Gouwens, Matthew
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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: 2018-06-04
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content: Oral history interview with Matthew Gouwens, founder and chief executive hopster of Hop Farm Brewing Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Topics covered include Gouwens's childhood in Indiana and his extended family's background in farming; his study of film and writing at the University of Pittsburgh; and his early experiments with a homebrewing kit and increasingly skillful homebrewing, with ingredients from a Pittsburgh homebrew supply shop. Gouwens also talks about opening Hop Farm Brewing Co. in 2013 and his farm-to-glass approach to brewing, which includes growing hops, raising chickens for eggs, and working with local food producers. Other topics covered include recipe formulation; consumer tastes and educating consumers about unfamiliar beer styles; his family's involvement in the brewery; the industrial history of the Upper Lawrenceville neighborhood; and the future of the American brewing industry.