R.Shea Brewing

I’m Ron and I’ve been brewing since my 21st birthday with a present of an ‘ale pale’ from my wife and a ‘extract’ recipe. 19 years later, with the addition of a BS in Biology, a BA in Chemistry and an ‘almost an MS’ in Polymer Chemistry (I’ll tell you about it over some beers!), I have developed some great recipes with a focus on process and efficiency.

I have worked several years in R&D for a global specialty chemical company where I specialized in organic synthesis of thiocarbonates, carbamates, xanthates and the synthesis of narrow molecular weight distributed polymers. My final project was un-mothballing a high temperature, high pressure polymerization reactor. Ironically, this is how I am brewing beer now. You will find nearly 20 years of biology and chemistry knowledge and application infused in my beers, not to mention the artistry of flavors that goes with it.