🎙️Welcome to episode sixteen of Liquid Liner Notes!

On this episode I chat with Trevor Rose-Hamblin, co-owner and head brewer of Old Irving Brewing Company.

We chat about Trevor's start in the restaurant business, building his was up to GM of the famed Moto restaurant with one of his mentors Homaro Cantu. We talk about his beginnings as a home brewer, and how that evolved into the OIB concept.

Then we talk about how being a trained chef impacts him as a brewer, from recipe design, to a DIY focus on the highest quality ingredients. We discuss some of OIB's most well known beers including Beezer, Della, and Krampus, their barrel aged stout series. The discussion has even more importance after OIB won silver for the “Special Strong Porter & Stout” category for Chumperado, a variant of Krampus that heavily relies on homemade ingredients.

We also talk about Trevor's work with groups like The Trotter Project and Hope for the Day. Discussing why mental health is so important to him, and how he integrates it into business practices. I also try to highlight what a great leader Trevor is in not only his business, but in the industry.

You can find Old Irving Brewing (@OldIrvingBrewing) at their neighborhood namesake brewpub, 4419 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60641. Also find their beer across Illinois and parts of Wisconsin.