Cilurzo, Natalie
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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: 2018-05-03
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content: Oral history interview with Natalie Cilurzo, co-owner and president of Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa and Windsor, California. Topics covered include Cilurzo's high school years in a small town in southern California where she worked in the family gas station and at a local winery; her time studying business and early career in the wine industry; opening Russian River Brewing Co. with her husband Vinnie Cilurzo in 2004; and Russian River's focus on hoppy beers (such as their flagship double IPA, Pliny the Elder), sour, barrel-aged; and Belgian-style beers. Cilurzo also talks about running a brewpub and the role of food in enjoying beer; building a new brewery in Windsor, California (opened fall 2018); her approach to business and balancing business with family; the brewery's strategy related to growth; the importance of travel; her experiences as a woman in the beer industry; and her recollections of the Sonoma Complex Fires in October 2017, which affected Santa Rosa and its surroundings.