A Visit with Hutton & Smith Brewing Company

I met Joel on a cold and rainy afternoon at Sigler’s Craft Beer and Cigars in Chattanooga. For the inaugural issue of the TN Craft Beer Mag I had been asked to handle the brewery update section for East Tennessee which, I thought wouldn’t be that big of a deal as I knew a lot of the people behind the breweries. Turns out there were more than I thought, however it gave me a unique opportunity to make some new friends – like Joel.

One of the great things about this industry is that people are so open to talk about their hopes, dreams, aspirations, what they appreciate about other breweries/beer, what they may do differently but overall, people are very respectful and happy. Hard not to be happy when you have a beer in your hand.

Joel and I talked much longer than the 45 minutes to an hour I had originally planned. During this time I got to hear about the events that led up to the creation of Hutton & Smith Brewing Company as well as Joel’s extensive background in home brewing that, like

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