Mitch Steele
Mitch Steele, author IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale (Brewers Publications, 2013), is the former brewmaster for Stone Brewing Co., and now serves as Brewmaster and COO at New Realm Brewing Company in Atlanta.
Since graduating from UC Davis in 1984 with a fermentation science degree, he has brewed at some of the largest and smallest breweries in the world. After starting on a 14 bbl system at the San Andreas Brewing Co., Mitch joined Anheuser-Busch in 1992, managing brewhouse and fermenting operations in three breweries, and managing new beer development as part of the Anheuser-Busch Specialty Brewing group in the mid-1990s. Mitch joined Stone Brewing Co. in 2006 and oversaw the brewing and packaging operations as the brewery grew from a 49,000 bbl operation to 325,645 bbl in 2015.
