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Our Award Winning Brewer

Gretchen Schmidhausler

The Original Basil T's Head Brewer

Gretchen Schmidhausler started brewing beer at home over ten years ago. Her professional career began at the Red Bank Brewery Company, in 1996. She is a graduate of the American Brewers Guild's Craftbrewers Apprenticeship Program, in Woodland, CA

Gretchen worked at several other New Jersey breweries before coming to Basil T's in 1999. She is only the second Head Brewer in Basil's history, taking over for Bob Hettmansperger in September of 2000.

Gretchen's work has garnered her national recognition. For The Original Basil T's Maxwell's Dry Stout, she has won:

  • Gold Medal Winner, 2006 Great American Beer Festival (GABF), "Classic Dry Irish Stout"
  • Bronze Medal, 2003 GABF, "Coffee Flavored Beer"
  • Gold Medal, 2002 GABF, "Coffee Flavored Beer"

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