Meet Our Team

Nick VanCourt is a graduate of the World Brewing Academy, a partnership of Siebel Institute of Brewing Technology in Chicago and Doemens Academy in Munich, Germany.  He has more than 15 years of professional brewing experience at microbreweries, brewpubs, and production breweries in both Wisconsin and Michigan, including Wisconsin's The Great Dane, Tyranena Brewing Company and Milwaukee Brewing Company, and Ore Dock Brewing Company in Marquette.

Barrel + Beam was born out of his love for farmhouse ales. He’s also a proud U.P. native, graduating from Stephenson High School and Northern Michigan University.