"As Mike Saboe was embracing craft beer and homebrewing in the early ’00s, he sought far and wide for inspiration. Looking back now, as brewmaster at Toppling Goliath, he recounts six beers that had an outsized influence on his approach to everything from hop-forward beers to burly barrel-aged stouts" Midnight Sun M Fantôme Brise-BonBons Pizza Port Poor Man’s IPA De Dolle Stille Nacht Reserva Three Floyds Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord Mcilhenney Muntz Reference: Pick Six: Toppling Goliath’s Mike Saboe Shares Some Bright Corners of Inspiration | Craft Beer & Brewing (beerandbrewing.com)
I wasn’t aware Mike Saboe returned to TG, so learned something new today. Stopped buying TG after a few incidents. Mike’s Departure due to their moving to contract brewing, and the subsequent issue with Chris Flenker’s non compete is covered in this article: https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2018/7/31/how-to-screw-your-brewer
Reference the post directly above mine, I’ve never had anything from them so I don’t have a dog in the fight. I get that the non compete clause is silly, but did the fellow that signed it sign it willingly and knowingly? I understand that he may have been pressured to do it or threatened with job loss so it’s not a cut and dry issue, but if he knowingly signed it and violated it he’s not a completely blameless victim here. Just my .02. I’ll duck the incoming vegetables about to be tossed at me
From the above linked article: “They don’t use them anymore," Sprints said of non-compete clauses.” If it is true that brewery owners no longer use non-compete agreements, I view this as good news. Cheers!
