Teri Fahrendorf

Quick Facts

Full Name	Teri Fahrendorf
Occupation	Brewmaster
Date Of Birth	Feb 18, 1960(1960-02-18)
Age	64
Birthplace	West Bend
Country	United States
Birth City	Wisconsin
Horoscope	Aquarius

Teri Fahrendorf Biography

Teri Fahrendorf is one of the most popular and richest Brewmaster who was born on February 18, 1960 in West Bend, Wisconsin, United States. Teri Fahrendorf (born on the 18th of February 1960) is an American beer maker and creator of the Pink Boots Society, an organisation that assists women in the industry of brewing. Her fame stems from her being among the first women to enter the craft brewing sector and her brews are extensively recognized by organizations like Great American Beer Festival and the Brewer’s Association.

In 2007 Fahrendorf was fired from Steelhead Brewing Company to become what she called”a “road brewer”. She was on the road from June 4 until October 20 and travelled through in the United States from Oregon to Maine and back, a total of 12,656 miles. On her journey, Fahrendorf visited a total of 70 breweries, and brewed for 38 of them. and made connections with brewers from across the country during the process. On her travels, Fahrendorf met female brewers who expressed feelings of being isolated because they were the only women employed at the brewery. As the result, she realized the need for a group which could serve as a platform that would allow women brewers to network and share information. She also took the names of all those she had met over all the time of her journey. This list became the basis that became The Pink Boots Society.

Since her road trip and creation of the Pink Boots Society, Fahrendorf continue to work in the craft brewing industry and her current position is as a Malt Innovation Center Manager for Great Western Malting. Her career accomplishments include the brewing eight of Steelhead’s 24 award-winning beers for the Great American Beer Festival, being a published technical author and speaker, and receiving the Brewers Association 2014 Recognition Award.

Fahrendorf was raised in a German family in Wisconsin and is the oldest of four children. She began baking bread at the age of 10, which she credits as her first attempt at fermentation. While she was creative with cooking, Fahrendorf pursued a college degree at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, studying Management Information Systems (business major with an emphasis on computers, COBOL programming); the project management skills she developed helped her later in her brewing career. During college years, a classmate’s presentation on making wine sparked her interest; she used the “Balloon wine” method, combining Welch’s grape juice concentrate, yeast, and sugar. Following her college graduation in 1984, she moved to the San Francisco Bay area to work at two Fortune 100 companies (Honeywell and Burroughs, which became Unisys) doing software services and software support. She continued homebrewing, but since wine in the area was cheap, in 1985 she turned to homebrewing beer instead. She joined a homebrewing club, the San Andreas Malts, where she learned the foundational ingredients and processes for beer brewing: malts, hops, yeast, and temperature. During this time, she also attended events such as the American Homebrewers Association Conference and the Great American Beer Festival.

After her time in Triple Rock Brewing, Fahrendorf relocated to Oregon after she accepted the job of Steelhead Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon. Steelhead is the 2nd brewery of craft to begin operations in Eugene and Fahrendorf began her job on the 17th of September the 17th of September, 1990. She was named the Brewmaster, employed by Steelhead throughout 17 years. The alcoholic beverages she created won prizes, including the Bombay Bomber that had “near cult status” when she made at the brewery in Eugene and an award from the Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal for “U.C.I.P.A. ” However, she also was credited with developing the recipe for the well-respected root beer of the company. She recalls her time at Steelhead in the 90s and also notes the massive growth of craft breweries that was seen along the west coast in the period. In her reflections on this period she noted that while numerous brewers moved to other Breweries or worked in various locations, she chose to remain at Eugene. She attributes the long-term stability of this brewery to her ability to survive through the craft brewery crisis in the early 2000s.

Teri Fahrendorf Net Worth

Teri Fahrendorf is one of the richest Brewmaster from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Teri Fahrendorf 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Fahrendorf is a vocal advocate for women, and has worked to increase the number of women working in the brewing industry. She started PBS, which is a brewer’s association. Pink Boots Society (PBS) after traveling across the United States as a road Brewer. Through her oral history interviews she says there isn’t a limit to brewing in the industry except for the educational system at the brewery. However, she acknowledges that the toughest aspect of gaining entry into the business was to do with her physical size as the brewing process is very physically demanding job. She acknowledges Mellie Pullman as a major influence on her early days; Pullman the first female Brewmaster within America. United States after she started working for Park City, Utah’s Schirf Brewing (later Wasatch Brewery) in the year 1986.

in 1988 Fahrendorf left her position as a computer programmer in order to take a class at the Siebel Institute in Chicago, where she graduated with a certificate in Brewing Technology. She then worked on an internship with Sieben River North Brewpub. Sieben River North Brewpub. After returning back to California from Chicago she started her career as a brewer in Golden Gate Brewing Company. Golden Gate Brewing Company in Berkeley in the month of March, 1989. Golden Gate Brewing changed management prior to her appointment and a myriad of issues including a bad design, resulted in what Fahrendorf calls the “worst brewing experience”. When she made 10 barrels within a seven barrel setup on the morning of May 1st 1989, she filled an entire kettle with 50 gallon of water in order to sterilize the kettle and later be used to fill the kettle following mashing-in. In the process of brewing in Golden Gate, the design of the kettle demanded that the brewmaster to empty the kettle of the last three or four gallons whenever the pump began to draw air, causing loud cavitation. The day after the incident, Fahrendorf began her routine in the kitchen, and as she worked, she could hear the pump cavitating. It was the moment to remove the remaining 2-3 gallons out of the kettle. After she removed the tri-clamp in order to start the procedure, 50 gallons boiling water flowed out into Fahrendorf’s left shoe. The arrangement of the brewery made her have no way to escape However, she was able to get between the railings’ bars and get away from the boiling water however, not before she suffered extensive damage to her feet and legs and especially her left. The accident left third degree burns to 11 percent of her body, that required surgery as well as scalp grafts to her skin. After her incident, Fahrendorf became an advocate for safety at brewery operations and continues to share the details of her injury during her public speaking or in interviews.. Fahrendorf left Golden Gate to take a job in Triple Rock Brewing, also located in Berkeley, California, where she was Head Brewer. When she was in 1990, she was a part of Oregon Brewers Fest. Oregon Brewers Fest, which resulted in her being offered a position with Steelhead Brewing. Oregon in Steelhead Brewing.

Using the connections she made on her trip, she organized the first meeting of the Pink Boots Society (so named after the pink rubber boots Fahrendorf wore while brewing on her trip) in San Diego in April 2008. This meeting included 16 brewers and 6 beer writers; these women decided Pink Boots Society should be a professional organization to support women involved in the brewing industry around the world. The second meeting of the Pink Boots Society was held in December 2008 and there were 35 attendees; the organization continued to grow and in 2017 had nearly 1,900 members. They are recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and currently focus on scholarship, education, and outreach for women in brewing. The archival material for the Pink Boots Society is held within the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) of Oregon State University (OSU).

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Teri Ranked on the list of most popular Brewmaster. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Teri Fahrendorf celebrates birthday on February 18 of every year.