Jim Brady
Brewer and President
Bone Island Brewing Company
Brewer and President
Bone Island Brewing Company
Key West, FL
USAPersonal bio
Inventor of the Wort Wizard, a venturi-driven transfer system for pumping/cooling hot wort by the wasted hydropower of chiller runoff (www.boneislandbrewing.com).
President, Brewer of Bone Island Brewing in Key West, Florida.
Helped establish craft beer distribution to the Florida Keys (The Conch Republic).
Award-winning brewer and Founder of the Conch Republic BUBBAs (Brewers United Brewing Better Ales), the first and only homebrew club in the "nation."
Officially appointed as the Conch Republic's (Beer) Ambassador to Ninkasi.
BJCP Beer Judge and craft beer advocate.
Certified Beer Steward (Master Brewers Association of America)
Member of the American Homebrewers Association, Florida Brewers Guild and Brewers Association.
Author of The Keg and I, a local column devoted to beer education and appreciation.
2013 recipient of the John G. Doble III Memorial Scolarship awarded by the Florida Brewers Guild.
Graduate of the Siebel Institute's Concise Course in Brewing Technology.
Lived in Germany for seven years.
Breweries visited: Carlsberg (Copenhagen, Denmark), Guinness (Dublin, Ireland), Weihenstephan (Freising, Germany), Hofbrau (Munich, Germany), New Belgium (Ft. Collins, CO), Avery (Boulder, CO), Stone (San Diego, CA), Odell (Ft. Collins, CO), Oskar Blues (Longmont, CO), Left Hand (Longmont, CO), Great Divide (Denver, CO) Midnight Sun (Anchorage, AK), Two Brothers (Warrenville, IL), Kona (Kona, HI), Anhauser-Busch (St. Louis, MO), Coors (Golden, CO), Heineken (Amsterdam, Holland), Wurzburger Hofbrau (Wurzburg, Germany) Bitburger (Bitburg, Germany), Cigar City (Tampa, FL) and countless brewpub restaurants.
Have attended 14 GABS, 8 Oktoberfests and many other beer festivals nationwide.
Mottos:
You can't say you've tasted everything unless you have.
My favorite beer is the one in my hand, the best beer is
the one that's free and the worst beer is the one you
don't have.
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Beer. It's what's for breakfast.