Taylor, an Arizona native, is our Wort Production Master. You can typically find him manning the kettle, operating the forklift or fixing something. He spends his free time remodeling his home and teaching his daughter Lincoln Jane how to help.

Nate hails from Cleveland, OH. He enjoys cooking, Jiu Jitsu, and brewing with his favorite yeast strain (the beloved OYL-020 Belgian Ale R). Nate’s favorite music to play for our yeast? The Greatest Hits of Hall & Oates, of course.

Richard is a Chicago native and recently made the career change to something he’s passionate about - beer.  His enjoys attending concerts and beer fests (obviously) and taking care of his pet tarantula, Sparkles.

Meredith spends her time supporting the administrative side of the lab.  She is originally from the Chicago ‘burbs and previously worked in the nonprofit arts sector as a Fundraiser. Outside of work, Meredith enjoys hanging out with her husband, two daughters and cat!

Matt is a native of Illinois and holds a chemistry degree. But most importantly, he likes 3 things a lot: coffee, beer and Omega Yeast.  Matt’s hobbies include standing in line for beer, line drinking, and coffee roasting.

Adi was Omega’s very first employee in 2014, and he holds our record for most years of homebrewing experience! He’s a Portland, OR native and a former anthropology professor. He enjoys reggae covers of 1980’s hits and Turkish music, and he is a father of 4 (including twins!).

Demi was born and raised in the western Chicago suburbs and she came to Omega with some fantastic brewery experience. In her spare time, she takes part in an international postcard exchange. Demi has a (seriously) full house with three dogs, two cats, six snakes, a bearded dragon, and a tarantula name Blue.

Bianca was born and raised in California, and quickly found a home at Omega after moving to Chicago. She’s our self-proclaimed “Queen of the Lab” and is a master at operating lab production. She loves homebrewing, candid photography, and her pride and joy is a puppy named Homer whom she’s trying to turn into the office dog (it’s not working out).

Lauren is a Chicago native who came to us from the pharmaceutical industry. She enjoys homebrewing, cooking, making kombucha and sourdough bread (yay yeast!).  Lauren is also an avid runner and she has a loud and loving cat named Tiny, and a spunky bearded dragon named Ziggy.

Nik (not short for anything, just simply…Nik) was born and raised in Chicago. He volunteers every year for CHIDITAROD and raises money to support hunger advocacy. He plays the guitar and piano in his free time and used to be in a band called the HOT COPS!

Danielle is Dublin born and St. Louis raised. She strategizes with Katie and Mark on the St. Louis team. Other than deep gazes at data, she loves experiencing the world through food and drink, and first fell in love with beer while working in the Czech Republic. Her weekends are ruled by epic craft beer fueled craft projects and podcasts. She’s excited to learn more by test brewing with these yeastie geniuses.

Katie is a St. Louis native and works out of our St. Louis business office.  Her hobbies include baking, napping, watching Teen Mom, and hanging out with her husband and toddler daughters, Lucy and Gwennie. Katie jumpstarts her day with a Nesquick chocolate milk every morning, and has for the past 15 years.

Mike is our resident Master Brewer with a diploma from the World Brewing Academy. He grew up in Philadelphia, studied music in college, and plays in the band Secondhand Sausage. He loves reading on the beach in the summer months, and he has an orange munchkin cat named April Mae.

Paige is a New Hampshire native with a biology degree and a passion for microbiology and beer!  She is seriously obsessed with birds and has volunteered rescuing those who were injured during migration.