Edward McNallyFounder & chairmanBig Rock BreweryCalgary
"Before I started, I hired a brewmaster, Bernd Pieper. He came from Germany, but had also trained in Switzerland and Africa. He wasn't just a theoretical brewmaster; Bernd had actually done it, and that was invaluable. He also had a very good German system of controlling the brewery and production. So, he set up a system we still use today.
"It was actually a director of ours in Zurich who found him and phoned me up one night and said, 'I found a brewmaster.'
"Bernd came to Calgary, we had a meeting and hit it off well, and out he came. He had a solid sense of individualism, loyalty, humour and was extremely hard-working. I wasn't able to pay him very much. We offered him share options, and we trusted each other."
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