Bouckaert, Peter and Callahan, Brian
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content: Johnson, Paula, Curator
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: American Beer Brewing Oral History Collection
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content: American Beer Brewing Oral History Collection / Series 1: Born-Digital Interviews
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content: 2017-05-04
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content: Oral history interview with Peter Bouckaert, brewmaster, and Brian Callahan, director of fun, at New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado. Topics covered include Callahan and Bouckaert's childhoods; the role of beer in Belgian food and drink culture; Bouckaert's early interest in science and training in brewing; Callahan's early interest in homebrewing and decision to join New Belgium in its earliest years; and the nature of microbrewing in Colorado in the late 1980s. Bouckaert talks about his early brewing career at Rodenbach Brewery and the decision to move to the U.S. to join New Belgium. Bouckaert and Callahan also talk about American consumers' initial reactions to Belgian styles of beer; New Belgium's expansion over the years; the process of recipe formulation; branding; the brewery's work culture; Colorado's role in craft brewing; challenges to craft breweries during an age of competition; and the position of American beer in global beer culture.