Zech Algood, Head Brewer

Zech began brewing with BBC the very first day that new owners purchased the brewery in January of 2022. His brewing career began as a homebrewer in 2003. Professionally he began brewing at Upland Brewing Company, where he was a lead brewer from 2015-2022. Contact Zech directly at Zech@bloomingtonbrew.com

Amanda Franklin, Owner Manager

Amanda is the day-to-day on-site operational manager owner of BBC. Amanda manages sales, events, marketing, design, HR, and all things logistics for the brewery. Send orders, event needs, and outreach items to her. Contact Amanda directly at Amanda@bloomingtonbrew.com.

Jarrod Franklin, Owner

Jarrod is a beer-loving business-minded, hands-on owner at BBC. From fixing the equipment to making deliveries and serving our fine ales at events. Jarrod is also the founder and owner of local businesses Franklin Rock and Recycle and Ingram Road Quarry. Contact Jarrod at Jarrod@bloomingtonbrew.com.

Four Day Ray, Owners

Chris Welsh, Brian Graham, and Mitch Ackerman of Four Day Ray Brewing in Fishers, Indiana are integral partners to BBC. From guiding distribution to advising on logistics, Four Day Ray has helped the new BBC team transition the brewery into an entirely wholesale brewing entity.

Jeff Mease, Co-founder

“I love beer, but I didn’t come to the brewing industry so much through a love for beer as a love of LOCAL. Producing great beer, full of personality and flavor, is not the province of a few. Why shouldn’t each community have its own brewery? We love being Bloomington’s brewery.”

Jeff has lived in Bloomington since 1980 and entered the business world at the youthful age of 20. He and his partner, Lennie, founded Pizza X (then Pizza Express) and went on to create Lennie’s, Bloomington Brewing Company (in 1994), One World Catering, One World KitchenShare, One World at Woolery Mill, and Hive.

In his free time, Jeff loves traveling, gardening, biking, and watching his large heritage Black Hogs and herd of Asian Water Buffalo at Loesch Farm.