John Rowley

John is an accomplished, award winning brewer with over seventeen years of brewing experience. After obtaining his BS/MS in chemistry from the University of Arizona, he moved to New Mexico to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he has been working as a research chemist for the past 21 years. His passion is brewing, with a focus on live culture sours, and mixed-culture fermentation, and was successful as a local brewer, winning over 80 national and regional awards since starting to compete in brewing competitions in 2010. He served from 2007 through 2016 as the president of the local homebrewing club, the Sangre de Cristo Craft Brewers, which is an accredited and active club, with just over 100 members. He enjoys science, baseball, all things beer, bicycles, and time with his friends.