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Craft Beer Journey27
Now that Jeonju's first, official craft brewery opened its doors, many Jeonjuites have been getting a crash course in the taste of proper craft beer and handmade pizza, all made from scratch in the very heart of their city. After a year and a half, he had worked his way up from cleaning toilets and scrubbing floors to making his first official recipe as assistant brewer. The time he spent at Bell's was his first taste of working for a commercial brewery, and leaving him thirsty for more. Jeonju is famous for many treasures such as Hanok village, bibimbap, and hanji paper, but now a new establishment on wedding street is putting the city on the map for an unexpected addition to this list. Now that Jeonju's first, official craft brewery opened its doors on wedding street, many Jeonjuites have been getting a crash course in the taste of proper craft beer and handmade pizza, all made from scratch in the very heart of their city. Nomadic Brewing Company is the collaborative effort of founder and brewer, John Garret, and co-founder and pizza chef, Hanna Lee Garret. It has only been a few months since their opening in April of <strong>2019</strong>, but they have been working towards making this dream a reality for several years. Although it has been a massive hit with locals and tourists alike, for John and Hanna, it is still a work in progress as they have many plans for the future. I had a chance to sit down with them to talk about their journey, and how it has brought them this far. The First Step John first came to Jeonju from the U.S. to teach English back in 2010, and he immediately fell in love with the city, its people, and their culture. He stayed in Jeonju for several years, during which time he met Hanna, who was working as a seamstress, and the two began dating. John spent his days teaching and in his free time, he began homebrewing in his apartment. He made several batches of beer over the next two years, learning from his mistakes and developing an even greater desire to know more about the craft. This led to him starting online classes through Siebel World Brewing Academy. John and Hanna married in 2013, but before tying the knot, they had talked about his dream of becoming a brewer. In 2014 they left Korea to go back to the states where John enrolled in the Master Brewer's program at Siebel's school in Chicago. He completed an intensive three-month program, which focused primarily on the science of brewing. He then went on to join the advanced theory portion of the course in Munich where he got the hands on experience and practical knowledge he needed to get started in the industry. Getting a Taste for the Industry With six months of brewschool and a Master Brewer's certificate under his belt, John returned to his home state of Michigan to begin looking for work and put his newly acquired skills to the test. They had only been back a few weeks when he got his first job working as part of the team to open Bell's Brewery's Upperhand Brewery. Like most others in the brewing industry, John had to start at the bottom, but wanting to learn every facet of the production side of brewing, he was more than happy to get his hands dirty. Having learned the basics of running a brewery, John began looking for establishments in need of a head brewer. He applied to many places and received several offers, but the one that appealed to both him and Hanna most was a position starting up a brewery in Mexico. This was exactly what he had been looking for; a chance to put all of his knowledge and experience to the test. It would be his first time to assume sole responsibility of a brewery. He recalls that it was a very challenging experience, with many obstacles to overcome, but it confirmed that he was ready to start his own brewery. Homecoming It had been almost 3 years since John and Hanna had left Korea, and though they were loving their life in Mexico, spending much of their free time scuba diving and soaking in the beauty of the oceans there, they decided it was time to come back and begin working on their plan to open Nomadic. Jeonju was the city where they had met, where Hanna's family and many of their friends were, and where their long journey had begun. All this, along with the city's reputation as the culinary capital of Korea, made it clear to them that Jeonju was the ideal place to open Nomadic and bring their journey full circle. They spent the next 2 years developing their plan and laying the groundwork to finally bring their dream to life. 29
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