Chris Weeks, founder and head brewer, worked as a teacher in diverse and challenging environments. He also experienced a great deal of job insecurity teaching in the Department of Correction and Indianapolis Public Schools. As a homebrewer, he saw the growth of the craft beer market and began exploring a career change in 2012. He interned at the Schlafly Brewery in St. Louis and completed training with the Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest brewing university in America. He was also mentored by the Indiana Small Business Development Center and Hometown Visions, spending several years to transition from teaching to entrepreneurship and commercial brewing.
In the summer of 2016, we began selling growlers outside of the garage door of the brewery during the Farmer's Market. By August we had established the core of our kitchen crew with Chef John and our kitchen manager JoAnn. Early supporters and family members were crucial for our initial success. We are a local, family-owned brewery. We are Greencastle's Brew Pub for the Authentic.
We've continued to grow and the support of the community and our team has been the heart of the Wasser Brewing Company. We relish the opportunity to make our friends and neighbors happy with good food and fresh beer.