New Bathtub Row head brewer brings experience and energy all the way from St. Louis

Earlier this year, Bathtub Row Brewing (“the Tub”) lost its head brewer, Brandon Venaglia, who decided it was time to head back to Albuquerque. Venaglia is now running the show at Toltec Brewing, so all of us in Los Alamos say thanks for all of the great beers, Brandon, and good luck! (Toltec is one of those lucky finds where they have both good beer and good food; check ’em out if you haven’t already.)

The remaining team, including newly-promoted brewer Justin Sapp, soldiered on while a search began for Brandon’s replacement. Through an odd series of connections, David Seymour heard the call. David has been a brewer for years at some much larger brewing operations in the St. Louis area, and he’s been itching to move to New Mexico. It seemed like a match made in heaven, and before too long, David was on the payroll.

(Editor’s note: It also represents an interesting bit of history repeating itself, in a way. Jacob Loeb, the brewm

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