Jack McAuliffe (brewer)
| Jack A. McAuliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John A. McAulilffe 1945 (age 71–72) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Residence | Arkansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Brewer, engineer |
| Known for | New Albion Brewing Company |
| Home town | Fairfax, Virginia |
| Children | Renee DeLuca |
John R. "Jack" McAuliffe (born 1945) is an American brewer best known as the founder of the New Albion Brewing Company in Sonoma, California. McAuliffe started the brewery, considered the first American microbrewery in the modern era, in 1976. As of 2013[update], he lives in Arkansas.
McAuliffe was born on May 11, 1945 Caracas, Venezuela. His father, John McAuliffe, intercepted and translated German documents for the FBI . At the conclusion of World War II, John McAuliffe was reassigned to a position with the United States Department of State in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and then later in Medellín, Colombia. When Jack was in third grade, the family moved again to Fairfax, Virginia, after his father began working at American University.
As a teenager, McAuliffe became interested in welding, and worked as a volunteer with a local welder. He attended college for a year, but opted in 1964 to enlist in the United States Navy. He served on the USS Simon Lake in Dunoon, Scotland, working as a technician on maintenance of Polaris-class submarines. In Scotland, McAuliffe was impressed by the taste of local beers. In his cottage in Dunoon, he began homebrewing with equipment and a copy of Dave Line's The Big Book of Brewing purchased from a local hardware store. Eventually, he began sharing his beer with his fellow Naval personnel as well as Scottish locals. McAuliffe returned to the United States in 1968. He attended college on the GI Bill and graduated in 1971, initially working as an optical engineer in Sunnyvale, California.
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