Association, the Boulder, Colorado based

trade group for America’s micro and craft brewers.

Mission Grows Up

Our 2013 beer production topped out at 8,900 barrels of delicious Mission

beer. That’s an 88% increase over the 4,743 barrels of beer we crafted in 2012.

Mission beers are currently sold in CA, CO, NV, AZ, IN, OH, PA, FL, MD, NC, VA

and KY.

Homebrewers Overtake Mission

Our recent hosting of the American Homebrewers Association membership

rally was a blast. Over 200 San Diego homebrewers and beer nuts joined us for

private tours, special beers, brewer Q & A sessions and beer-powered fun.

Attendees also participated in the hopping of a triple IPA we brewed during the

rally. That beer – 200 Human IIIPA – was built with hop additions (including

Warrior, Cascade, Centennial, Zythos and Simcoe hops) pitched by rally goers.

The result is a bodacious, ultra-hoppy beer of 11.5% ABV, 100+ IBUs and 200+

HHUs (homebrewer hopping units). We’ll tap it at our tasting room on February

19.

Rally attendee Tom Kelly won the grand raffle prize of the event, he won the right

to brew a beer of his design with our Mission brewing team. We’ll brew the beer

in March, we’ll have more details on that beer in a few weeks.
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