{"id":108470,"date":"2020-03-02T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/?p=108470"},"modified":"2020-05-21T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:31:21","slug":"brewer-averie-swanson-starts-a-new-chapter-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/featured-brewery\/brewer-averie-swanson-starts-a-new-chapter-in-chicago","title":{"rendered":"Brewer Averie Swanson Starts a New Chapter in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a word, Averie Swanson felt \u201cuntethered.\u201d She was living in Austin, Texas, brewing a couple batches of homebrew each month on a kit she had bought her then-boyfriend. In between batches, she was applying to graduate schools, she says, because that\u2019s what she thought she was supposed to be doing. Then in 2012, her father, to whom she was very close, passed away unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really didn\u2019t know what direction to go in,\u201d Swanson, 32, says. \u201cAfter he passed away, it really put things into perspective where you just realize that anything can happen at any moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was one of those cinematic and cliche \u201cWhat do I do now?\u201d moments. Looking for a job that would help, however slightly, fulfill a deep void, Swanson began sending resumes out to local breweries. Jester King, a local Austin brewery specializing in farmhouse-style beers, was the first to respond and the craft brewing world is lucky for the cosmic coincidences that paired them together.<\/p>\n

Averie Swanson\u2019s Rise at Jester King<\/h2>\n

The fact that she fell in love with mixed fermentation didn\u2019t surprise Swanson. She graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in biology, so she already possessed a proclivity toward obsessive note taking and experimentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m drawn to the exploration of mixed culture,\u201d she says. \u201cIn some beer, you can pitch one type of yeast and more or less know what the final product will taste like. Using mixed culture, there\u2019s an unpredictability. I like to call it a \u2018collaborative engagement with organisms.\u2019 That\u2019s interesting to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Working at Jester King seemed to be a perfect marriage of this continual pursuit of experimentation and creative autonomy. Swanson can recall the exact day — it was her mom\u2019s birthday — that she felt she\u2019d found her proverbial calling. It was a day spent at the Jester King doing the manual labor of love that so often goes unseen in the world of craft brewing.<\/p>\n

(More: Chicago Brewpubs Buck the Deep Dish Pizza Tradition<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe probably started at 2 p.m. and ended at 2:30 in the morning,\u201d she says. \u201cWe were all working really hard, drinking good beer, and having a good time. At the end of the night, we were eating pizza off cardboard boxes because we didn\u2019t have any plates. It was one of those unique experiences where you\u2019re surrounded by very kind, very smart people. It was just a vortex of creative energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the course of Swanson\u2019s tenure, the Austin outfit became a critical darling, commercial success, and certified beer geek destination in the years since it launched in 2011, and Swanson\u2019s tireless work ethic and attention to detail no doubt contributed.<\/p>\n

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Keeping Together allows Swanson to execute her brewing vision through recipes of her own creation. (Credit: Dave Riddile)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

\u201c[Averie is] highly respected for her talent, as well as her academic approach and accomplishments,\u201d says Tim Adams of Oxbow Brewing Company in Maine, another brewery that specializes in mixed fermentation beers. \u201cShe\u2019s given great presentations; she\u2019s accredited. She\u2019s regarded as an international authority of mixed fermentation beers. We\u2019re so happy we\u2019ve been able to work with her as much as we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Always the traveler, Swanson has brewed beer in the mountains of Japan and the Italian countryside. In fact, her reputation as a brewer might only be surpassed by her reputation amongst her friends. She\u2019s equal parts adventurous and outgoing, with a tendency to get introspective; She can seem intimidatingly inquisitive and bright, but is quick to laugh and there lies an accessibility in her voice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAverie has a universal charisma,\u201d says John Laffler, co-owner of Chicago\u2019s Off Color Brewing, who often appears on Swanson\u2019s Instagram feed. \u201cShe\u2019s one of my favorite people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is so much fun,\u201d says Adams. \u201cShe\u2019s open-minded. The way she approaches the world and her art, there\u2019s this kind of trifecta of adventure, intelligence, and being fascinating to talk to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swanson found herself traveling the world and drinking in everything it had to offer. But even when a person is doing what they love and is surrounded by people who share that same energy and enthusiasm, there comes a time to pump the brakes and reassess where the vehicle is headed.<\/p>\n

