Conway, Patrick
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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: 522.56 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 00:47:34, audio/wav)
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content: 2018-06-06
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Oral history interview with Patrick Conway, co-founder of Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, Ohio. Topics covered include Conway's Irish heritage; his discovery of European beers after college; his decision to open Great Lakes Brewing Co. in 1986; the history of brewing in Cleveland and the Midwest; the brewery as an engine of revitalization in the neighborhood; his approach to retrofitting historic buildings to house the brewery; his strategies for growth and expansion; and the brewery's aesthetic and label design. Conway also discussed the brewery's longtime focus on environmental sustainability; the brewery's establishment of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan in 2018; how American consumers' tastes have changed over time; and his thoughts for the future of craft beer.