Kent is a former business attorney who discovered the meaning of life while sipping homebrews in a parking lot.
Casey Hughes, Brewmaster
At age 18 Casey hightailed it down to Florida from his childhood home in the Finger Lakes of upstate New York to pursue his dream of brewing beer in paradise. Before the ink on his high school diploma was dry he found employment at the Key West brewery working on the bottling line. He worked his way up to a brewer position before he turned 21, putting him in the unusual spot of being a professional brewer who was legally prohibited from drinking his own product.
In 2002 Casey became the head brewer of Flying Fish brewery in New Jersey. Over the next decade he developed a series of critically acclaimed beers and led the brewery through a period of rapid growth, winning GABF medals for his IPA, Trippel, Dubbel, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Belgian Chestnut Specialty Ale, and Super Friends Collaboration. It was also during this time that Men’s Journal chose his Trippel as “Best Belgian Beer in America,” and he served as president of the Master Brewers Association of America, District New York. However, despite his brewing successes up north, with each miserable New Jersey winter the siren song of Florida grew louder.
Casey’s brewing career now comes full circle as he returns to Florida to lead Coppertail Brewing.
Evan B Harris, Label Artist
Born among the briars & brambles in backwoods of Klamath Falls, Oregon, Our Label Artist, Evan Benjamin Harris grew up with little knowledge of the bourgeois big city fine arts. So, he dove into the recesses of his own imagination and embraced the fables and folklore that fascinated him. With little to do but draw and sing, he did exactly that. Now older, things haven’t changed much. The stories he created as a child are still present in his paintings and songs. With no formal art training, he creates art and music on his own terms. Broken boards, oil and acrylic paints, charcoal pastels, plastic resin, melted waxes, and guitars are among the mediums Evan uses. Then they are beaten, brushed, sanded, polished, and shared.