(More: Denver Beer Co Participates in State of Colorado Pilot Program to Capture and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

And so for the second time in her beer life, she found herself evaluating who she was and where she was going. For Swanson, it all added up: Her long-time, long-distance boyfriend lived in Chicago; She\u2019d just passed her Master Cicerone exam in 2018; She had become one of the industry\u2019s more widely-respected voices. The wind was at her back.<\/p>\n

In 2018, she left Jester King and Austin behind, and moved to the Land of Lincoln.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew if I took the risk and left, I\u2019d have a lot of momentum,\u201d she says. \u201cIt felt like it was the right time for me to quit and move and make a change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her New Chapter in Chicago<\/h2>\n

She took almost an entire year off to get acclimated into Chicagoland, particularly the food and drinks scene, and to a climate much different than the one she\u2019d lived in her entire life. Then one day, she walked into a brewery.<\/p>\n

The way Half Acre founder Gabe Magliaro tells it, the story sounds like a western: Wyatt Earp rolling into town, but instead of a badge and a six shooter, Swanson was carrying a recipe book and an idea. The two spoke in Half Acre\u2019s Lincoln Avenue taproom about her ambitions for Chicago, creatively and professionally, and how her new project–named Keeping Together–can exist within the walls of Half Acre.<\/p>\n

Keeping Together essentially allows for Swanson to execute her creative and brewing vision through recipes of her own creation. Magliaro was more than happy to be able to provide Swanson with space within the walls of his own brewery.<\/p>\n

(More: Pin Pals: Bowling Alleys Keep Rolling with Beer from Craft Brewers<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Swanson chose to make her grand re-entrance into the beer world by making a 3% ABV table beer called The Art of Holding Space. (Credit: Dave Riddile)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve known [Averie] for a long time and had a deep respect for who she is as an individual and what she was hoping to accomplish creatively,\u201d says Magliaro. \u201cFrom all angles, up and down, this is good. Just to be around [the Keeping Together project], to observe what she does, we are very fortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keeping Together, which came together in the early summer of 2019, is energizing to Swanson. She\u2019s not working 80 hours a week. She\u2019s been able to reevaluate what she wanted her own life to look like. She\u2019d been jaded with the current state of beer and Keeping Together is her response.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeer culture has become something I\u2019m less interested in,\u201d she admitted. \u201cTicking beers<\/a>, not interested in enjoying the beers, or the company they\u2019re in while they\u2019re drinking those beers. This is my personal response. I want to make beers that are small batch, enjoyable. I\u2019m making them here in Chicago. There will be a little distro, but if you want to enjoy them, come to Chicago and drink them with us.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not trying to make serious beer. I chose 750 mL bottles less for the larger volumes and more for the reason that they\u2019re more likely to be shared. I want them on the tables at dinners with friends,\u201d she says. \u201cI enjoy the idea of sharing. It\u2019s not intended to drink [the] entire bottle. It\u2019s something that should be shared.\u201d<\/p>\n

(More: Craft Brewers Find Flavor and Flexibility with Rice<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In typical Swanson fashion, she chose to make her grand re-entrance into the beer world overwrought with splashy releases of high ABV bombs in the most antithetical-to-that way: by making a 3% ABV table beer called The Art of Holding Space. All jokes aside, it\u2019s perfectly Swanson, says Magliaro.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beer is not a huge exclamation point,\u201d he says. \u201cEverything is intentional for her. She wanted to invest in nuance and subtlety\u2014come out with a bang without having the beer be incredibly loud. [It] says everything about how she wants Keeping Together to be. This is the type of liquid she wants to make. She\u2019d rather them exist peacefully within someone\u2019s day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Table Beer] is a bold and interesting choice,\u201d notes Laffler, perhaps Swanson\u2019s most ardent cheerleader. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the things I respect about her. It\u2019s a style most people won\u2019t give a f*** about. The trends she\u2019s looking at aren\u2019t mainstream trends. The Chicago brewing scene is very current, very trend following. For me, having one more of those people who goes against that, who is good at it, and who I love? I\u2019m very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very fortunate to make the beer I want to make in the way I want to make them,\u201d Swanson says with characteristic modesty. \u201cThere\u2019s not a huge risk. It\u2019s a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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