Head Brewer

Mountain Tap Brewery is a 7-year-old growing brewpub located in Steamboat Springs CO, featuring a dozen diverse beer styles on tap, 3 flagship beers in cans and showcasing Neapolitan-style pizzas and other innovative wood-fired cuisine. We are a tight-knit team that high fives & fist bumps often! We love craft beer, wood-fired cooking and are stoked to work hard, get outdoors and recreate.

Job Requirements:

• Prior relevant brewery & leadership experience required!
• Formal brewing education & some canning experience preferred.
• Self-starter, ability to take initiative, lead projects, manage time efficiently and work independently.
• Exceptional focus, organizational skills, meticulous attention to details with beer quality, sanitation and safety.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - must be team player.
• Must be able to lift 55 lbs (bags of grain), hand truck kegs, spent grain tubs and regularly bend, twist, reach, stoop and climb ladders periodically.
• Must be able to work early mornings and occasional weekends (most brewery work is done M-F ~6:00 AM – 2:00 PM).
• Must have a passion for craft beer and mountain lifestyle.
• Must be 21+ years old.

Job Responsibilities – Brewery Operations (below is not all-inclusive)

Note – This is a hands-on Head Brewer position including brewery, cellarwork, packaging & maintenance.

• Brewing – grain handling, mashing, lautering, boiling, WP, wort-cooling, yeast handling, dry-hopping, etc. (7 bbl Premier brewhouse, 15 bbl unitanks, 7 bbl serving tanks)
• Cellarwork – CIP’ing tanks, equipment. Transferring beer from fermentation to serving tanks and carbonating.
• Kegging – keg cleaning, sanitizing, filling & keg machine maintenance (Premier 2-head semi-automatic).
• Draft system – cleaning & maintaining draft lines and dispense equipment.
• QA – Use & maintenance of DO meter & CO2 testing equipment.
• Safety – Must work in a safe manner, wear proper PPE as appropriate, maintain a clean, tidy and organized workplace at all times and adhere to safety procedures.
• Assist with canning operations (most beer draft for pub, cans only ~10% of production, ~2-3x/month).
• Assist with production planning, forecasting and scheduling to meet beer demand trends.
• Assist with maintenance – brewery & pub cleaning/maintenance projects, coordinate w/ trades as necessary.
• Assist with managing supply chain needs, coordinate to meet production schedule.
• Assist with managing inventories, raw materials ordering, CIP chems and other brewery supplies as necessary.
• Work with brewmaster/owners re. new beer recipes and barrel aged and/or other specialty beer projects.
• Assist with events and promotions as necessary (occasionally).
• Keg/can/bottle delivery (occasionally).
• Work with brewmaster/owners to manage and adhere to brewery budget.
• Conduct pub staff trainings periodically.

Compensation:

• $25 - $30/ hr (~52K – 62.4K) DOE
• Complimentary shift meal and shift beer (for legal drinking age employees).
• Food, beer, merchandise discounts and other employee benefits.
• Mountain Tap Brewery uniform.
• Ski Pass
• Opportunity to participate in a company health insurance plan with $2,000 annual premium offset.
• Opportunity to participate in company SIMPLE IRA once eligible.
• $30/month house account.
• Up to two weeks bonus pay based on number of hours worked.

Submit resume, cover letter and any other relevant information

No phone calls please!

More about Mountain Tap Brewery

https://www.mountaintapbrewery.com/

https://www.facebook.com/mountaintapbrewery/

About Steamboat Springs, CO

Steamboat Springs is a laid-back mountain town in Northwest Colorado with an abundance of year-round recreation opportunities right in our backyard, including skiing/snowboarding, fat biking, snowmobiling, mountain biking, hiking, camping, backpacking, fishing, kayaking, SUP’ing, river surfing, etc. Our gem of a town also has excellent public schools, free public transportation, a vibrant downtown and revitalized mountain base area at Steamboat Resort.