Goose Island Beer Company
Michael Chaput is a QA Laboratory Technician at Goose Island Beer Company since January 2020, where expertise in Fermentation Science is applied to monitor and analyze beer fermentation processes. Previously, Michael served as a Barrelhouse Brewer and Technician, managing a large inventory of barrels. Prior experience includes a role as a Harvest Intern at Benton Lane Winery, processing grapes into wine. Michael's earlier career in the United States Air Force from 2009 to 2015 involved work as an Airborne Mandarin-Chinese Cryptologic Language Analyst, with a focus on intelligence analysis and reporting. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Fermentation Science from Oregon State University and completed language studies at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
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Goose Island Beer Company
Our famous beer began with a trip across Europe, when Goose Island founder (and unabashed beer lover) John Hall took a tour across the continent. Pint by pint, he savored the styles and selections of brews in every region, and thought to himself, “America deserves some damn fine beer like this, too.” Craft brewing wasn’t widely known at the time, but upon return from his European sojourn, John set out to change all that. He settled down in his hometown of Chicago—a city perfect for craft beer, with rapidly evolving tastes and the largest system of fresh water on the planet. And then he got to brewing. First he made some stellar beer. Then he invited his consumers in to watch his process at the brewery, bringing them behind the scenes every step of the way. The result was a new fascination with craft brewing, and beer that not only catered to people’s tastes, but challenged them as well. That was back in 1988, and we haven’t slowed down since. By 1995, John’s beer had become so popular that he decided to open a larger brewery, along with a bottling plant to keep up with demand. 1999 brought even more growth, along with an additional brewpub, and today, what was once one man’s pint-filled dream has become the Goose Island empire you know and love. Here’s where we tell you that in 2011, Goose Island Beer Company was acquired by Anheuser-Busch. Since then, we’ve continued to brew beer that we’re proud of and now we get to share these beers with our friends both nationwide and internationally. If you're ever in Chicago, we'd love for you to stop by the brewery and have a beer with us. 1-800-GOOSE-ME WWW.GOOSEISLAND.COM