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Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management<\/a> alumnus Zack Gagnon (class of 2013) receives praise in this piece in Wines in Niagara<\/em> for his instrumental role as Brewmaster at Brimstone Brewing in Ridgeway. Acclaimed beer writer Stephen Beaumont describes Gagnon’s arrival at Brimstone Brewing in 2015 in which he leveraged his NC training to improve “the quality and consistency of the brewery’s offerings.”<\/p>\n

Read the June 7 article in\u00a0Wines in Niagara<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management alumnus Zack Gagnon (class of 2013) receives praise in this piece in Wines in Niagara for his instrumental role as Brewmaster at Brimstone Brewing in Ridgeway. 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