Head Brewmaster
Paul Gautreau
CALGARY
EXPERIENCE:
Big Rocker since 1986
PROFILE:
Paul is an award-winning brewer widely considered to be one of the best in the business. As Lead Brewmaster, everything that comes out of our breweries is made to his exacting standards—no shortcuts, no compromise.
His favorite brew
Scottish Heavy Ale
Scottish Style Heavy Ale
Ibu: 18.0
abv: 7.0%
Paul STORY
With us since the start, Paul mixes tradition with ingenuity and experience in the warehouse, bottling line, and even process engineering. Paul always looks for daring ways to brew beer that does our legacy proud, like our ever-changing Seasonal Series. His newest passion is leading a team of junior brewers in advancing our Barrel Aged Program.
Paul is a graduate of the Brewing and Packaging program at The University of California-Davis, the Brewing & Malting Science program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the prestigious Institute of Brewing and Distilling in London, England. He is also a member of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, The Institute of Brewing and Distilling, and he’s served as our district’s President of the Master Brewer’s Association of the Americas.
Connor K. Patrick
Connor K. Patrick
TORONTO
EXPERIENCE:
Big Rocker Since 2006
PROFILE:
Connor’s first passion was football. After an injury in his CFL draft year ended that pursuit, he travelled throughout Europe where he was introduced to the traditional methods of old-world brewing and fell in love.
His favorite brew
Traditional Ale
English Style Brown Ale
Ibu: 20.0
abv: 5.0%
Connor STORY
A stickler for hard work on the field, Connor saw the level of dedication that went into this kind of brewing and knew it was right for him. His passion and likeable personality earned him a job on the spot at our Calgary brewery, with one caveat: he had to fit through the opening of a brew kettle—cleaning them was in the job description, after all. It may have been a tight fit then, but today, Connor fits in perfectly at our Etobicoke brewery.
Connor has a Power Engineering Diploma from SAIT, leadership training from Mount Royal University, and is working on his Brewing Diploma through the IBD. He also has a General Certificate in Brewing from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD), and the Concise Course in Brewing Technology at the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago.
