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Michael Ferguson

Director of Contract Brewing and Beer Training

With BJ’s since 2004. Currently a contributing writer for the Southwest Brewing News. Previously brewed for Station Casinos, Inc.; and was responsible for Hofbrauhaus Brewery & Pub in Kansas City, MO; Sunset Brewing Company in Henderson, NV; and Barley’s Casino & Brewing Company, also in Henderson, for 8 years. Before that it was Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, starting at GB1 in Palo Alto, CA in 1990.

Nickname:

Mufasa (also depending on where I am: Chef, Big Daddy, Fergie and B3)

Position:

Director of Contract Brewing and Beer Training

Previous Career(s):

Adjunct Professor and Brew Master at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Food and Beverage Management, William F Harrah College of Hotel Administration; a long and varied career at IBM that took me to 36 of these United States.

Education:

B.S. in Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Favorite Beer Style(s):

Bavarian styles, especially the Bock beers and Scottish and Scotch ales.

Favorite Domestic Beer or Brewery:

Other than ours, Sierra Nevada and Anchor Brewing.

Favorite Imported Beer or Brewery:

Traquair House

Other Hobbies/Interests:

Motorcycles, martial arts, writing and reading.

Life's Ambition:

To eventually publish a novel and spend the money taking a motorcycle beer tour of the world.