John F. Ritter

• Consulting brewery services for start up and existing craft breweries. Design,ordering,installation and product development. Experience with city,state,federal codes and laws. Building requirements and lease advice.
• Consulting services for Nimbus Brewing,Compass Creek Brewing,Streets of New York Brewing,Pinnacle Peak Brewing,Picacho Peak Brewing, State 48 Brewing, Dillinger Brewing, Roses by the Stairs Brewing and H-Town Brewing.

Brewery operations on a 15bbl steam-fired Deutsche brewhouse with 2-15bbl fv,6-30bbl fv,1-30bbl BBT, 1-30bbl HLT,1-30bbl CLT. Premier 3-station semi-auto keg washer, DE filter, 4 head 12/22oz bottle filler, laboratory, Gruber single can filler.

Recipe formulation and production of beers to include core beers, sours,seltzers,seasonals and barrel-aged. Attended all Houston beer festivals and joint brewery charity events. Boiler certification. TABC certified. Texas Brewers Guild member.

Brewery operations for an existing production brewery servicing North Texas and the Dallas market. Restructuring of SOP,CIP and SIP procedures and training of new

staff. Implemented Ollie Ops production/inventory program. Recipe formulation and brewing of existing four core beers in cans, keeping beers consistent and extending shelf life with low DO and clarification. Expanded brewing production and released new beers to draft portfolio including sours, seasonals and seltzers. Brewery is largest electric system in USA. 15+bbl 3-vessel SK brewhouse, 1-40bbl HLT, 1-40bbl CLT, 1-7bbl fv,4-15bbl fv, 2-30bbl fv,2-60bbl,2-90bbl fv. SK semi-auto keg washer,Alpha 35cpm canning line with depalletizer. Addition of 350gal SS pot still with 2 reflux columns for future Spirit production. TABC certified. Forklift certified. Texas Brewers Guild member.

Design and installation of a 10/20bbl Sungood steam fired system. Recipe formulation,product development,quality control,barrel aging,sour brewing, 40x40 plate frame filtration,ordering raw materials,chemicals and monthly inventory. Federal and State excise tax determination. Managed mobile canning and scheduled assistant brewer. Distribution of draft and cans in Arizona market.

Management of award winning historic restaurant and bar. Banquet and catering sales. Beer and wine dinners,receptions and holiday events.. Worked with clients needs with executive chef and beverage manager. Inventory,costing and menu design. Wine Spectator, Best Beer selection & Culinary award winner.

Installation of a 10bbl JVNW steam-fired system. Conducted all brewing operations to include recipe formulation, raw materials and chemical ordering, CIP, lab work, 3m DE filtration. Distribution of draft product in New Mexico.Distribution with National Distributing Company.

Design and installation of a Century Manufacturing 10/20bbl steam fired system at the world famous steak house with Old West era themed beers. Daily brewing operations,recipe formulation, 3m DE filtration, IDD semi-automatic keg washer/filler. Beer production for the 3,000 seat western restaurant facility and Scottsdale accounts.

Daily management of high volume Irish brewpub in a regional mall. Custom 7bbl all grain system from Austin,TX. Ordering,scheduling,brewing and sales of draft brands. Contract brewing with McFarlane Brewing and Sonora Brewing in Phoenix,AZ for distribution by Southern Wine & Spirits of Arizona.

2x Gold Medal winner GABF,Imperial Stout,American Brown. GABF Judge, WBC Judge.