After many years in the wine and beer distributing business, Charles and Rose Ann Finkel opened Pike Place Brewing in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market neighborhood in 1989. While working tirelessly to guide and grow the brewery, which quickly changed its name to Pike Brewing, their taproom became one of the most notable beer museums in the country, including his accolades such as the Brewers’ Association Recognition Award in 1988. The defunct Draft Magazine listed him as one of the 10 Beer Innovators that had shaped the American Craft Beer renaissance in 2006, He was the arts curator for the Oxford Companion to Beer in 2011. Charles has spoken on the history of American Craft Beer at the Smithsonian, been keynote speaker at the National Homebrewers Convention and American Craft Beer Wholesaler’s Guild, and has appeared in many films and TV shows about beer. In Grit & Grain Episode 41, Finkel discussed his early years in wine and beer, including the launch of Merchant du Vin. In this Episode, he discusses how and why he and his late wife Rose Ann opened Pike Brewing.
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