03/19/2026
Another well-deserved honor for our Brewmaster. Garrett Oliver has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from InsideHook’s The Spill, celebrating icons who’ve changed the drinks world for the better.
Over the years, Garrett has helped shape how beer is brewed, written about, and enjoyed. But ask him what he’s most proud of, and he’ll point somewhere bigger, "Overall, I think my top accomplishment has been the founding and stewarding of the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling. We’ve sent more than 70 people of color, many immigrants themselves or from immigrant families, to brewing and distilling school.”
And as he puts it, “Beer is great. But you make it, you drink it, and then it’s gone.” The future of the craft keeps moving, and Garrett is helping lead Brooklyn Brewery into our next chapter as we prepare to open our new home just a few blocks away later this summer.
Congrats to the boss, !