MORE ABOUT GREG WINGET: California-born & Indiana-raised Greg Winget joins the staff with a decade of expertise in craft brewing. A journalist and copywriter turned craft brewer, Winget bought his begin working in beer gross sales and distribution, earlier than making his approach to Raleigh, NC the place he gained a Craft Brewing Certificates from Wake Technical Faculty. After stints at Large Boss Brewing, certainly one of North Carolina’s longest-running craft breweries, and Fortnight Brewing Firm, he ultimately joined the staff at domestically beloved Wye Hill Brewing to develop into their Brewery Director. He spent 5 years with their staff, creating over 100 distinctive beer manufacturers from inventive recipes to label artwork conceptions and taking house quite a few brewing awards throughout the nation, together with Gold Medals on the North Carolina Brewers Cup and the Nice American Beer Competition in Denver.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT SEA OF MONSTERS: Now returning to his Indiana roots, Winget has joined the Journeyman staff to launch the model’s first foray into brewing with Sea of Monsters, which can perform as each a brewery and stand alone beer bar inside ‘The American Manufacturing facility’ complicated. Sea of Monsters is a reference to early audacious maritime explorers who sought journey and overcame nice odds all over the world whereas braving actual and mythic creatures from the deep, which additionally evokes their “Face Your Fears” slogan. The brewery will focus each on regional iterations of well-liked American craft beers like IPAs, stouts and porters, barrel aged beers, in addition to beer kinds from the world over, together with the exploration and resurrection of historic recipes. Winget can be making use of the brewery’s 10-barrel system constructed by American brewing business chief Sprinkman (Franklin, WI), and can be seen to diners and visitors from the bar’s adjoining Union Corridor restaurant. He’s excited to discover sustainably sourced uncooked elements, with a concentrate on regional hop varieties and domestically grown or foraged components from the Midwest. Plus, he’ll leverage Sea of Monsters’ proximity to the distillery with barrel aged brews made in Journeyman spent whiskey barrels and recipes that characteristic comparable mash builds to Journeyman’s signature spirits.
The primary official core assortment from Sea of Monsters is about to debut in Summer time 2024 with beer served completely on-premise at The American Manufacturing facility.
ABOUT JOURNEYMAN DISTILLERY
Based in 2010 by husband-and-wife Invoice & Johanna Welter, Journeyman Distillery has not solely captured the palates of spirits fanatics throughout 35 U.S. states and three continents but in addition constructed a fame rooted in integrity, group, and genuine hospitality. The family-owned grain-to-glass distillery nestled within the coronary heart of Three Oaks, Michigan, has garnered the celebrated ‘Whiskey of the Yr’ and ‘Craft Distiller of the Yr’ awards from the esteemed American Spirits Council of Tasters (ASCOT) Awards in recent times. Past its award-winning whiskey, Journeyman Distillery’s portfolio encompasses a wide selection of spirits and craft liqueurs. The Three Oaks location, as soon as house to an 1800s corset and buggy whip manufacturing unit, homes the distillery’s manufacturing hub and boasts an array of experiences, together with on-site restaurant Staymaker, the Welter’s Folly 18-hole placing inexperienced, occasion areas, and a number of other distinctive lodging choices. Because the distillery’s narrative continues to evolve, Journeyman not too long ago opened “The American Manufacturing facility,” a groundbreaking $40 million vacation spot distillery and brewery located in Valparaiso, Indiana, Invoice’s hometown, in October 2023. Invoice and Johanna may even proceed work with Journeyman’s 501©3 enrichment nonprofit Islay’s Barrel Basis, which is known as after their daughter, and raises funds yearly to ship youngsters to native summer time camps.
