The People
Rudy, Dave, Dan and Ethan at the Bidwell farmer's market
Community Beer Works is, like the human body, comprised of a variety of differing components. Also like a body, the whole couldn’t survive without each of its parts. Unlike a body, none of us are a spleen or single celled. (And also, for the record, we’re fairly certain none of us are cabbages)
Ethan Cox
ethan@communitybeerworks.com
Ethan is one of the founders of CBW, and works as President & chief instigator. He has a long-standing passion for beer and brewing, sparked largely in the mid-1990′s Boston of Sam Adams, Pete’s Wicked Ale, and Catamount. He has been a homebrewer for over 10 years, and has won a few awards along the way, though he doesn’t really compete that much. He is also certified as a homebrewing judge through the BJCP program. In a similar vein, he recently became accredited in the Cicerone(r) program, at the Certified level.
Along with fellow CBWer Dan Conley, Ethan has been writing about beer online at BeerOVision.com for about three years. He believes strongly that Buffalo can rebuild its pre-Prohibiton ‘bierkultur,’ which, aside from making awesome beer, is CBW’s mission: we’re here to Embeer Buffalo.
David Foster
david@communitybeerworks.com
David is a proud Buffalo native and an enjoyer of beer.
As Director of Operations for Community Beer Works, David has worked closely with Ethan Cox and the other members of CBW to identify the goals and objectives of this venture and has been responsible for implementing systems to achieve these goals.
Rudy Watkins
rudybob@communitybeerworks.com
Rudy Watkins has been brewing since his parents gave him a homebrew kit in 2001. He has a soft spot for sour beers but a solid IPA or porter makes him nearly as happy. He hated math, biology and chemistry in school but somehow found a day job crunching numbers and a hobby, which he turned into a career, involving lots of science. When he isn’t drinking or brewing beer he’s probably busy cooking up a storm or off chasing a band across the country.
Dan Conley
dan@communitybeerworks.com
Dan began brewing in 2007 and quickly allowed it to consume his life. Brewing led to the Niagara Association of Homebrewers and Ethan, where they forged a friendship out of their mutual appreciation for the number 23.
The web nerd of the group, Dan is responsible for the look, feel and functionality of the website: if you have any complaints he’s the one you should yell at. He’s still unsure how exactly he was lucky enough to make a job out of tweeting.
Gregory Patterson-Tanski
gregory@communitybeerworks.com
Gregory began homebrewing when his parents bought him a homebrew kit one chirstmas long ago. Prior to and since then, he has been visiting breweries, sampling beers, and occasionally investing in them. He met Ethan roughly 10 years ago when they both lived in the same apartment building in downtown Buffalo.
Having 17 years working the in field of architecture, both here in Buffalo and NYC, he is the building expert of the group. He also has a community activist side, volunteering his spare time to various organizations and boards, bettering the Queen City of the Lakes.
Currently his CBW hours are spent working on our building plans, permitting process, and soon, very soon, the build-out of the brewery.