Brian Nichols – Owner/Chief Beer Operator
Brian, who was born and raised in Colorado, has worn many hats throughout his semi-professional life; cable guy, grunt, cook, Dad, Coach, Poppy (yes he still refuses to call himself a Grandpa). You name it, he’s probably done it. He fell in love with craft beer sometime in the 90’s when he landed his job at a large bio-tech company in Boulder, CO (micro-brew mecca, then & now) where he started brewing beer with a co-worker and sampling the craft scene in Boulder.
After almost 17 years, he left the corporate world to fulfill a bucket-list dream and build a house (with his very own hands) in the Fraser Valley for his beautiful wife and four-legged kids. After the build was finished, a friend he acquired up here came to him with an idea to start a brewery in Fraser…