Gregory J Noonan

Greg Noonan was a pioneer in home-brewing methodology, an acclaimed brewing author, a co-founder of one of the first brewpubs in New England, an innovator in professional brewing techniques and a truly great publican. He opened theVermont Pub and Breweryin Burlington, VT in 1988 after getting the legislature to pass a bill to accommodate the concept of brewpubs. In 1993, Greg wroteScotch Alefor theClassic Beer Stylesseries fromBrewers Publicationsand followed that with a revision of his...See more

Greg Noonan was a pioneer in home-brewing methodology, an acclaimed brewing author, a co-founder of one of the first brewpubs in New England, an innovator in professional brewing techniques and a truly great publican. He opened theVermont Pub and Breweryin Burlington, VT in 1988 after getting the legislature to pass a bill to accommodate the concept of brewpubs. In 1993, Greg wroteScotch Alefor theClassic Beer Stylesseries fromBrewers Publicationsand followed that with a revision of his original work titledNew Brewing Lager Beer, in 1996. He received theRecognition Awardfrom theAmerican Homebrewers Associationin 1997, theAchievement Award fromBrewers Associationin 2004, theRussell Schehrer Award for Innovation in Brewingin 2005 and numerous posthumous awards. The most oft-repeated accolade about Greg Noonan was that he always took the time to talk to anyone interested in brewing. See less