Sultan, Nassim
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content: Johnson, Paula, Curator
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content: McCulla, Theresa
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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: 596.03 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 00:59:03, audio/wav)
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content: 2019-07-30
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content: Oral history interview with Nassim Sultan, head brewer at Gordon Biersch Tysons in McLean, Virginia. Topics covered include Sultan's childhood in a diverse neighborhood of suburban Boston; his studies of government and public policy; and a memorable dark lager enjoyed during a trip to Peru that first drew his attention to beer and brewing. Sultan also discusses his interest in his brother's homebrewing hobby; Sultan's own start homebrewing and his outreach to professional brewers, arranging informal internships so he could learn more about brewing professionally; and landing professional brewing jobs at Lost Rhino and Gordon Biersch in Virginia. Sultan explains the history of Gordon Biersch, a brewery restaurant chain founded by Dan Gordon and Dean Biersch, known for its focus on traditional European beers. He talks about the benefits and challenges of brewing for a larger company; the need to educate customers who come for both food and beer; the nature of craft beer culture in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area; diversity in the beer industry; his enthusiasm for historical beer projects, particularly a pale ale re-creation; and potential future trends in beer.