Buckbean’s distribution expands
He was a year out of Reno High School, visiting his brother in Portland, Ore.
The first Oregon Beer Festival was being held that same weekend, and Booth’s brother asked him if he would like to go.
Booth was eager. Sure it was fun, but the beer festival included an epiphany moment for the young Mr. Booth, not yet of legal age of 21 to drink alcohol.
Booth took his first few tastes of the various brews and, “I said wow, these are really good. They had so much flavor. People were making really interesting beers in small breweries. And then I thought that I would like to be part of that someday.”
Fast forward to the present.
Booth, who first began earning a living as a wildlife biologist, now is living his dream of making beer as co-owner of Buckbean Brewing Co., Reno’s only microbrewery focused on product distribution. Read full story:
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